ON HURUFISM AND ITS PERIODIZATION

This article discusses the content of a manuscript which is kept inSüleymaniye Library, Yazma Bağışlar, no. 2461. Based on this manuscript,Michael Reinhard Heß reached some conclusions on Hurufism in his articleQualified heterodoxy in a 17th century Ḥurūfī muḳaddime. Unfortunately,the article features a number of mistakes. The main objective of this presentarticle is to clarify some confusion about the manuscript, in particular, andHurufism, in general. This article also examines the transformation ofHurufi ideas and offers a periodization of Hurufi history.