Muzaffer Ozak

Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak Ashki al-Jerrahi (aka: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi)

(1916 - February 12, 1985)

Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak was the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Muslim Sufi order (tarika) from Istanbul (Turkey). He was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1966-1985.

Muzaffer Ozak's immediate predecessor as Grand Sheikh was Seyh Ibrahim Fahreddin Efendi (1885-1966), who was the 18th Grand Sheikh of the Order. Ibrahim Fahreddin was Grand Sheikh from 1914-1966.

Muzaffer Ozak's immediate successor as Grand Sheikh was Sefer Dal Efendi al-Jerrahi (1926-1999), who was the 20th Grand Sheikh of the Order. Sefer Dal was Grand Sheikh from 1985-1999.

Muzaffer Ozak was well-known in Western countries because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America, where he celebrated public dhikrs (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his ilahis (Sufi religious hymns). Muzaffer Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.

Muzaffer Ozak's most prominent disciples and successors in North America include Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi (born 1926) and Sheikha Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi (Philippa de Ménil) (born 1947). Muzaffer Ozak's most prominent disciple and successor in Turkey is Omer Tugrul Inancer Efendi (born 1946), who has been the 21st Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order since 1999.

Works

• Irşad
  • English: Irshad – Wisdom of a Sufi Master
• Aşk Yolu Vuslat Tariki
  • English: The Unveiling of Love
  • Spanish: La Develación del Amor
• Envar-ül-Kulub
  • English: Lights of the Hearts
• Ziynet-ül-Kulub
  • English: Adornment of Hearts
• Gülsar-i Arifan
• Hazret-i Meryem (not published in Turkish)
  • English: Blessed Virgin Mary
  • German: Die gesegnete Jungfrau Maria im Islam
  • Spanish: Mariam
• Sofiyye Sohbetleri (not published in Turkish)
  • English: Garden of Dervishes
• Love is the Wine (edited by Robert Frager)
  • German: Der Wein der Sufis (zusammengestellt von Robert Frager)
    • (Title of first edition: Liebe ist der Wein)
  • Spanish: El Amor es el Vino (recompilado por R. Frager)

Audiorecordings

• LP Halveti-Jerrahi-Dhikr
  • Journey To The Lord Of Power
• CD Chant des Derviches de Turquie
  • La Cérémonie du Zikr
  • (5. Festival des Arts Traditionnels 1978, Rennes, France)
• CD Garden of Paradise
  • Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance
  • (recorded April 5, 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey)
• CD Reunion
  • Ceremonial Music of the Sufis
  • (recorded April 16, 1984 in New York City, USA)