The book contains information on the history of the largest Sufi tariqas in Central Asia: Hajagan-Naqshbandiya, Kubroviya and Yassaviya, as well as outstanding Sufi teachers with whom their origin and activities are associated: Sheikh Yusuf Hamadani, Najmiddin Kubra, Ahmad Yassavi, Hakim Ata, Zangi Ata Himmati, Bahauddine Naqshbande. The Afghan (Pashtun) branch of the Naqshbandi Sufis is described in detail.