Background
Sultan Sahak was born in Barzanjeh, which is in the province of present day Sulaymania, Northern Iraq. According to the Ahl-e Haqq hagiography, he was a direct descendant of the Shia Islamic Imam Musa Kazim.
Sultan Sahak was born in Barzanjeh, which is in the province of present day Sulaymania, Northern Iraq. According to the Ahl-e Haqq hagiography, he was a direct descendant of the Shia Islamic Imam Musa Kazim.
Later on his life, he moved to the Avroman region in Iran. His father, Shaykh Isi, was a religious leader and his mother, Khatun-e Razbar, is considered the manifestation of one of the seven archangels. As with Jesus, the birth of Sultan is also believed to have been a case of virgin birth.
According to his followers he revealed the fourth stage of the religion (Haqiqat=truth) to earth, the Bayabas-e Pirdiwari (beyond the bridge).
The four pillars of the fourth stage (the stage of the Truth or Haqqiqat): purity (pāki), rectitude (rāsti), self-effacement (nisti), and self-abnegation (redā). The partial or total manifestation of the divine essence in human form.
The guidance from the arch-angels of Gabriel for all those who want to reach the truth
The seven arch-angels, who were the first creations of the highest rank and who perform missions to guide humanity. The divine hierarchy, which constitutes the saviours, who manifest themselves on earth and other planes
The principle of ascending successive lives for the process of perfection.