Emrullah Astan (Research Assistant Dr. ) completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Theology, Gaziantep University, in 2019. He received his master’s degree in 2021 from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University with a thesis entitled “The Effects of the Doctrine of Waḥdat al-Wujūd in Sultan Memdūḥ Tillovī’s Work Mahzanu’l-Asrār.” He completed his doctoral studies at Ankara Social Sciences University in 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hayri Kaplan, with a dissertation entitled “The Life, Works, and Sufi Thought of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Būnī.” His academic research focuses on Islamic thought, the history of Sufism, and the Sufi tradition. In particular, he conducts studies on the life and intellectual world of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Būnī, the ideas of Muḥyiddīn Ibn al-ʿArabī, interpretations of the Divine Names (al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā), and the historical and intellectual foundations of the Sufi understanding of knowledge referred to in classical sources as ʿulūm al-khawāṣṣ (esoteric sciences). In addition, he works on Arabic and Ottoman manuscripts, engaging with classical sources through close examination and scholarly evaluation.