Origin from 1500
The Gulshani, known in Turkish as Gulseni, is a Halveti sub-order founded by Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a Turkoman Sufi sheikh from Eastern Anatolia who died in Egypt. When the Ottomans conquered Egypt the order became popular among soldiers of the Ottoman army there, and it was later carried back to Diyarbakir and Istanbul, where several zawiyas or tekkes were established. Ibrahim al-Gulshani is buried at a zawiya in Cairo built between 1519 and 1524, now abandoned and included on the World Monuments Fund's 2018 list of monuments at risk, and a related Gulsheni-Sezai suborder was established by Romani Sufis in Uskudar.
Facts
Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2 Defining Doctrinal PositionRemembrance of God practised aloud and in company 2 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2 Classification
Kind of order ApostolateSpiritual Direction and Dhikr 1 Origins
Origin Period Practice
Liturgical Language Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Branch Of
Governed By Polity
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
Rooted In
Source Gulshani (Wikipedia)
Uses Liturgical Language
Sources
1. Gulshani (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph
founded by Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a Turkomen Sufi Sheikh from Eastern Anatolia, who died in Egypt
Rooted In: Sufism, Lead section
The Gulshani (Turkish: Gülşenî) is a Halveti sub-order founded by Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a Turkomen Sufi Sheikh from Eastern Anatolia, who died in Egypt.
View the Source2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmissionQuote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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