Qalandariyya

The Qalandariyya is a Sufi spiritual order associated with the title Qalandar used in Islamic mysticism, emerging in the medieval Islamic world and associated with a small number of prominent mystics and ascetics across different periods, including Rabia al-Basri, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Bu Ali Shah Qalandar and, more recently, Qalandar Baba Auliya, whose influence extended across Persia, Central Asia and South Asia. Several later spiritual movements and Sufi schools trace inspiration or lineage to the Qalandari tradition, among them the Azeemia order founded in the twentieth century by Qalandar Baba Auliya.