Home›Sufi Orders›Founded ByBrowse ByFounded ByThis page groups religious orders by the person who founded them. Wikipedia records, for example, "the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212)" among the earliest Catholic orders. Browsing by founder lets a visitor trace an order back to the individual who first gathered it.FactsFounded BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Founded ByFilter Results7 entriesWho may joinAllOpen to All Genders (4)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (7)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (1)Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (6)Originated InAllEgypt (1)Morocco (1)Senegal (1)Turkey (2)Origin Period Start YearAll1209 (1)1244 (1)1276 (1)1318 (1)1782 (1)1811 (1)1883 (1)Parent Order / Branch OfAllNaqshbandi Order (1)TraditionAllSufism (2)Doctrinal PositionAllAffiliation to one order only, forfeited by taking a second (1)An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (7)Belief may be concealed where disclosure would bring harm (taqiyya) (1)Listening, music or movement as a means of remembrance (1)Music and movement refused as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (2)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (7)Suppressed, then revived (1)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (7)Teaching and Education (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (7)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (7)Rooted InAllSufism (5)GenderAllMale (7)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (6)Historicity debated (1)Lifespan or FloruitAll1318 to 1389 (1)1735 to 1815 (1)Lifespan or Floruit End YearAll1271 (1)1273 (1)1276 (1)1389 (1)1815 (1)1827 (1)1927 (1)Lifespan or Floruit Start YearAll1200 (1)1207 (1)1209 (1)1318 (1)1735 (1)1779 (1)1853 (1)Manner of DeathAllDied of natural causes (2)Traditions Revering This FigureAllIslam (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAhmad al-BadawiFounded By1 entryAhmad al-TijaniFounded By1 entryAmadou BambaFounded By1 entryBaha al-Din NaqshbandFounded By1 entryHaji Bektash VeliFounded By1 entryMawlana KhalidFounded By1 entryRumiFounded By1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: Religious OrdersComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.