Home›Sufi Orders›Origin Period Start Year›12th centuryBrowse By12th centuryThis page groups religious orders by the year they were founded. Wikipedia notes that "religious life began in the Latin Church as early as the 3rd century, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in the 6th, in 529." Browsing by founding year lets a visitor compare how old one order is against another.Facts12th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 112th centuryFilter Results5 entriesWho may joinAllOpen to All Genders (4)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (4)PolityAllDecentralised Polity (2)Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (3)Originated InAllIndia (1)Iraq (1)Turkmenistan (1)Yemen (1)TraditionAllSufism (2)Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (5)Listening, music or movement as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (5)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (5)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (5)Rooted InAllSufism (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Ba 'Alawiyya12th centuryChishti Order12th centuryKubrawiya12th centuryQadiriyya Order12th centuryRifa'i Order12th centurySources1. 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.