Home›Sufi Orders›Origin Period Start Year›13th centuryBrowse By13th 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.Facts13th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 113th centuryFilter Results3 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Haji Bektash Veli (1)Rumi (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (3)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (3)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (1)Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (2)Originated InAllEgypt (1)Turkey (2)TraditionAllSufism (1)Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (3)Belief may be concealed where disclosure would bring harm (taqiyya) (1)Listening, music or movement as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Suppressed, then revived (1)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (3)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (3)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (3)Rooted InAllSufism (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Badawiyya13th centuryBektashi Order13th centuryMevlevi Order13th 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.