Home›Sufi Orders›Origin Period Start Year›14th centuryBrowse By14th 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.Facts14th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 114th centuryFilter Results6 entriesFounded ByAllBaha al-Din Naqshband (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (4)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (5)PolityAllSilsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (4)Originated InAllIran (2)Turkey (1)TraditionAllSufism (5)Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (6)Music and movement refused as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (1)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (6)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (5)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (6)Rooted InAllSufism (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Bayramiye14th centuryNaqshbandi Order14th centuryNimatullahi Order14th centuryRishi Order14th centurySafavid order14th centuryShattariyya14th 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.