Home›Sufi Orders›Originated InBrowse ByOriginated InThis page groups religious orders by the place they trace their founding to. Wikipedia notes that "a well-known Chinese Buddhist order is the ancient Shaolin order in Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism." Browsing by place of origin lets a visitor see where an order's own history actually begins.FactsOriginated InSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Originated InFilter Results15 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Ahmad al-Tijani (1)Amadou Bamba (1)Haji Bektash Veli (1)Rumi (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (11)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (14)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (1)Decentralised Polity (1)Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (13)Origin Period Start YearAll1127 (1)1181 (1)1190 (1)1200 (1)1209 (1)1244 (1)1276 (1)1301 (1)1367 (1)1400 (1)1434 (1)1500 (1)1640 (1)1660 (1)1704 (1)1750 (2)1774 (1)1782 (1)1790 (1)1883 (1)1887 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1980 (1)Parent Order / Branch OfAllKubrawiya (1)Naqshbandi Order (1)Qadiriyya Order (1)TraditionAllSufism (14)Doctrinal PositionAllAffiliation to one order only, forfeited by taking a second (1)An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (15)Belief may be concealed where disclosure would bring harm (taqiyya) (1)Listening, music or movement as a means of remembrance (2)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (6)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (15)Suppressed, then revived (1)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (2)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (14)Teaching and Education (2)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (14)Vernacular Language (2)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (15)Rooted InAllSufism (13)CapitalAllAlgiers (1)Ankara (1)Ashgabat (1)Baghdad (1)Beijing (1)Cairo (1)Dakar (1)Jakarta (1)Khartoum (1)Mogadishu (1)New Delhi (1)Rabat (1)Sanaa (1)Tehran (1)Washington, D.C. (1)Established YearAll1776 (1)1922 (1)1923 (1)1932 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1956 (2)1960 (2)1962 (1)1979 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Established (6)No Establishment (4)Secular State Declared (2)Varies by Province (1)Sovereignty StatusAllSovereign UN member state (15)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAlgeriaOriginated In1 entryChinaOriginated In2 entriesEgyptOriginated In2 entriesIndiaOriginated In2 entriesIndonesiaOriginated In1 entryIranOriginated In3 entriesIraqOriginated In1 entryMoroccoOriginated In7 entriesSenegalOriginated In2 entriesSomaliaOriginated In1 entrySudanOriginated In1 entryTurkeyOriginated In6 entriesTurkmenistanOriginated In1 entryUnited StatesOriginated In1 entryYemenOriginated In1 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.