Home›Sufi Orders›Parent Order / Branch OfBrowse ByParent Order / Branch OfThis page groups religious orders by the larger order or confederation they branch from. Wikipedia notes that an independent Benedictine house may be "affiliated into a congregation... and these, in turn, form the supra-national Benedictine Confederation." Browsing this way lets a visitor trace a smaller order back to the larger body it grew out of.FactsParent Order / Branch OfSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Parent Order / Branch OfFilter Results10 entriesFounded ByAllMawlana Khalid (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (6)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (9)PolityAllSilsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (9)Originated InAllChina (1)Iran (1)Morocco (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1466 (1)1600 (1)1750 (2)1811 (1)1848 (1)1909 (1)1910 (1)1971 (1)1974 (1)TraditionAllSufism (10)Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (10)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (3)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (10)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (9)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (9)Vernacular Language (2)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (10)Rooted InAllSufism (8)Origin Period End YearAll1166 (1)1182 (1)1236 (1)1271 (1)1389 (1)1799 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBektashi OrderParent Order / Branch Of1 entryChishti OrderParent Order / Branch Of2 entriesInayati OrderParent Order / Branch Of1 entryJerrahi OrderParent Order / Branch Of1 entryKubrawiyaParent Order / Branch Of2 entriesNaqshbandi OrderParent Order / Branch Of8 entriesQadiriyya OrderParent Order / Branch Of4 entriesRifa'i OrderParent Order / Branch Of1 entryShattariyyaParent Order / Branch Of1 entryTijaniyyahParent Order / Branch Of1 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.