Home›Sufi Orders›PolityBrowse ByPolityThis page groups religious orders by how they are governed. Wikipedia notes that "the Benedictines, Cistercians, and Trappists have autonomous abbeys (so-called 'independent houses')," each self-governing rather than centrally directed. Browsing by polity lets a visitor compare a centrally governed order against one built from independent houses.FactsPolitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1PolityFilter Results3 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Ahmad al-Tijani (1)Amadou Bamba (1)Baha al-Din Naqshband (1)Haji Bektash Veli (1)Mawlana Khalid (1)Rumi (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (3)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (3)Originated InAllAlgeria (1)China (1)Egypt (1)India (1)Indonesia (1)Iran (1)Iraq (1)Morocco (1)Senegal (1)Somalia (1)Sudan (1)Turkey (2)Turkmenistan (1)Yemen (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1127 (1)1145 (1)1181 (1)1190 (1)1200 (1)1209 (1)1244 (1)1276 (1)1318 (1)1367 (1)1400 (1)1434 (1)1466 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)1640 (1)1660 (1)1704 (1)1750 (1)1774 (1)1782 (1)1790 (1)1799 (1)1811 (1)1817 (1)1848 (1)1878 (1)1883 (1)1887 (1)1909 (1)1935 (1)1968 (1)1974 (1)1980 (1)1993 (1)Parent Order / Branch OfAllBektashi Order (1)Chishti Order (1)Jerrahi Order (1)Kubrawiya (1)Naqshbandi Order (1)Qadiriyya Order (1)Rifa'i Order (1)Shattariyya (1)Tijaniyyah (1)Part OfAllNaqshbandi Order (1)TraditionAllSufism (1)Doctrinal PositionAllAffiliation to one order only, forfeited by taking a second (1)An 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)Music and movement refused as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (2)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Suppressed, then revived (1)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (3)Teaching and Education (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (3)Vernacular Language (2)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (3)Rooted InAllSufism (1)Doctrinal CategoryAllOrthodoxy and Dissent (1)Origin of the NameAllArabic silsila, a chain. (1)Standing as a Comparative CategoryAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (1)Status Within the TraditionAllStandard teaching, not formally defined (1)Show ResultsCentralised Corporate PolityPolity1 entryDecentralised PolityPolity2 entriesSilsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent)Polity56 entriesSources1. 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.