Futuwa (sometimes translated as "courage", "chivalry" or "manliness") is a name of Sufi Islamic virtue that has some similarities to chivalry and charity. Futuwa emphasize honesty, peacefulness, gentleness, generosity even in poverty, avoidance of complaints and hospitality in life. Patched robes of sufi were called libas al-futuwa. Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... See also order of chivalry Woman under the Safeguard of Knighthood, allegorical Scene. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term in Christian theology (one of the three theological virtues), meaning loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both...

Futuwa was also a name of ethical urban organizations in 10th century Anatolia, in modern Turkey. Members were united through the practices of Sufi worship and a form of common property. Anatolia ( Greek: ανατολή anatolē or anatolí, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ...

Historical origin of futuwa groups is obscure. They were ideologically connected to Sufi mystics who used to refer to futuwa as a moral direction. Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ...

Through membership in a futuwa group, artisans and crafters were linked to other social groups and vice versa. This served as a social connection that stabilized the local community and balanced the power of the aristocracy. Futuwa groups often influenced the course of political events and were definitely a part of the community. Different futuwa leaders could have serious rivalries.

Some futuwas were equivalent of trade guilds with sufi ideology, preference for self-government and forming a counter-force to power of Turkish despots.

One form of futuwa was a social group. The leader of the group would furnish a hospice. At the end of the workday members would bring the money that they used to buy the food and drink for the hospice. They entertained travelers with elaborate banquets or, if no traveler came that day, enjoyed the feast themselves with song and dance. They also invested in charities (vakif). According to Ibn Battuta, members were called fityan (young) and group leaders were called akhi. Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta (Tangier, Morocco, February 24, 1304 - 1377) was a Moroccan Berber traveller and explorer. ...

Another form was Warriors for the Faith, that is, warbands or warrior societies. Some of these were just glorified bands of brigands. However, for example, in 1100s in Damascus, Ibn Jubayr founded an organization called the Nubuya that fought the fanatic Shi'a sects in Syria. Damascus by night, the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria and is the oldest inhabited city in the world. ... Ibn Jubayr (also Jabair, 1145-1217), Arabian geographer, was born in Valencia. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ...

Abbasid Caliph an-Nasir (1158-1225) approved of and supported futuwas. In 1182 he organized a warrior futuwa that was for all practical purposes a knightly order with mounted warriors. He became the head of the order and gathered ruling princes and other notables to its membership. It continued for some time after the death of its founder. Abbasid provinces during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid Abbasid was the dynastic name generally given to the caliphs of Baghdad, the second of the two great Sunni dynasties of the Muslim empire, that overthrew the Umayyid caliphs. ... Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... An-Nasir (d. ... Christian military orders appeared following the First Crusade. ...

This military futuwa was also practiced by Javans, mercenary soldiers of 10th and 11th centuries in Khurasan, Persia (although they may have also had non-Muslim soldiers amongst them). Apparently it may have been a model for janissaries. Khorasan (also spelled Khurasan and Khorassan; خراسان in Persian) is an area, located in eastern and northeastern Iran. ... Iran (Persia) (Persian: ایران) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia. ... The Janissaries (or janizaries; in Turkish: Yeniçeri, meaning New Troops) comprised infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultans household troops and bodyguard. ...

Futuwa became a topic for European orientalists after being mentioned in a work by Franz Taeschler. Later it was studied by Claude Cahen as a social phenomenon of medieval Iraq and Turkey. French orientalist, specialized in studies of Islamic Middle Ages, Muslim sources about Crusades, and social history of islamic society of the Middle Ages (wokes on Futuwa orders). ...

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Al-Futuwa was also an Arabic name the of Arab-nationalist Young Arab Association founded in 1913 in Paris during the First World War. WWI redirects here. ...