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A

• Abou Ben Adhem
• Ahl-e Haqq
• Ak Tagh
• Al-Hallaj
• Al-Khidr
• Ali Hajweri

Abou Ben Adhem was an Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. ... Also referred to as Yarsan or Yaresan and also Ali-Ilahis or Aliullahis by outsiders, is one of many Sufi orders in Iran, combining various syncretistic and Islamic ideas with a veneration of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of Muhammad. ... Ak Tagh, literally White Mountain in Chagatai Turki, was a faction of Turkestani Naqshbandi Sufism originated in Sarmakand. ... Al-Hallaj (c. ... Al-Khidr (Arabic: الخضر) or the Green Man has a disputed status amongst scholars; some say hes a Saint while others say hes a Prophet. ... Syed Abul Hassan Bin Usman Bin Ali Al-Hajweri, also known as Shaikh Ali Hajweri, Data Ganj Bakhsh, or Data Sahib, was a scholar of Islam and a Sufi saint. ...

B

• Badawiyyah
• Bektashi
• Bulla Shah

The Badawiyyah, Sufi tarika, was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi ( 1199- 1276). ... The Bektashi order is a Sufi religious order (Tarika). ... Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, believed to have lived from 1680 to 1758. ...

C

• Chishti Order

The Chishti Order was founded by Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami (the Syrian) (d. ...

D

• Dervish

The word Dervish, especially in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious fraternities, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars. ...

E

• Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre was a 13th century Turkish poet and mystic, who had an immense influence on Turkish literature. ...

F

• Fakir
• Futuwa

According to Herbert Ponting, who took this photograph in 1907, this is a fakir in Benares (Varanasi), India. ... Futuwa (sometimes translated as courage, chivalry or manliness) is a name of Sufi Islamic virtue that has some similarities to chivalry and charity. ...

H

• Haci Bayram
• Halveti
• Hazrat Inayat Khan
• Eric Hermelin
• Hidayat Inayat Khan

Haci (Haji) Bayram was the founder of the Bayramiyye Sufi order. ... Halveti (as it is known in Turkey but is more commonly known as Khalwati) is one of the most widespread orders in Sufi Islam and after the Naqshbandi, Qadiri and Shadhili is perhaps the most popular. ... Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 - February 5, 1927), founder of Universal Sufism, and the Sufi Movement International, came to the west as a representative of several musical traditions of his native India. ... Eric Hermelin (1860-1944) was a Swedish translator and author. ... Hidayat Inayat-Khan was born in London, England in 1917, the son of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pirani Ameena Begum. ...

I

• Ibn Arabi
• Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Fakhruddin Iraqi (born June 10, 1213), also known simply as Iraqi or Araqi, was a Persian philosopher and mystic of the Islamic tradition. ...

J

• Jami

Youth seeking his fathers advice Miniature illustration to the Haft Awrang of Jami, in the story A Father Advises his Son About Love See Sufi outlook on male love Freer and Sackler Galleries, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Persian youth playing chess with two suitors Illustration to the Haft...

L

• List of famous Sufis

This is a list of famous Sufis Ahmed ar-Rifai Abdul Qadir Jilani Abdel Kadir Abu Yazid Bistami aka Bayazid of Bistam Al-Ghazali Shaikh Ali Hajweri aka Data Ganj Bakhsh Ahmed Ben Bella Amir Khusro Aziz Mahmud Hudayi Farid al-Din Attar Baba Tajuddin of Nagpur Bawa Muhaiyaddeen...

M

• Moinuddin Chishti

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (1141 - 1230 AD), also known as Gharib Nawaz, is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. ...

N

• Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi (Naqshbandiyya) is an order (tarika) in Sufi Islam. ...

O

• Ömer Faruk Tekbilek

Ömer Faruk Tekbilek, also called Omar Faruk Tekbilek, is a Turkish musician. ...

S

• Safaviyeh
• Sai Baba
• Sama
• Idries Shah
• Sheikh Farid
• Sufi whirling
• Sufism
• Sufi music

Safaviyeh was the name of the Sufi order founded by Sheikh Safi Al-Din (1252-1334). ... This article is about the original, turn of the century Shirdi Sai Baba from Bombay state (now Maharashtra). ... Sama or Samal is an Austronesian language in the Sulu Archipelago. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Idris Shah. ... Fariduddin Ganjshakar (Farid-ul-Din Masaud Shakar Ganj) c. ... The practice of Sufi whirling, a whirling meditation, originated among the ancient Indian mystics and Turkish Sufis (and is still practiced by the dervishes of the Mevlevi order). ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is the school of esoteric philosophy in Islam, which is based on the pursuit of spiritual truth as a definite goal to attain. ...

V

• Vatul

Vatul (Vathul / Vatula / Vathula) is a Sanskrit word that has several meanings including enlightened, lashed by the wind to the point of losing ones sanity, gods madcap, detached from the world, and seeker of truth. ...

W

• The Whirling Dervishes

The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of the Persian Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi in 1273 in Konya present day Turkey; also known as The Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remeberence of Allah...

Z

• Zahed
• Zahediyeh