Sufi Sects
STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL EXAM has a wide syllabus. In this General Study, the syllabus of History subject has a major and important part. Following we are presenting all the important Silsila’s of Sufism. In every exam of SSC CGL, questions were asked about these topics. So it is an important topic for every candidate preparing for that exam.
Sufi Sect |
Propagator |
Saint |
Related Facts |
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Chishti sect | Khwaja Abu Abdal Chishti, Muinuddin Chishti ( India ) |
MuinuddinChishti,HamiduddinNagori, Bakhtiyar Kaki, Baba Farid,Nizamuddin Auliya, Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Dehlvi, Qutuban |
This was the first Silsila to be organized in India. |
Suhrawardi sect | Sheikh Shihabuddin Suhrawardi, Bahauddin Zakariya (India ) |
Bahauddin Zakariya, Saduddin Arif, Sheikh Ruknuddin, Shah Daula Dariya Hameeduddin Nagori, Syed Jalaluddin Sheikh Musa, |
This Silsila believed in wealth. |
Shattari sect | Sheikh Abdullah Shattari | Sheikh Buddha, Sheikh Phool Muhammad Shah Ghaus |
It is called Ishqiya in Central Asia and Wistamia in Turkey. |
Firdausia sect | Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri | No other famous saint | This Silsila was prevalent in the Bihar region. |
Qadiriyya sect | Muiuddin Qadiri Jilani shah niamatullah (India) |
Sheikh Musa, Mia Mir, Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlvi, Mullah Shah Badakhshi |
It is the most mystic sect of Islam. |
Naqshbandi sect | Khwaja Bahauddin Khwaja Baqi Billah (India) |
Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Sheikh Masoom, Shah Wali Ullah, Khwaja Mir Dard |
There were disciples from the sect from the Mughal emperor Babur and Aurangzeb. |
Kalandaria sect | Abdul Aziz Makki | Khizr Rumi, Nizamuddin, |
The saints of this sect did not live in khangaah |
Roshni sect | Miyan Bayazid Ansari | no other famous saint |
Mia Bayeed Ansari was also known as Bayazid Afghan and Pir-e-Roshan |
Kubrabia sect | Najmuddin-ul-Kubra | Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani | It was prevalent in Kashmir |
Rishi silsila | Nooruddin | Sadhvi Lalladev |
It was prevalent in Kashmir |
Neosufism | Shah Karim | Bedil, Bekas |
This trend was prevalent in Sindh. |
Mahdavi sect | Syed Mohammed | no other famous saint | Ahmadnagar made Mahdavi his state religion |
Noorbakhshia sect | Syed Muhammad | no other famous saint | He belonged to the Shia sect |