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Sufi Brotherhoods

Type Object Region Islamic world Time 900

Sufi brotherhoods are religious organizations in the Islamic world centered on Sufi mystical practice and master-disciple transmission, commonly call…

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  1. 1000–1080Persia and Iraq · West AsiaIn the first half of the 11th century, Sufi practice shifted from individual asceticism to brotherhoods led by a sheikh, forming institutional elements such as dhikr (remembrance of God) rituals, khanqah (lodges), and silsila (chains of transmission).
  2. 1081–1090Syria and the Anatolian frontier · LevantBetween 1081 and 1090, Sufi brotherhoods established lodges and charitable networks in the borderlands between the Seljuk Sultanate and Fatimid influence, consolidating local influence through preaching, medical care, and shelter for traveling merchants, thereby accumulating manpower for religious mobilization at the end of the 11th century.

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