Tarika-e-Maizbhandari

Tarika-e-Maizbhandari (Maizbhandari Sufi Order) is a Sufi sect based in Chittagong District of Bangladesh.^[1]

History

Maizbhandari is a liberated Sufi order established in Bangladesh in the 19th century by Gausul Azam Shah Sufi Syed Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari (1826 AD − 1906 AD), a descendant of Muhammad.^[2] Maizbhandari spent his childhood in his native Chittagong, and after finishing his secondary education, he was admitted to Calcutta Alia Madrasha (the Aliah University) for studies in Islamic religion and philosophy.

Khalifa

According to Sufism and Islam, a Khalifa is an authorized person who is assigned to a particular task. Maizbhandari assigned Khalifa to spread Maizbhandari Sufism across the continent. Khalifa is considered to be a spiritual master who is assigned or appointed for Sufism practice.Hundreds of Khalifas live in different places, appointed for Mmaizbhandari teaching. A list of the original Khalifa's successors was published by one of his descendants, Delwar Hossain Maizbhanderi, in Gausul Azam Maizbhandarir Jiboni O Karamat (Life sketch of Hazrat Kebla Kaba).

See also

• List of Sufi Saints of South Asia
• Abdul-Qadir Gilani

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References

External links

• Rumi and the Sufism Symposium IAS- Novato, CA, USA
• Sufism Symposium Scotland International Sufism Symposium Speaker List
• The Role of Mazbhandari Philosophy / Tariqah in Building Up a World of Peace By: Dr. M. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury, Professor of Economics, Chittagong University
• The Daily independent Universal Sufi Festival of Rahe Bhander
• Comprendre, Publications soeurs: 1987, No. 134 Maizbhandar and its Saints (J. D'Souza)
• Amazon.com Book: Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh: The Maijbhandaris of Chittagong (Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies) Author: Dr. Hans Harder, coordinator of the research projects B1 "Asian Satire" and B13 "Tamil-Speaking Muslims" and head of the Department of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg.
• Bertocci, Peter J. (February 2006). "A Sufi movement in Bangladesh: The Maijbhandari tariqa and its followers". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 40 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1177/006996670504000101.