South Asian Sufism

E604657

Islamic mysticism South Asian Islamic tradition Sufism

South Asian Sufism is the regional expression of Islamic mysticism in the Indian subcontinent, characterized by devotional practices, shrine-centered piety, and the teachings of major Sufi orders such as the Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiri, and Naqshbandi.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kashmiri Sufism	1
Qadiriyya in the Indian subcontinent	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic mysticism ⓘ South Asian Islamic tradition ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
associatedConcept	baraka ⓘ dargah ⓘ khanqah ⓘ pir-murid relationship ⓘ tariqa ⓘ wali ⓘ
associatedPractice	charitable distribution at shrines ⓘ kafi singing ⓘ qawwali ⓘ recitation of Sufi poetry ⓘ spiritual mentorship ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage	Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ Gujarati NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saraiki NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	devotional practices ⓘ dhikr ⓘ musical assemblies ⓘ pilgrimage to Sufi shrines ⓘ sama ⓘ shrine-centered piety ⓘ urs celebrations ⓘ use of poetry in devotion ⓘ veneration of Sufi saints ⓘ
devotionalFocus	intercession of saints ⓘ love of God ⓘ remembrance of God ⓘ
geographicRegion	Indian subcontinent ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCenter	Ajmer Sharif Dargah NERFINISHED ⓘ Data Darbar Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ Khwaja Gharib Nawaz shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sehwan Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Delhi Sultanate era ⓘ Mughal Empire era ⓘ postcolonial period ⓘ
includesCountry	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Maldives NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	South Asian devotional literature ⓘ popular Islam in South Asia ⓘ regional music traditions ⓘ vernacular poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic Sufi literature ⓘ Central Asian Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorOrder	Chishti order NERFINISHED ⓘ Naqshbandi order NERFINISHED ⓘ Qadiri order NERFINISHED ⓘ Rifai order NERFINISHED ⓘ Shattari order NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi order NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMovement	Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic reform movements in South Asia ⓘ
religiousContext	Islam ⓘ
socialRole	local dispute resolution ⓘ mediation of communal relations ⓘ provision of charity ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Awarif al-Ma'arif → influenceOn → South Asian Sufism ⓘ

Qadiriyya Sufi tradition → hasRegionalBranch → South Asian Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qadiriyya in the Indian subcontinent

Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani → hasInfluenceOn → South Asian Sufism ⓘ

Kashmiriyat → associatedWith → South Asian Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashmiri Sufism