The Naqshbandis in Western and Central Asia

Author(s):
Özdalga, E.
Published
2000
Publication type
Book review

Abstract

The Naqshbandi order constitutes one of the leading Sufi orders (tariqa) in the Muslim world. Baha'al-Din Naqshband (d. 1389), the order's eponym, originated from Bukhara in Khorasan. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the order developed into a world-wide organization, spreading to areas as culturally and geographically distant as Central Asia, Eastern Turkestan, India, China, Afghanistan, and the then Ottoman Empire (including the Balkans).

books
Date issued
2000
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Newsletter (2000), Vol. 6, no. 1, p. 35-35
hdl
1887/17444