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Chishtiya Summary
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The Chistis are an important Sufi (Islamic mystic) silsilah (order). Each order consists of murids (disciples) of a particular sheikh or pir (spiritual master). Khwaja Abu Ishaq of Syria (d. 940) started the order in Chist village, Syria. The founder...
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The Chishti Order (Persian: چشتی ) is a Sunni Sufi order (tarika) of Islam which was founded in Chisht, now Afghanistan, about 930 C.E. and continues to this day (2007). The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and...


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The Muslim World
A 'Proving Ground' for Spiritual Mastery: The Chishti Sabiri Musical Assembly
10/01/2007: 7,792 words, approx. 26 pages
Qawwli is a distinctly South Asian variety of sama, the ritualized performance of ecstatic Sufi poetry accompanied by music. Cultivated in particular by the Chishti order since the twelfth century, this unique genre of religious expression has inspired poets, spiritual seekers, and popular audiences...
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The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Young Tory plots Benazir 'revolution'... from an office in Gillingham; PRAISE: Benazir Bhutto and Mr Chishti.
11/11/2007: 435 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: Simon Walters A CONTROVERSIAL race adviser to David Cameron is playing a leading rolein Benazir Bhutto's campaign against emergency rule in Pakistan under GeneralPervez Musharraf. Conservative Parliamentary candidate Rehman Chishti, 28, a close ally andformer aide to Mrs Bhutto, has...
 


 

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