The crucial role that Naqshbandi Sufis played in the fragmenting polities of the Indian and Central Asian Sultanates.
Sufis were never really just apolitical preachers that towed the line with Sultans. They were community leaders in the absolute sense and
Sufis were never really just apolitical preachers that towed the line with Sultans. They were community leaders in the absolute sense and
and in times of crisis it was the Khanqahs where people sought refuge.
Sufis were also active players in colonial resistance and they were the last bastions to fall before colonial and post colonial states carved up communities for their own debauched ends
Sufis were also active players in colonial resistance and they were the last bastions to fall before colonial and post colonial states carved up communities for their own debauched ends
The disintegration of the traditional Indian Sufi orders is something that is glossed over in the discourses related to the effects of colonialism on Indian communities.
What this establishes without any doubt, is the fact that the Sultanate and Khanaqahs had a symbiotic relationship with one another.
The Sultanate depended on the Khanaqah for legitimacy while the Khanaqahs depended on the Sultanate for protection against foreign invaders.
The Sultanate depended on the Khanaqah for legitimacy while the Khanaqahs depended on the Sultanate for protection against foreign invaders.
The classical Naqshbandi Mujaddidis show the importance of having a scholastic institutionalization, being in-tune the spiritual discipline while having acute awareness of the social cultural norms of the communities they operated in.
Something most tariqas today lack.
Something most tariqas today lack.
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