ISMĀIL SIRĀJEDDIN-Ī SHIRVĀNĪ KURDAMIRĪ AND
NAQSHBANDIYYAH – KHALIDIYYAH BRANCHES IN
CAUCASUS
Abstract
In the beginning of nineteenth century, Caucasian people who were familiar with the culture of
Sufism have easily adopted this new order after the arrival of the Naqshbandiyyah in the
Caucasus. Ismail Shirvānī Kurdamirī, one of the followers of Mawlānā Khālid el-Bagdādī is
the first murshid of Khalidiyyah, a branch of Naqshibendiyyah
which rapidly spread in
Azerbaijan and Daghistan in Caucasus. As a result of his irshad activities in Azerbaijan
(Shirvan) and Daghistan many sufis and murshids came in sight in the region. After Ismaīl
Kurdemirī’s immigration into the Ottoman Empire, his murīds continued the dervish order of
Naqshbandiyyah and Khalidiyyah in Caucasus. In later periods as a result of activities of
Kurdamirī’s pupils some Naqshibandī branches have appeared in the region. Some of these
branches have given the Muridism its mystical character by actively participating in the struggle
against the Russians. In this study, we will address the life of Ismaīl Kurdemirī, and introduce
Naqshibandiyyah branches and its murshids in Azerbaijan and Daghistan.
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