Idries Shah

Idries Shah

male, deceased (1996)
Naqshbandi order, Sufiorders, Esotericism, author, gurdjieff, Spirituality…sufi
Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, né Sayyid Idris al-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس الهاشمي), was an author in the Naqshbandi sufist tradition...
Gohar Shahi

Gohar Shahi

male, 68 years old
poet, High Court of Sindh, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, rawalpindi, murder, blasphemy…sufi, Sufiorders
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi was a Pakistani author, spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual movement Anjuman Serfroshan-e-Islam. He was born in...

Omar Ali-Shah

male
Mystic, mohammed, Spirituality, Sufism, Esotericism, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam…Sufiorders
Omar Ali-Shah was a prominent exponent of modern Naqshbandi sufism. He wrote a number of books on the subject, and was head of a large number of...
Amadou Bamba

Amadou Bamba

male, deceased (1927)
Religion in the Gambia, Islamic mysticism, French West Africa, Religion in Senegal, Sufiorders, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké…sufi
Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké, muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal, founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the "Muridiyya"). S...
Ibrahima Fall

Ibrahima Fall

male, deceased (1930)
sheikh, sufi, Religious leader, west africa, Senegalese, French West Africa…Sufiorders
Sheikh Ibrahima Fall was a disciple of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba (Amadou Bamba), founder of the Mouride Brotherhood movement in West Africa. Well known...