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Silsila Azeemiyya

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The Azeemi Sufi Order, known in Urdu as Silsila Azeemiyya (سلسلہ عظيمیہ), and in Arabic as Al-Ṭarīqah al-Aẓeemiyyah (الطريقة عظيمية) is a Sufi Tariqa (religious order) named after and founded by Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, also known as Qalandar Baba Auliya. It was established in 1960 (1380 AH) in Karachi, Pakistan.[1][2][3]

Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (left) and Silsila founder Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya.

There are more than 100 Azeemi centers (Muraqaba Halls) internationally.[4]


The order was headed by Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya until he died in 1980, and then by Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi until his death in February 2025.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Founding - KSARS". ksars.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  2. ^ Pakistan Illustrated (Volume 14 ed.). University of Michigan. November 2004. pp. 96, 97.
  3. ^ Faizal Harun, Mohammad (2018). Sejarah Tarekat (in Malay). Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia. p. 335. ISBN 9789672064787.
  4. ^ "Silsila Azeemia is one of the Institutions for Spiritual Education". Archived from the original on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  5. ^ Azeemi, Khwaja Shamsuddin (2008). Tazkira Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (in Urdu). Karachi, Pakistan: Karachi Usmania University. pp. 53–67.
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