Nasser Sedqhi; Vali Dinparast; Razwan Arif Abbas
Abstract
One of the Sufi order in Islam is the Qadiriyya sect, whose founder is Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani (died 561 AH). In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Qadiriyya sect spread in Iraq, ...
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One of the Sufi order in Islam is the Qadiriyya sect, whose founder is Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani (died 561 AH). In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Qadiriyya sect spread in Iraq, then India, the Levant, and North Africa. It gradually gained followers in Kurdistan from the 9th century of Hijri. Since then, in the following centuries, the number of followers of this Order increased day by day in Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. So that today this sect has followers in these regions, the investigation of how and the causes of the spread of the Qadiriyya sect in Kurdistan is the subject of this research. The method of conducting this research is descriptive-analytical and it seeks to answer the question that what factors have caused the expansion of Qadiriyya sect in Kurdistan? The findings of his study show that there are several factors for the expansion of the Qadiriyya sect in Kurdistan, including things such as: the cultural activities of the Qadiriyya Spirtual Leaders, the local power vacuum in Kurdistan, the numerous trips of the sheikhs to various regions and the propagation of the Qadiriyya sect among the people. Interaction with local rulers or with the Ottoman government was effective in spreading this religion in Kurdistan.
