Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Razwan Arif Abbas ¹
• Nasser Sedqhi ²
• Vali Dinparast ²

¹ Assistant Lecturer of College of Basic Education, Department of Social Science , University of Halabja , Kurdistan, Iraq.

² Associate Professor of History Department

Abstract

Abstract:

One of the Sufi order in Islam is the Qadiriyya Order, whose founder is Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani (died 561 AH). In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Qadiriyya order 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 tariqat increased day by day in Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. So that today this order has followers in these regions, the investigation of how and the causes of the spread of the Qadiriyya order 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 order in Kurdistan? The findings of his study show that there are several factors for the expansion of the Qadiriyya ordert 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 Order among the people. Interaction with local rulers or with the Ottoman government was effective in spreading this religion in Kurdistan.The subject of this research is how the Qadiriyya Tariqat spread in Kurdistan during the period discussed by these people. Who were the followers of the Qadiriyya Tariqat in Kurdistan and how did they spread this Tariqat in Kurdistan for the first time is the question of this research.In connection with Qadiriyeh method, several studies have been written, which can be mentioned: Hadidi, Khalil; Dehghan, Ali and Fernia, Naser (2013), in an article titled "Zekr in the Qadiriyya Tariqat" have investigated the rituals of this Tariqat.For the first time, the Qadiriyya Tariqat in Kurdistan was flourished and glorified by the Barzanji dynasty. The founders of this family were two brothers named Isa and Musa (at the end of the first half of the 15th century), who settled in Barzanjeh, which is one of the villages of Shahrzour,

Keywords

• Kurdistan
• Sufism
• Qadiriyya Order
• Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani
• Spirtual Leaders

Main Subjects

• History