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Halveti




The order grew in popularity during Ottoman times and spread from its origins in the Middle East (northern Syria and Iraq , southeast Turkey and western Iran ) to the Balkans, Egypt (where it was a popular Sufi order amongst many of the Sheikhs of al-Azhar University including the Maliki Sheikh Ahmed Dardir) and almost all corners of the Ottoman Empire. The Nigeria n Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio , although a Qadiri, was initiated into the Khalwati order, and Shaykh Ahmed At-Tijani was also originally a Khalwati.


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