Yesevi-Tariqa

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The Yesevi-Tariqa was one of the numerous Tariqas ( Sufi orders or brotherhoods) within Islam . The founder was Ahmed Yesevi († 1165) from Khorasan . From him the “spiritual chain” ( silsila ) can be traced back to the Prophet Mohammed via Yusuf Hamadhani , Kharaqani and Bāyazīd Bistāmī .

The Yesevi-Tariqa practiced different types of Dhikr ( dervish ceremony for invoking God ), the best known is the so-called "sawing Dhikr" (also "sawing Dhikr"). The rough tones that come out of the throat actually sound like a saw .

During the 13th century the Yesevi-Tariqa was very active and had a large number of followers, some of whom settled in Anatolia and the Balkans . There they exerted a great influence on later tariqas. One of the better-known Sufis from the Yesevi tradition is, for example, Hajji Bektash , the founder of the Bektashi tariqa.

Individual Yesevi dervishes are said to still live in parts of Turkestan today. Apart from that, it is certain that the Tariqa no longer exists as an organized brotherhood.

Georges I. Gurdjieff is said to have been influenced by the brotherhood.