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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 A ''tariqa'' () is a religious order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking , which translates as "ultimate truth". A tariqa has a (guide) who plays the ...
(religious order) named after and founded by
Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya Imam Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya (1898 – 27 January 1979) (), commonly referred to as Qalandar Baba Auliya (Urdu: ), was the founding Imam and Spiritual Master of the Silsila Azeemiyya, Azeemiyya Tariqa, Sufi Order, which takes its n ...
, also known as Qalandar Baba Auliya. It was established in 1960 (1380 AH) in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
, Pakistan. There are more than 100 Azeemi centers (Muraqaba Halls) internationally. The order was headed by Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya until he died in 1980, and then by
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (; 17 October 1927 – 21 February 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prominent master of Tassawuf (Sufism), holding Ijazah and authorisation from his Murshid, Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, the founder and Shaykh of ...
until his death in February 2025. Waqar Yusuf Azeemi is the current and third head of the order, succeeding
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (; 17 October 1927 – 21 February 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prominent master of Tassawuf (Sufism), holding Ijazah and authorisation from his Murshid, Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, the founder and Shaykh of ...
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Sufism Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...


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