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The Jerrahi () are a
Sufi 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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(order) derived from the
Halveti order The Khalwati order (also known as Khalwatiyya, Khalwatiya, or Halveti, as it is known in Turkey and Albania) is an Islamic Sufi brotherhood (''tariqa''). Along with the Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Shadhili orders, it is among the most famous Sufi or ...
. Their founder i
Hazreti Pîr Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi
(1678-1720), who lived in
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and is buried at the site of his tekke in
Karagümrük Karagümrük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called E ...
, Istanbul. Nureddin was a direct descendant of
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both from his mother and father. During the
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, the Order was widespread throughout the
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, particularly
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and southern
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(
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). The Jerrahi Order of Dervishes is a cultural, educational, and social relief organization with members from diverse professional, ethnic and national backgrounds. The head
dergah A Sufi shrine or dargah ( ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargāh'' दरगाह درگاہ, ''dôrgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervis ...
"convention" of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order is in Karagümrük,
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, Istanbul. There are some substations in
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and it has branches in some European countries,
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, South America and North America, including
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,
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and
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. Branches of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order conduct gatherings where the dervishes perform Sufi remembrance ceremonies, practice
sufi music Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in ...
, serve dinner, pray together and listen to the discourses of their Sufi guides. The main branch of the Jerrahi Order of America is in Chestnut Ridge,
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with a congregation of mixed immigrant and local convert backgrounds.


History

This Sufi Order was brought to Western countries by
Muzaffer Ozak Muzaffer Ozak (formally: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi) (1916 – 12 February 1985) was a Turkish Muslim spiritual author, imam, and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti- Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Ottoman Sufi ord ...
, who was the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1966 until his death in 1985. Sefer Dal was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1985 until his own death in 1999.
Ömer Tuğrul İnançer Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (5 May 1946, Bursa - 4 September 2022, Istanbul) was a Turkish lawyer, Sufi musician, and Shaykh of the Jerrahi Order. He retired from his duty as the founding general manager of the Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Ense ...
was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1999 to 2022. The current Sheikh of the Order since 2022 is
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. According to Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman, it was Sefer Dal, 20th Grand Sheikh of the Order, who advised him to establish the organization during a visit to Dal's Istanbul mosque. During the
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, the Order's American branch worked with the
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to bring 160 Bosnian refugees to the US. Inancer, the previous Grand Sheikh of the Order, was a speaker at the World Sufi Forum organized by the
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in 2016.Priyanka Mogul
World Sufi Forum 2016: What you need to know about Muslim event inaugurated by Narendra Modi
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, 17 March 2016. Accessed 1 November 2018.


See also

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Muzaffer Ozak Muzaffer Ozak (formally: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi) (1916 – 12 February 1985) was a Turkish Muslim spiritual author, imam, and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti- Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Ottoman Sufi ord ...
*
Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order, also known as the Jerrahi Sufi Order, is a Sufi order based in New York City and Mexico City. Founded by Muhammad Nur al-Din al-Jerrahi, in Turkey in the 1700s, it is led by American Sufis Lex Hixon ( ''alias'' Nu ...
*
Malamatiyya The Malāmatiyya (), or Malamatis, were an early Muslim organization and associated Islamic mystical movement active in 9th-century Greater Khorasan. The root word of their name is the Arabic word ''malāmah'' () "blame". The Malamatiyya believ ...
*
Mevlevi Order The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya (; ) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey (formerly capital of the Sultanate of Rum) and which was founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi ...
*
Bektashiyyah Bektashism (, ) is a Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the ''walī'' "saint" Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. The Bektashi co ...
* Bayramiyya


References

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External links


Halveti Jerrahi order of America

Halveti Jerrahi order in Mexico

Halveti Jerrahi order in Canada

Halveti Jerrahi order in Argentina, tekke of Orhan Baba. Murillo 686, Buenos Aires Tel: (5411) 48575336

Halveti Jerrahi order in Argentina

Halveti Jerrahi in Chicago

Halveti Jerrahi in Los Angeles

Halveti Jerrahi order in Italy

Halveti Jerrahi Order in Brazil

Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order in New York

Zawiya of the Tariqa Halveti-Cerrahi in Granada, Spain

First khalyfa Jerrahi in Italy (died 2010)

Interview with Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi

Interview with Sheikh Ragip al-Jerrahi

Interviews with Rabbi David Edelman and Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi


* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060525002321/http://www.fonsvitae.com/irshad.html IRSHAD Wisdom of a Sufi Master By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak Al-Jerrahi
Garden of Paradise - Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance - Music CD Sheikh Muzzafer Ozak and the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes


Sufi orders Khalwati order