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Naqshbandiy(y)a
.

S
f
order (
tar
qa
) named after Khw
ja Mu
ammad Bah
’ al-D
n Naqshband (1317–89 (AH 717–91)). It originated in Central Asia, but soon spread to India, and eventually to China and Egypt. It adhered strictly to
sunna
and
shar
‘a
, and sought to ‘Islamicize’ the state through its influence on rulers. The
Vedas
could be regarded as revealed scripture (thereby making Hindus ‘people of the book’,
ahl al-Kit
b
), with the many gods understood as childish pictures of the attributes of
All
h
—though this attitude was itself disputed. Outstanding among later members of the order were
J
m
and Shaykh A
mad Sirhind