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The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

Clashes took place outside a Tehran police station between police and members of the dervish minority Five Iranian security personnel have been killed in clashes with members of a Sufi Muslim ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Thirty-eight people got lashes. Amnesty said more than 200 members of Iran's largest Sufi Muslim order, the Gonabadi dervishes, were sentenced to prison and lashes after taking part in peaceful ...

More than 800 years ago, Hazrat Attar, a much-loved Sufi mystic hailing from medieval Khorasan (now northeast of Iran), wrote of the search for divine love and wisdom in his metaphorical poem ...

By Humra Quraishi While working on the architectural wonders of Kashmir valley, I had the opportunity to visit several Sufi dargahs and learn about lives and philosophy of Sufi saints. Abu’l Fazl ...

Sufi Festival, organized by the Auqaf Department Punjab, concluded with a captivating performance of "Bulha" by Ajoka Theatre ...