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Write brief essay on Sufi Movements.

  • UPSC 2003
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

Sufism denotes the mystical dimension of Islam — a devotional and philosophical current that arrived in India alongside, and eventually independent of, Turkish political conquest, and matured into a set of organized orders with distinct doctrines, practices, and social profiles.

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  • Origins and Core Doctrine
  • Advent and Organization in India
  • Distinctive Practices
  • Decline and Differentiation
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