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Noorbakhshia

Also known as Nurbakhshiyya, Noorbakhshi order

The Noorbakhshia is a Sufi order and Muslim community that traces its teaching to Sayyid Muhammad Nurbakhsh (1393–1464), a Persian Sufi of the Kubrawiya tradition. Spread to Kashmir and Baltistan in the late 15th century by Mir Shams al-Din Iraqi, it combines Sufi and Shia elements. Today its followers live mainly in Baltistan and Ladakh.

Noorbakhshia
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Maqpon dynasty

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Noorbakhshia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/noorbakhshia
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