The Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan:The
Indian musician and Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan’s journey
with his brothers from India to the United States in 1910, and
on to Europe in 1912, marked the beginning of the first wave
of Sufism in the West (Rawlinson 1997) and the creation of what
has been seen variously as a new religious movement (Melton
1986), a Western Sufism (Genn 2006; Hammer 2004; Hermansen 2004),
and as a worldwide Chishtiyya Sufi diaspora (Ernst and Lawrence
2002). The order founded by Inayat Khan is now one of the oldest
and most prominent Sufi orders in the West. It is a transnational
spiritual movement with well-developed formal organizations
and groups on virtually every continent. Inayat Khan was part
of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century wave of the
Indian diaspora. This early diaspora, a product of colonialism,
involved mainly what has been described as ‘dispersal’–
Indians journeying in search of a livelihood but also elements
of ‘expansion’ – by Indian cultural elites.
By
the time of Inayat Khan’s death in 1926 in Delhi on a return
visit to India, there were several thousand mureeds in Europe
and America. The Sufi work was, at first, continued in Europe
by his brothers and then by a grandson until the 1980s. In 1993,
after a period of co-operative leadership, Hidayat Inayat-Khan,
the founder’s younger son, was recognised as the Representative
General.
In 1926,
Hazrat Inayat Khan returned to India, the country of his birth.
After a brief illness, he passed away in Delhi on February 5th,
1927. According to his wishes, his body was laid to rest on
a small piece of property not far from the grave of the Sufi
saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. The Dargah [tomb] of Hazrat Inayat
is now a place of peace, prayer and meditation in the midst
of the crowded city to which pilgrims come from around the world.
It is also a centre for music concerts, lectures, conferences,
and social programs helping the people of the surrounding district.
By the time
of Inayat Khan’s death in 1926 in Delhi on a return visit
to India, there were several thousand mureeds in Europe and
America. The Sufi work was, at first, continued in Europe by
his brothers and then by a grandson until the 1980s. In 1993,
after a period of co-operative leadership, Hidayat Inayat-Khan,
the founder’s younger son, was recognised as the Representative
General.
Here
is some additional information:
The
elder son of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan was Vilayat Inayat-Khan,
who was trained and ordained as a Sufi Pir in the Chishtiyya,
was also actively teaching in Europe and North America from
the early 1950s to his passing in 2004, initiating several hundred
murids into the Chishti-Inayati tariqat. The public face of
his Order was at first called "The Sufi Order of the West"
(after the name given by Hazrat Inayat Khan) and recently changed
to "The Sufi Order International." His successor,
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, was ordained as a Pir in two branches of
the Chishtiyya and is the current head of the Sufi Order International,
with its headquarters in New York State, USA.
Further
information is available at http://www.sufiorder.org.
To know more : http://www.sufimovement.org/dargah.htm
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