Maizbhandari
Shrine of Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari, the founder of the Maizbhandari Sufi order | |
| Abbreviation | Maizbhandari |
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| Formation | 19th century |
| Type | Sufi order |
| Headquarters | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Key people | Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari |
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The Maizbhandari (Bengali: মাইজভাণ্ডারী), or sometimes Maijbhandari (Arabic: المائجبهندارية, romanized: al-māʾijbahandāryyah), order or tariqa of Sufism within Sunni Islam was founded in the late 19th century by the Bengali Sufi saint Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari from Chittagong. It is the only Sufi order to have originated from within the Bengal region, and, as an indigenous movement, it has continued to enjoy significant popularity through to the 21st century.