Ashrafiyya (dervish order)

الأشرفية (طريقة درويشية)

A dervish order which, according to d'Ohsson, takes its name from Abd Allah Ashraf (Eshref) Rumi, who died in 899 AH (1493) 1

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The Ashrafiyya was a dervish order, according to d'Ohsson, which takes its name from 'Abd Allah Ashraf (Eshref) Rumi, who died in 899 AH (1493) at Cin Iznik, as the entry prints it. 1

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The entry is short and rests on d'Ohsson's account; it gives no further history of the order. The entry is signed by M. Meyerhof. 1

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  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 753
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