Maizbhandari

Maizbhandari order
Tariqah-e-Maizbhandaria
AbbreviationMaizbhandari
Formation19th century
TypeSufi order
HeadquartersChittagong, Bangladesh
Key people
Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari

The Maizbhandari (Bengali: মাইজভাণ্ডারী), or sometimes Maijbhandari (Arabic: المائجبهندارية, romanizedal-māʾijbahandāryyah),[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]