Rahmaniyya

The Raḥmâniyya (Arabic: الرحمانية) is an Algerian Sufi order (tariqa or brotherhood) founded by Kabyle religious scholar Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Azhari Bu Qabrayn in the 1770s.[1] It was initially a branch of the Khalwatîya (Arabic: الخلوتية) established in Kabylia region. However, its membership grew unwaveringly elsewhere in Algeria and in North Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Clancy-Smith. Between Cairo and the Algerian Kabylia: the Rahmaniyya tariqa, 1715-1800. p. 202.
  2. ^ Clancy-Smith. Between Cairo and the Algerian Kabylia: the Rahmaniyya tariqa, 1715-1800. p. 204.