Aḥmadiyya-Idrīsiyya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Vikør, Knut S.
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Brill
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The Aḥmadiyya-Idrīsiyya is a set of Ṣūfī traditions or brotherhoods inspired by the teachings of the Moroccan mystic Aḥmad b. Idrīs (1163-1253/1749-50-1837) that includes the Khatmiyya, the Sanūsiyya, the Rashīdiyya, the Dandarāwiyya, and others, spread throughout the Muslim world. Ibn Idrīs had an evident influence on a number of Ṣūfī scholars of his time and the various students who sought him out, but, beyond building a house at Abū Qubays, in Mecca, for those of his students who remained behind when he left for Yemen