Sufi order of Bangladesh Maizbhandari and Syed Ahmadul Huq

Sufism is the spiritual form of Islam. It has many theoretical and practical aspects. In practical perspective, Sufism has various types of Sufi orders, which are usually known as ‘Sufi Tariqa’ to all inheritors of south Asia since the Islam had entered in this territory. Quaderiah, Chishtiyah, Naqshbandiyah and Mujaddediah are very famous and noted sufi tariqas in all over the Indian subcontinent, especially in Bangaldesh. Besides these, Bangladesh has produced an indigenous sufi order for its own, Maizbhandari Tariqa. It had introduced by great sufi saint Syed Ahmadullah in Chittagong. Syed Ahmadul Haq wrote some articles regarding this sufi order. He was a great researcher of Sufism and devoted interpreter of Mathanavi of Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi in Bangladesh. He wrote some books containing many sufi articles and messages and stories of the Mathnavi of Rumi. The purpose of this article is to introduce this unique Bangladeshi sufi order Maizbhandari tariqa and its representative Syed Ahmadul Huq, who commonly known as the Banglar Rumi (The Rumi of Bangladesh).