Sofia Imamia Noorbakshia

Noorbakhshia Islam, also called Sufia Noorbakhshia, is one of the Sufi sects of Islam. Its direct spiritual lineage and chain (silsila) is traced back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, through Ali, Muhammad's cousin, son-in-law and the First Imam, by Imam Ali Al-Ridha. In contrast, most other Sufi paths trace their lineage only through Ali.

The order became famous as Nurbakshi, named after Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani, who was attached to the Kubrawiya Sufi order ("tariqa").

The most important sources of Noorbakhshi doctrines are three books: the "Al-Fiqh al-Ahwat" (Superlatively Precautionary Jurisprudence), the "Kitab al-Aitiqadia" (Book of Faith), both written by Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani, and "Dawat-e-Sofia", written by Ameer Kabir syed ali Hamdani, a Sufi preacher.

Sayed Nurbaksh (1446-1504), the grandson of Pir Hasan Kabiruddin, also known as Sayed Mitha Shah in Punjab, is said to have preached in Jammu and Kashmir. He was assisted by his son Mir Shamsuddin II. Sayed Nurbaksh also visited Badakhshan, Kohistan, Tibet, Gilgit, Yarkand and Iskardu. His son was also active in Kashmir, and his followers became known as Shamsi, who migrated towards Punjab during the 14th century. They preached Ismailism in the Sufic mantle and their Sufic tariqah became known as Nurbakhshia, also existed in Kohistan.

Sufia Nurbakhshiia emerged in the 15th century as a branch of the Kubrawiya Sufi order.

In the valley of Kashmir and in Baltistan, the sufia Nurbakhshia gained their greatest prominence in the early 16th century because of the missionary efforts of Mir Sham ud-Din Iraqi, himself a disciple of Sayyid Muhammad Nurbkhsh's son and spiritual heir, Shah Qasim Faizbakhsh.

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