entities: ENT_SUF_TIJANIYYA

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_SUF_TIJANIYYA Tijaniyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Sufism / Sufi tariqa   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Tariqa founded by Ahmad al-Tijani (d.1815) in North Africa, claiming a direct waking-vision investiture from the Prophet Muhammad (the order's distinctive 'seal of the saints' claim). One of the largest Sufi orders of West and North Africa, with its own litanies (the Wazifa and Salat al-Fatih). collective

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