Qalandar (title)

{{Short description|Honorific denoting high spiritual rank}}

{{Other uses|Qalandar (disambiguation)}}

{{Sufism|Ideas}}{{Islam}}{{Sunni Islam}}

Qalandar in Sufism is used as a title for some Sufis who are considered especially spiritual.Baldick, Julian (2000) Mystical Islam: an introduction to Sufism Tauris Parke Paperbacks, London, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nYOh6T-sw9IC&pg=PA66 p. 66], {{ISBN|1-86064-631-X}} Some people for whom the title is used are Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, Syed Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi Al-Mashhadi Qalandar, Shams Ali Qalandar, Rabia Basri, and Qalandar Baba Auliya.

Schimmel, Annemarie (1980) Islam in the Indian subcontinent E.J. Brill, Leiden, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CoceAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA34 page 34], {{ISBN|90-04-06117-7}}