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Qasimiya or the Qasimi order, is a Naqshbandi branch in origin, and is based in a small village called
Mohra Sharif Mohra Sharif (Holy Village; Mohra for ''small village'' and Sharif for ''holy'' or ''noble'') and is small village located in the Murree Hills of Punjab, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city o ...
located in the
Murree Murree (Punjabi, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about ...
hills of
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
,
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
close to the Pakistani capital of
Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
. It was made into a spiritual center by ''Baba Ji'' Muhammad Qasim Sadiq (b. 1263 A.H.), a purported Sufi shaikh or master.


Religious festivals

Twice a year, in the last week of May and November, there are congregations, attended by thousands, held to commemorate Pir ''Baba Ji'' Muhammad Qasim Sadiq and his descendants.


References

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