What is "jahriyya"

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Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a menhuan ( Sufi order) in China. Founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin, it has been active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in the then Gansu Province (also including today's Qinghai and Ningxia), when its followers participated in a number of conflicts with other Muslim groups and in several rebellions against the China's ruling Qing Dynasty.

The name comes from the Arabic word jahr , referring to their practise of vocal performance of the dhikr. This contrasted with the more typical Naqshbandi 納克什班迪 practise, observed by the Khufiyya 虎夫耶, of performing it silently.