September 24, 2013 – A seminar on Sufism in Sindh was held on September 24, 2013 at the Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, eminent research fellow at the Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies Prof. Dr. Michal Boivin, delivered a lecture.
According to his research, the first Sufi in Sindh was Haji Turab (9th Century). Sufis did not belong to any of the four branches of Tariqat: Suharwardia, Naqshbandia, Chistia and Qadria before the 13th century. The first school Surharwardia was initiated in South Punjab in the 13th century. Bahauddin Zakriya played a fundamental role in spreading Sufism in the Indus Valley.
In the 16th century, Qadria and Naqshabandia were introduced, and the Chistia branch developed in 14th and 15th centuries.