Suresnes Sufi Summer School
July 1st – 10th, 2025
Via Zoom & In-Person
Please join us in-person or online, for this year’s Sufi Summer School with Shaikh-al-Mashaik Mahmood Khan, Pir Zia Inayat Khan Maulabakhsh, and many friends.
Our 10-day hybrid programme, on the theme of Democracy and Aristocracy, includes lectures, music, meditation and zikr. All sessions are in English.
The full program can be viewed here.
For more information and to register, please reach out to Talat at talatkamran@yahoo.de.
Costs
The cost for this program is 10 euro per day for the rent of the Khanqah in Suresnes.
You’re warmly welcome to join us for breakfast, lunch, or dinner at the Khanqah. Meals are offered in an informal, communal setting, and you’re invited to either contribute to shared food costs or bring something to share.
Donations to the organising foundations can be sent to:
Foundation Shaikh-ul-Mashaik Maheboob khan
IBAN: NL88ABNA0574354018
BIC: ABNA NL 2A
Fonds de dotation Mir Pyarumian van Goens
IBAN: FR76102780608100021042800103
BIC: CMCI FR 2A
These organizations are registered with an RSIN number, making your donation eligible for tax deductions.
Please find more information on the website of the foundation: https://www.sufimuse.com/donations/
Speakers
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Pir Zia Inayat KhanPir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is the author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org
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Shaikh-al-Mashaik Mahmood KhanShaikh-al-Mashaik Mahmood Khan, born into a family deeply rooted in Sufi tradition, was raised in a harmonious blend of Eastern and Western cultures. His father, Shaikh ul-Mashaik Maheboob Khan, succeeded Hazrat Inayat Khan as the leader of the Sufi movement between 1927 – 1948. Growing up in this inspiring Sufi tradition, Shaikh al-Mashaik studied musicology and History of Ideas at Leiden University while receiving training in Sufi practices and philosophy from his father and uncle. He has become widely recognized as an expert in the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and is frequently invited as a speaker and teacher. He currently serves as the main advisor to the Shaikh-ul-Mashaik Maheboob Khan Foundation in The Hague, overseeing public events, private appointments, and communication. He is responsible for preserving his father’s rich legacy, which includes Indian and Sufi songs, an extensive archive of Sufi documentation, and a vast library on Oriental and historical subjects. He also represents the Sufi foundation 1923 of which Pir Zia Inayat Khan Maulabakhsh is the President.