The most dominant influence on the Kashmiri Muslims, in
terms of their Kashmiriyat, is that of the Rishi order of
Sufis. While the Sufi orders like the Suharwardi, Kubravi,
Naqshbandi and Quadri, arrived in Kashmir from Persia,
Central Asia, and Central and North India, the Rishi order
evolved in the valley itself indigenously in the beginning
of the fifteenth century. The Kashmir valley was already
permeated with the traditions of Hindu ascetism and Buddhist
renunciation.
more...
