Naqshbandi Tahiri Golden Chain
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Naqshbandi Tahiri Golden Chain is the spiritual chain of successors of the Naqshbandi
Sufi order which descendants on Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi commonly known as Sajjan Saeen. The recitation of this golden chain in poetic form is part of the daily practices of a follower in the Naqshbandi
Tahiri Sufi order.
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
Sufi order which descendants on Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi commonly known as Sajjan Saeen. The recitation of this golden chain in poetic form is part of the daily practices of a follower in the Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
Tahiri Sufi order.
The Golden Chain
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| 1 | Sayyadna Muhammad the last Prophet Muhammad Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts... |
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Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal (570/571 CE) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH (5/6 June 632 CE) |
| 2 | Sayyadna Abu Bakr Siddiq Abu Bakr Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death... |
Madinah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
22 Jumada al-Thani Jumada al-thani Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar... 13 AH (22 August 634 C.E) |
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| 3 | Sayyadna Salman al-Farsi | Mada'in Al-Mada'in Al-Mada'in, meaning "The cities", is the name given to an ancient metropolis formed by Ctesiphon and Seleucia on opposite sides of the Tigris River in present-day Iraq... , Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
10 Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 33 AH (4/5 February 654 C.E) |
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| 4 | Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr Al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was an important jurist in early Islam. He is considered the fourth in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain of Sufi masters. Naqshbandis also consider him to have passed the chain to his grandson Ja'far as-Sadiq... , son of son of (2) |
Madinah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
23 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 24 AH (22/23 June 645 C.E) |
24 Jumada al-Thani Jumada al-thani Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar... 101/106/107 AH |
| 5 | Imām Jafar Sadiq, son of granddaughter of (2) | Madinah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
8 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and... 80 AH (5/6 November 699 C.E) |
15 Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 148 AH (6/7 September 765 C.E) |
| 6 | Khwaja Bayazid Bastami Bayazid Bastami Bayazid Bastami , also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, was a Persian Sufi born in Bastam, Iran.- Background :... |
Bistam, Semnan province Semnan Province Semnan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.Counties of... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
136 AH (753/754 C.E) |
15 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 261 AH (24/25 May 875 C.E) |
| 7 | Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani | Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province Semnan Province Semnan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.Counties of... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
352 AH (963 C.E) |
10 Muharram Muharram Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited... 425 AH (5/6 December 1033 C.E) |
| 8 | Khwaja Abul Qasim Gurgani | Gurgan Gürgan Gürgan is a village in Baku, Azerbaijan. It forms part of the municipality of Gürgən-Pirallahı.... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
23 Safar Safar Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar.The root of the name, صفر ṣafr, has three basic areas of meaning: 1) whistle, hiss, chirp; 2) be yellow, pale ; 3) to be empty, devoid, vacant... 450 AH (19/20 April 1058 C.E) |
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| 9 | Khwaja Abu Ali Farmadi | Toos Tous, Iran Tus also spelled as Tous, Toos or Tūs, is an ancient city in the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. To the ancient Greeks, it was known as Susia... , Khurasan Greater Khorasan Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
434 AH (1042/1043 C.E) |
4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH (10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117) |
| 10 | Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī Yusuf Hamdani Hadrat Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamdani is the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order.-Life:... |
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440 AH (1048/1049 C.E) |
Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 535 AH (Feb/Mar 1141 C.E) |
| 11 | Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani was one of a group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order.... |
Ghajdawan, Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
22 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 435 AH (24/25 March 1044 C.E) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH (17/18 August 1179 C.E) |
| 12 | Khwaja Arif Reogari | Reogar, near Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
27 Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 551 AH (15 September 1156 C.E) |
1 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 616 AH (10/11 December 1219 C.E.) |
| 13 | Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi | Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
18 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 628 AH (18/19 August 1231 C.E) |
17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH (29/30 May 1317 C.E) |
| 14 | Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani | Khwaarizm, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
591 AH (1194 C.E) |
27 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and... 715 or 721 AH (25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321) |
| 15 | Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi | Samaas, Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
25 Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 591 AH (5/6 July 1195 C.E) |
10 Jumada al-Thani Jumada al-thani Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar... 755 AH (2/3 July 1354 C.E) |
| 16 | Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal Amir Kulal Shams ud-Din renowned as Amir Kulal was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan to the well known scholar Saif ud-Din Hamza a descendant of Nabi Muhammad. Saif ud Din Hamza was also Amir of Tribe of Kulal , hence the title Amir... |
Saukhaar, Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
676 AH (1277/1278 C.E) |
Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani Jumada al-thani Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar... 772 AH (21/22 December 1370 C.E) |
| 17 | Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari was the founder of what would become the Naqshbandi. He was born in Bukhara which is located in Uzbekistan... |
Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
4 Muharram 718 AH (8/9 March 1318 C.E) |
3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH (2/3 March 1389 C.E) |
| 18 | Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, son-in-law of (17) | Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana Transoxiana Transoxiana is the ancient name used for the portion of Central Asia corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgystan and southwest Kazakhstan. Geographically, it is the region between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers... (Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... ) |
Wed 20 Rajab Rajab Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited... 804 AH (23 February 1402 C.E) |
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| 19 | Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi | Gulistan, Dushanbe Dushanbe -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River... , Tajkistan |
762 AH (1360/1361 C.E) |
5 Safar Safar Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar.The root of the name, صفر ṣafr, has three basic areas of meaning: 1) whistle, hiss, chirp; 2) be yellow, pale ; 3) to be empty, devoid, vacant... 851 AH (21/22 April 1447 C.E) |
| 20 | Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar | Samarkand Samarkand Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and... 806 AH (March/April 1404 C.E) |
29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH (19/20 February 1490 C.E) |
| 21 | Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi | Wakhsh | 14 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 852 AH (11/12 December 1448 C.E) |
1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH (3/4 November 1529 C.E) |
| 22 | Khwaja Durwesh Muhammad, son of sister of (21) | Asqarar, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
16 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 846 AH (17/18 February 1443 C.E) |
19 Muharram Muharram Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited... 970 AH (18/19 September 1562 C.E) |
| 23 | Khwaja Muhammad Amkanaki, son of (22) | Amkana, Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
918 AH (1512/1513 C.E) |
22 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 1008 AH (8/9 March 1600 C.E) |
| 24 | Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang Khwaja Baqi Billah Khwaja Baqi Billah was a Sufi saint from Kabul.Khawaja Baqi Billah was the originator and pioneer of the Naqshbandia Order in the sub-continent. His name was Razi-ud-Din Muhammad Baqi but he was commonly known as Khwaja Baqi Billah His father Qazi Abdul Salam Khilgi, Samarkandi Qureshi was a... |
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5 Dhu al-Hijjah Dhu al-Hijjah Dhu al-Ḥijjah is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar.This is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, marking the end of the year. It is in this month in which the Hajj takes place.... 971 or 972 AH (14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565) |
25 Jumada al-Thani Jumada al-thani Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar... 1012 AH (29/30 November 1603 C.E) |
| 25 | Shaikh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām Rabbānī Ahmad Sirhindi Imām Rabbānī Shaykh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī was an Indian Islamic scholar from Punjab, a Hanafi jurist, and a prominent member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He is described as Mujaddid Alf Thānī, meaning the "reviver of the second millennium", for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing... |
Sirhind, India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
14 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 971 AH (25/26 May 1564 C.E) |
28 Safar Safar Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar.The root of the name, صفر ṣafr, has three basic areas of meaning: 1) whistle, hiss, chirp; 2) be yellow, pale ; 3) to be empty, devoid, vacant... 1034 AH (9/10 December 1624 C.E) |
| 26 | Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum Faruqi, 3rd son of (25) | Sirhind, India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
1007 AH (1598/1599 C.E) |
9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH (13/14 January 1688 C.E) |
| 27 | Khwaja Muhammad Saifuddin Faruqi, son of (26) | Sirhind, India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
1049 AH (1639/1640 C.E) |
19 or 26 Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-awwal is the fifth month in the Islamic calendar.We can also find the alternative spelling Jumada al-Ula.The origin of the word is as follows: the word Jumda, from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry parched land: land devoid of rain, and hence denote the dry... 1096 AH (April 1685 C.E) |
| 28 | Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin Dehlavi | Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
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| 29 | Sayyid Nur Muhammad Badayuni | Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
11 Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu'l-Qadah, or Dhu al-Qi'dah is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name ‘Master of Truce’.- Timing :... 1135AH (12/13 August 1723 C.E) |
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| 30 | Shams-ud-Din Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan Shaheed Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and... |
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11 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and... 1111 AH (2/3 March 1700 C.E) |
10 Muharram Muharram Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited... 1195 AH (Fri 5 January 1781 C.E) |
| 31 | Khwaja Abdullah Dehlavi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi Shah Abdullah alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi was a very prominent Sufi Shaykh in Delhi during early 19th century. He was a master of the Naqshbandi tradition and also in other major Sufi orders such as Qadri and Chishti.-Biography:... |
Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
1156 AH (1743 C.E) |
22 Safar Safar Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar.The root of the name, صفر ṣafr, has three basic areas of meaning: 1) whistle, hiss, chirp; 2) be yellow, pale ; 3) to be empty, devoid, vacant... 1240 AH (15/16 October 1824 C.E) |
| 32 | Hafiz Abu-Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi | Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
2 Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu'l-Qadah, or Dhu al-Qi'dah is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name ‘Master of Truce’.- Timing :... 1196 AH (9/10 October 1782 C.E) |
1 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 1250 AH (30/31 January 1835 C.E) |
| 33 | Khwaja Shah Ahmed Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi, son of (32) | Madinah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
2 Rabi al-Awwal 1277 AH (18/19 September 1860 C.E) |
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| 34 | Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari was an Afghan Sufi master in the Naqshbandi tradition in the 19th century .-Biography:Dost Muhammad was born and received his early education in Kandahar in Afghanistan. While still a young man he encountered the great Indian Naqshbandi master Ghulam Ali Dehlavi ... |
Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, west of Lahore and northwest of Multan. The city is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name. In Pakistan, its name is often abbreviated to D. I... , Pakistan |
1216 AH (1801/1802 C.E) |
22 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 1284 AH (16/17 February 1868 C.E) |
| 35 | Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani was a prominent Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah of 19th century in South Asia .-Biography:... |
Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, west of Lahore and northwest of Multan. The city is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name. In Pakistan, its name is often abbreviated to D. I... , Pakistan |
1244 AH (1828/1829 C.E) |
22 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 1314 AH (26/27 January 1897 C.E) |
| 36 | Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia . One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.Sayyad Laal Shah... |
Danda Shah Bilawal, district Chakwal Chakwal Chakwal is the capital of Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 90 km south-east of the federal capital, Islamabad and is named after Chaudhry Chaku Khan, chief of the Mair Minhas tribe from Jammu, who founded it in 1525 CE during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur... , Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
27 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 1313 AH (11/12 February 1896 C.E) |
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| 37 | Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of Naqshbandi sufi order in South Asia . He was born in 1879/1880 and died in 1915 at Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan... , son of (35) |
Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, west of Lahore and northwest of Multan. The city is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name. In Pakistan, its name is often abbreviated to D. I... , Pakistan |
15 Muharram Muharram Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited... 1297 AH (29/30 December 1879 C.E) |
26 Rabi al-Awwal 1333 AH (11/12 February 1915 C.E) |
| 38 | Pir Muhammad Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi Hazrat Khwaja Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi was a prominent Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi shaikh of colonial India in the early twentieth century... |
Miskeenpur, district Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan | 1270 AH (1853/1854 C.E) |
1 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and... 1354 AH 28 November 1935 |
| 39 | Khwaja Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar, alias Pir Mitha | Rahmatpur, Larkana, Pakistan | 1880 C.E. (1297 A.H) |
12 December 1964 8 Shaban Sha'aban Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water... 1384 AH |
| 40 | Khwaja Allah Bakhsh Abbasi Ghaffari, alias Sohna Saeen | Allahabad, Kandiaro, Sindh Sindh Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can... , Pakistan |
10 March 1910 (27/28 Safar 1328 AH) |
12 December 1983 6 Rabi al-Awwal 1404 AH |
| 41 | Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Abbasi Bakhshi, alias Sajjan Saeen, son of (40) | Born at Rahmatpur, Larkana Larkana Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence... , Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... Residing at Allahabad, Kandiaro, Sindh Sindh Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can... , Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
21 March 1963 (24/25 Shawwal Shawwal Shawwāl is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to ‘lift or carry’; so named because she-camels normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.-Fasting during Shawwāl:... 1382 AH) |
Some Clarifications
- Sayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia . One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.Sayyad Laal Shah...
(36) and Khwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of Naqshbandi sufi order in South Asia . He was born in 1879/1880 and died in 1915 at Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan...
(37) were both Khulafa of Khwaja Muhammad Usman DamaniKhwaja Muhammad Usman DamaniKhwaja Muhammad Usman Damani was a prominent Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah of 19th century in South Asia .-Biography:...
(35). Pir Fazal Ali QureshiPir Fazal Ali QureshiHazrat Khwaja Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi was a prominent Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi shaikh of colonial India in the early twentieth century...
(38) first received khilafat from Sayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia . One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.Sayyad Laal Shah...
(36) and then from Khwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of Naqshbandi sufi order in South Asia . He was born in 1879/1880 and died in 1915 at Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan...
(37). Some other spiritual chains do not mention Sayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia . One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.Sayyad Laal Shah...
as he is not a shaykh of Khwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Sirajuddin NaqshbandiKhwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of Naqshbandi sufi order in South Asia . He was born in 1879/1880 and died in 1915 at Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan...
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- Similarly, Hafiz Abu Saeed (32) and Shah Ahmed Saeed (33) who was his son, both received Khilafat from Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (31). But since Hafiz Abu Saeed (32) succeeded Shah Ghulam Ali first, and then was followed by Shah Ahmed Saeed, both names are mentioned in the chain.
- Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar (18) and Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi (19) both received Khilafat from Shah Baha'uddin Naqshband (17). But since Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi also received spiritual training from Khwaja Ala'uddin, his name comes after Khwaja Ala'uddin.