Amir Kulal

Born in 683 AH (1284 CE) in the village of Sukhari near Bukhara; he is called 'Kulal' (potter) after his craft. In the Khwajagan chain he is the chief successor of Muhammad Baba Sammasi and the first and foremost spiritual master of Baha al-Din Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandiyya, whose completion of the path he personally declared. He left four successors including his son Amir Hamza; he died on 8 Jumada al-Awwal 772 AH (28 November 1370) and was buried in his native village (today Yangi Hayot, Kogon district), where his restored complex is a famous shrine. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam 'EMÎR KÜLÂL'; Encyclopaedia Iranica 'BAHĀʾ-AL-DĪN NAQŠBAND'.)