Mahmud Injir Faghnawi

Born in the village of Injir Faghna (today Anjirbog') in the Vobkent district of Bukhara; in the Khwajagan chain he is the chief successor of Arif Riwgari and is counted third among the 'Seven Pirs' of Bukhara. He was the first in the Khwajagan tradition to practise vocal (jahri) dhikr; the chain continued through his foremost successor Ali al-Ramitani. According to the TDV encyclopedia he died in 685 AH (1286 CE) (silsila records also transmit 715/1315 and 717/1317); his grave is in his native village, in a shrine restored in the independence era. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam 'FAĞNEVÎ'; National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan.)