A Digital Atlas of Sacred Geography
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Born Abdul Wahab, a Qadiri Sufi poet of the Darazi school who wrote ecstatic verse in seven languages. Nicknamed 'Sachal' (truth-speaker) and 'Sarmast' (intoxicated in divine love), a proponent of wahdat al-wujud called the 'Second Mansur'. He died 1242/1825. (Sources: Wikipedia; Darazi School study, 2009.)
The greatest classical poet of the Sindhi language and a Qadiri Sufi; his mystical verse, compiled posthumously as 'Shah Jo Risalo', recasts Sindhi folk romances as Sufi allegory. He spent his later years on the hill of Bhit, where his shrine was built by the Kalhora ruler Ghulam Shah. He died 1165/1752. (Sources: Wikipedia; BhittaiPedia.)
A Persian Sufi, poet and qalandar dervish born in Marwand (Sistan) in 1177 to a Sayyid family, associated with the Suhrawardi tradition and the wandering Qalandariyya. He settled in Sehwan (Sindh) and became the region's most venerated saint, drawing millions of pilgrims yearly. He died 673/1274. (Sources: Wikipedia; JASB vol.68, 1899.)
A leading 13th–14th-century Suhrawardi Sufi of Multan who succeeded his grandfather Bahauddin Zakariya. His tomb is among the earliest and grandest examples of Tughlaq architecture and is on the UNESCO tentative list. He died 735/1335. (Sources: Wikipedia; Punjab Auqaf.)
One of the foremost Sufis who brought the Suhrawardiyya order to the subcontinent; received the khilafa from Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi. His khanqah in Multan gained great spiritual influence. He died 661/1262. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A Qadiri Sufi born c. 1550 who settled in Lahore and founded the 'Mian Khel' branch of the Qadiriyya. He was the spiritual mentor of Mughal prince Dara Shikoh. He died in 1635; his shrine, built by Dara Shikoh, was completed in 1640. (Sources: Wikipedia; Punjab Auqaf.)
An 11th-century Persian Sufi and scholar born in Ghazna who settled in Lahore. He authored Kashf al-Mahjub, the earliest systematic Persian treatise on Sufism; his tomb is among Pakistan's most visited shrines. His death year is disputed (465/1072 dominant). (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A 14th-century Sufi born into a noble family of Semnan, Iran. He migrated to India, settled in Awadh, played a major role in spreading the Chishti order across the eastern provinces, and founded the Ashrafi branch. His dargah is at Kichaucha Sharif, Uttar Pradesh (unpinned: no ≥2 independent tomb coordinates). (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A 13th-century Sufi regarded as the founder of the Sabiriyya branch of the Chishti order. Tradition holds he was the nephew and successor of Baba Farid, earning the name 'Sabir' (the patient). His dargah at Piran Kaliyar near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, is among the most venerated in India after Ajmer. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
One of the most revered Chishti saints of the Mughal era, who lived as an ascetic in a cave near Sikri. Emperor Akbar sought his prayers for a male heir; the son born thereafter was named Salim in his honour and became Emperor Jahangir. Akbar built the Fatehpur Sikri compound and the saint's marble tomb. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Born in Delhi in 1321, a prominent Indian Sufi of the Chishti order. A successor of Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, he migrated in 1398 to Gulbarga at the invitation of the Bahmani sultan, promoting tolerance. He died in 1422. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Son of Shah Waliullah, an exegete and hadith scholar titled 'Siraj al-Hind'. He led the Madrasa Rahimiyya after his father and wrote some fifty works, notably 'Tuhfa-i Ithna Ashariyya.' Buried in Delhi's Mehdiyan cemetery beside his father. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
The foremost Islamic scholar and reformer of 18th-century India — a muhaddith, exegete and thinker. He taught at the Madrasa Rahimiyya and authored revivalist works, most famously 'Hujjat Allah al-Baligha.' Buried in Delhi's Mehdiyan cemetery near Delhi Gate, beside his father Shah Abdur Rahim. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A 14th-century Chishti saint, chief disciple and spiritual successor of Nizamuddin Auliya, the last great Chishti master of Delhi. Titled 'Roshan Chiragh-e-Dehli' (Lamp of Delhi). His tomb lies in South Delhi in the Chirag Delhi locality named after him. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A great poet, historian and Sufi of Turkic descent born near Delhi. He served the sultans of Delhi and became the most beloved disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. Renowned as 'Tuti-e-Hind' for his Persian verse and contributions to Indian music, he is buried beside his master's tomb. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Born in Fergana, chief khalifa of Mu'in al-Din Chishti and the order's representative in Delhi. He won the respect of Sultan Iltutmish and declined the chief judgeship to live ascetically. His shrine in Mehrauli, near the Qutb Minar, is the oldest dargah in Delhi. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Born in Badaun to a sayyid family from Bukhara, the foremost Chishti shaykh of Delhi. Made khalifa by Fariduddin Ganjshakar, he founded his khanqah in Ghiyaspur and trained hundreds of successors. Through disciples like Amir Khusrow he spread the order across India. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
A Persian-born Sufi from Sistan, regarded as the founder of the Chishti order in India. A disciple of Khwaja Usman Harooni, he settled in Ajmer and spread the order across the subcontinent. His shrine remains one of the most visited spiritual sites for Muslims and Hindus alike. (Sources: TDV 'Çiştî'; Wikipedia.)
A great scholar and Khalwati-Haddadi Sufi from South Sulawesi (Gowa) who studied in Mecca, Yemen and Damascus, led the Banten resistance, and was exiled by the Dutch to Ceylon and then the Cape of South Africa, where he is regarded as a founder of Islam. He is a national hero of both Indonesia and South Africa. He died at the Cape in 1111/1699; his remains were returned to Gowa. (Sources: Wikipedia; TDV.)
Ismail Rumi, pir of the Rumiyye branch of the Qadiriyya order; after founding some forty-eight lodges across Egypt, Anatolia and the Balkans, he came to Istanbul in 1611 and established the Kadirihane Asitane in Tophane. He died in 1631 and was buried in the courtyard cemetery of his lodge. (Sources: TDV 'İsmâil Rûmî'; 'Kādirîhâne Tekkesi'.)
Ebussuud Efendi (1490-1574), the most celebrated Ottoman Şeyhülislâm of the era of Süleyman the Magnificent, a Hanafi jurist and exegete who held office for about twenty-eight years and harmonized sharia with state law. Author of the commentary 'İrşadü'l-akli's-selim,' he is buried beside the madrasa he founded near the Eyüp Sultan Mosque. (Sources: TDV; Wikidata.)
Abu Shayba al-Khudri, a Companion whom early sources record as having died before the walls of Constantinople; per Dr. Mehmet Efendioğlu, one of only two Istanbul Companion graves with a genuine historical basis. A maqam attributed to him stands in the Toklu Dede and Companions cemetery in Ayvansaray; the physical presence of his body is uncertain (maqam). (Sources: İstanbul Ansiklopedisi; Kültür Envanteri.)
Shaykh of the Darqawa-Shadhiliyya, Quran commentator ('al-Bahr al-Madid') and prolific author; a Hasani sharif of the Anjra tribe between Tangier and Tetouan. He died of plague and is buried in one of his two zawiyas near the Tangier-Tetouan road. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Andalusian philologist, exegete and biographer of the Prophet; author of 'al-Rawd al-Unuf'. Counted among the Seven Saints; buried in a cemetery bearing his name outside Bab er-Robb in Marrakech. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
