This article is about a list of important Sufi saints koruth. For a discussion of sainthood in Islam, see
Wali .
The mausoleum of Ahmad Yasawi who was also considered a Sufi saint and poet in Turkistan , current day Kazakhstan . Sufi saints or wali Arabic : ولي , plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental and foregrounding role in spreading Islam throughout the world.[ 1] miracles ."[ 2]
List of Sufi Saints [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ]
Name
Sufi Order
Born / Death year
Region
Bishr al-Hafi d. 841 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
Sari al-Saqati d. 867 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
Bayazid Bastami b. 804 – d. 874/875 AD
Bistam , Iran
Harith al-Muhasibi b. 781 – d. 857 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
Junayd of Baghdad b. c. 830 – d. 910 AD*
Baghdad , Iraq
Abu Bakr al-Shibli b. 861 – d. 945 AD*
Baghdad , Iraq
Sahl al-Tustari b. 818 – d. 896 AD
Shushtar , Iran
Abu Yazid (Bayazid) Bastami b. 804 – d. 874 AD
Bistam , Iran
Shaqiq al-Balkhi d. 810 AD
Balkh , Afghanistan
Ma'ruf al-Karkhi d. 815 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
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Name
Sufi Order
Born / Death year
Region
Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr b. 967 – d. 1049 AD
Miana , Iran
Al-Qushayri b. 986 – d. 1072 AD
Nishapur , Iran
Al-Ghazali b. 1058 – d. 1111 AD*
Tus , Iran
Ahmad Ghazali b. c. 1061 – d. 1123/1126 AD
Qazvin , Iran
Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) b. c. 1009 – d. c. 1072/1077 AD
Lahore , Pakistan
Abu Ali al-Daqqaq d. 1015 AD
Nishapur , Iran
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani b. c. 963 – d. 1033 AD
Semnan Province , Iran
Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri b. 986 – d. 1072 AD
Nishapur , Iran
Yusuf Hamdani (Proto-Naqshbandi / Khwajagan)
b. 1062 – d. 1141 AD*
Merv / Herat
Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi d. 1019 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Khazin d. 1033 AD
Damascus , Syria
Baba Kuhi of Shiraz b. 948 – d. 1037 AD
Haji Huud b. 1025 – d. 1141 AD
Patan
Imam Ali-ul-Haq b. 925 – d. 971 AD
Sialkot
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Name
Sufi Order
Born / Death year
Region
Abdul Qadir Gilani Qadiriyya b. 1077 – d. 1166 AD
Baghdad , Iraq
Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (Khwajagan / proto-Naqshbandi)
d. 1179 AD
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Ahmad Yasawi (Yasawiyya)
b. c. 1093 – d. 1166 AD
Turkistan , Kazakhstan
Moinuddin Chishti Chishti Order b. c. 1141 – d. 1230 AD*
Ajmer , India
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Chishti Order b. 1173 – d. 1235 AD*
Delhi , India
Fariduddin Ganjshakar Chishti
b. 1188 – d. 1280 AD
Pakpattan , Pakistan
Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari Chishti (Sabiri branch)
b. 1196 – d. 1291 AD*
Haridwar , India
Attar of Nishapur b. c. 1145 – d. 1221 AD*
Nishapur , Iran
Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi Suhrawardiyya b. 1097 – d. 1168 AD
Iraq / Persia
Amir Kulal (Khwajagan)
b. 1278 – d. 1370 AD*
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi Suhrawardiyya b. 1145 – d. 1234 AD*
Baghdad , Iraq
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar b. 1177 – d. 1274 AD*
Sehwan Sharif , Pakistan
Shah Gardez b. 1026 – d. 1152 AD
[ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Mosque and shrine of Sayyid Baha ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. After whom the Naqshbandi Golden Chain is named after. Quranic calligraphy inscribed on the walls of the famous 12th century Islamic saint, scholar, jurist and theologian Jalal ad-Din Rumi in Konya, Turkey. Mosque and shrine of Imam Al-Mursi Abu'l-'Abbas, in ميدان المساجد، الجمرك، Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani in Sindh, Pakistan Sheikh Hafiz Amin bin Abdurehman Qutab Al Iqtab Idreesia al badriya Muhammadiya
Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017, 12th Sheikh of Silsila Naqshbandia Owaisiah and writer of several books and 03 Tafaseer of the Holy Qur'an)Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720, buried in Hadhramaut , author on several books on Dhikr )Abdullah Ansari Abdullah Shah Ghazi (d. 720, buried in Karachi )Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (d. 1179, buried in Bukhara , one of the Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order)Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, buried in Baghdad , founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order)[ 3] [ 4] Abdul Razzaq Gilani (1134–1207, buried in Baghdad , son of Abdul Qadir Gilani, promoted the Qadiriyya order)Abu Ishaq Shami (d. 940, buried on Mount Qasioun , founder of the Chishti Order )Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049, buried in Miana, Turkmenistan , poet who innovated the use of love poetry to express mystic concepts)Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi (1219–1287, buried in Anfoushi , one of the four master saints of Egypt)Abul Hasan Hankari (1018–1093, buried in Baghdad, noted scholar and miracle worker)Adam Khaki (14th century, buried in Badarpur, Assam , took part in the Conquest of Sylhet and preached at Badarpur)Afaq Khoja (1626–1694, buried in Xinjiang , opposed the Chagatai Khanate 's attempt to enforce Yassa law on Muslims)Ahmad Main Sarkar Qadri Chishti Rehamani Shakoori Abdul Ulai Jahangiri Rehmanpur Sharif Rahimyar Khan
Ahamed Muhyudheen Noorishah Jeelani (1915–1990, buried in Hyderabad , India , founder of the Nooriya Sufi order)Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921, buried in the Bareilly Sharif Dargah , reformer in British India)Ahmad Ghazali (1061 to 1123 or 1126, buried in Qazvin , younger brother of the more famous Al-Ghazali, reasoned that as God is absolute beauty, to adore any object of beauty is to participate in a divine act of love)Ahmad al-Tijani (1737–1815, buried in Fez, Morocco ), founder of the Tijaniyyah order)Ahmadou Bamba (1853–1927, buried next to the Great Mosque of Touba , lead a pacifist struggle against the French colonial empire )Ahmad Yasawi (1093–1166, buried in the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi , poet, founder of Turkish Sufism)Akshamsaddin (1389–1459, buried in Göynük , tutor and advisor to Mehmed the Conqueror )Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (1925–2010, buried in Lahore , founder of the Saifia Sufi order)Al-Busiri (1211–1294, buried in Alexandria , poet, author of the Qasida Burda )Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993, buried in Lahore , was a teacher, writer, poet, and Sufi saint from Pakistan)Habib al-Ajami (d. 738, buried in Basra )Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in Aden , the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world)Ahmad al-Badawi (1200–1276, buried in Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque , most popular saint in Egypt)Khwaja Ahrar (1404–1490 AD), played a significant role in establishing the Naqshbandi OrderAl-Ghazali (1058–1111, buried in Tus, Iran , considered a Mujaddid , author of The Revival of the Religious Sciences and The Incoherence of the Philosophers , influenced early modern European criticism of Aristotelian physics )Al-Hallaj (858–922, ashes scattered in the Tigris , imprisoned and executed after requesting "O Muslims, save me from God" and declaring "I am the Truth")Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072/77, buried in Lahore , Pakistan , author of Kashf ul Mahjoob , spread Sufism throughout the Indian Subcontinent )[ 5] Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441–1501, buried in Herat , author of Muhakamat al-Lughatayn and founder of Turkic literature)Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033, illiterate mystic who influenced Avicenna , Rumi , and Jami )Al-Qushayri (986–1072, buried in Nishapur, author who distinguished four layers of Quranic interpretation and defended the historical lineage of Sufism)Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (1196–1291, buried near Haridwar , founder of the Sabiriya branch of the Chishti order)[ 6] Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, buried in the Nizamuddin Dargah , influential musician, considered the "father of Urdu literature ")[ 7] Amir Kulal (1278–1370, buried near Bukhara , taught Timur and Baha' al-Din Naqshband )Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221, buried in the Mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur , author of The Conference of the Birds and the hagiographic Tazkirat al-Awliya )Aurangzeb (1618–1707), buried in Khuldabad , also known as Jinda Pir. Author of Fatwa e Alamgir.Azan Faqir (17th century, buried in Sivasagar near the Brahmaputra River , reformer who stabilized Islam in the Assam region)[ 8] Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī (1365–1424, expounded on the works of Ibn Arabi )Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi Abu Bakr Shibli Ahmad Zarruq Arabati Baba Teḱe Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1816–1893, buried in Gaya (India) ) was a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in South Asia.Baba Fakruddin (1169–1295, buried in Penukonda )[ 9] Baba Kuhi of Shiraz (948–1037)Baba Shadi Shaheed (17th century, first Chib Rajput to convert to Islam, married a daughter of Babur )Sheikh Bedreddin (1359–1420, buried in Istanbul in 1961, revolted against Mehmed I )Baha' al-Din Naqshband (1318–1389, buried in Bukhara , founder of the Naqshbandi order)Balım Sultan (d. 1517/1519, buried in Nevşehir Province , co-founder of the Bektashi Order )Bahauddin Zakariya (1170–1267, buried in the Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya , spread the Suhrawardiyya order through South Asia)[ 10] Bande Nawaz (1321–1422, buried in Gulbarga , spread the Chishti Order to southern India)[ 11] Khwaja Baqi Billah (1564–1605, buried in Delhi , spread the Naqshbandi order into India)[ 12] Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (d. 1986, founder of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia )Bayazid Bastami (874/5-848/9, buried in Shrine of Bayazid Bostami , noted for his ideas on spiritual intoxication )Bibi Jamal Khatun (d. 1639 or 1647, lived in Sehwan Sharif , sister of Mian Mir )[ 13] Bodla Bahar (1238–1298, buried in Sehwan Sharif , features in the miracle stories of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar )Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324, buried in Panipat )[ 14] Bulleh Shah (1680–1757, buried in Kasur , regarded as "the father of Punjabi enlightenment")Habib Noh (1788–1866, buried in Keramat Habib Noh )Hafez (1315–1390, buried in Tomb of Hafez , highly popular antinomian Persian poet whose works are regularly quoted and even used for divination)Haji Huud (1025–1141, buried in Patan, Gujarat , helped spread Islam in India)[ 18] Haji Bayram Veli (1352–1430, buried in Ankara , founder of the Bayramiye order)Haji Bektash Veli (1209–1271, buried in the Haji Bektash Veli Complex , revered by both Alevis and Bektashis )Hamzah Fansuri (d. c. 1590, buried in Ujong Pacu, Aceh )Hasan al-Basri (642–728, buried in Az Zubayr , highly important figure in the development of Sunni Sufism)Hazrat Babajan (d. 1931, buried in Pune , master to Meher Baba )Hayreddin Tokadi Yusuf Hamdani (1062–1141, buried in Merv )Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384, buried in Khatlon Region , spread the Kubrawiya order throughout Asia)[ 19] Usman Harooni Ali Hujwiri Hazarat Baba Gulam Jilani (R.A)
Kasim Baba , fifteenth century Bektashi holy man and missionaryKhalid-i Baghdadi (1779–1827)Khalil Ur Rehman (Sohnay Main Sarkar) Qadri Chishti Rehamani Shakoori Abdul Ulai Jahangiri Rehmanpur Sharif Rahimyar Khan
Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin Telli Baba Taj Wali sarkar
Tahir ul Qadri
Hazrath Kwajha Sha Tippu Mastan Auliya - Arcot
Hazrath Office Syed Karimullah Sha Qadiri - Arcot
Hazrath Office Syed Rahemullah Sha Qadiri - Arcot
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