Name |
Dates |
Place of origin |
Place where mostly lived/is buried |
Affiliation |
Predecessor |
Successor |
Works |
Other important facts |
Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) |
990-1077 |
Hajvare, Ghazni |
Lahore, Punjab |
Kashful Mahjub |
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Haji Huud |
1025–1141 |
born Syria (Khanfur near Damascus) |
Lived and died in Patan, Gujarat. |
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Shah Gardez |
1026–1152 |
buried at Multan |
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Abdul-Qadir Jeelani |
1077–1166 |
Originator of Qadiri silsila |
Several books |
Most Sufis in south Asia consider him their spiritual master. |
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Usman Harooni |
1096-1131 |
Iran |
Bukhara, Baghdad, Falooja, Damascus, Mecca and Madina |
Chishti Order |
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti |
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Moinuddin Chishti |
1141–1230 |
Sistan |
Ajmer, Rajasthan |
Originator of Chishti silsila in India |
Usman Haruni |
Bakhtiyar Ka'ki |
Anees ul-Arwah, malfuzat of Kh.Usman Haruni |
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Baba Fakruddin Suhrawardi |
1169–1295 |
Sistan |
Penukonda, AP |
Suhrawardi |
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Baha-ud-din Zakariya |
1170–1267 |
Kot Kehror, Multan |
Multan |
Suhrawardi |
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Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki |
1173–1235 |
Osh, Kyrgyzstan |
Delhi |
Chishti |
Moinuddin Chishti |
Baba Farid |
Died while listening to Sama/poetry |
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Lal Shahbaz Qalander |
1177–1274 |
Marwand, Afghanistan |
Sehwan, Sindh |
Suhrawardi, Qalandar |
Abdul Latif Bhitai, Sachal Sarmast |
Songs like 'Laal meri pat' in oral performance |
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Fariduddin Ganjshakar |
1188–1280 |
Kothewal, Multan |
Pakpattan, Punjab |
Chishti |
Bakhtiyar Ka'ki |
Nizamuddin Aulia |
Some verses |
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Hamiduddin Nagori |
1192 - 1276 |
Delhi |
Nagaur, Rajasthan |
Chishtiya Order |
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti |
Surolus Sador wa Nurul Badur |
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Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari |
1196–1291 |
Herat, Afghanistan |
Kaliyar, Roorkee |
Sabiriya, Chisti |
Baba Farid |
Shamsuddin Turk Panipati, Hyder Shah |
title given by Baba Fareed,Ganj E Sakar |
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Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi |
1213–1289 |
Kamjan( Hamadan In Persia) |
Multan(Pak), toqat (turkey) |
Suhrawardi |
Baha-ud-din Zakariya |
Lama at or Divine Flashes Iraqi writings |
‘Iraqi mate Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi and Jalaluddin Rumi, in Konya |
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Bu Ali Shah Qalandar |
1209–1324 |
Panipat (Haryana)/ Iraq |
Panipat |
Chishti, Qalandar |
Bakhtiyar Ka'ki |
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Nizamuddin Auliya |
1238–1325 |
Badayun(UP) |
Delhi |
Chishti Silsila |
Fariduddin Ganjshakar |
Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlav, Amir Khusrow |
Qawwali, was originally created by Amir Khusro. |
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Rukn-e-Alam |
1251–1335 |
Multan |
Shaikh Baha-Ud-Din Zakariya. |
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Amir Khusrau |
1253–1325 |
Patiyali In Etah UP |
Delhi |
Chishti |
Niazamudin Auliya |
many books, poetry, idioms,founder of Hindavi. |
Founder of Tabla and sitar. |
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Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat |
1255-1342 |
Amroha |
Wasit (Iran), Amroha (U.P) |
Sufi,Makhdoom |
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Jahaniyan Jahangasht |
1308–1384 |
Bahawalpur, Pakistan |
Mecca, Madina,Multan,Uch. |
Makhdoom, Suhrawardi |
Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari |
Authored many Books on Islam |
strict follower of shariat, teacher and guide |
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Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib |
d.1337 |
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Shah Jalal |
d.1347 |
Konya, Sultanate of Rum (now in Turkey) |
Sylhet, Bengal (now in Bangladesh) |
Makhdoom, Teacher of Sunnah |
Syed Ahmed Kabir |
Shah Farhan aka Shah Paran |
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Shah Paran |
14th c. |
Hadramaut Yemen |
Sylhet, Bengal (now in Bangladesh) |
Suhrawardi, Jalalia order |
Shah Jalal |
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Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi |
1260–1349 |
Multan |
Bamhrauli, Allahabad |
Makhdoom, Suhrawardi |
Shah Raukh e Alam Multani |
Shah Karak and Dana Nathan. |
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Shah Paran R.A Shah Farhan |
1303 |
Sylhet, Bangladesh |
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Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani |
1314–1384 |
Hamdan, Iran |
Kashmir India,Kulob In khatlan |
Persian Sufi Poet of Kubrawi order |
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Nasiruddin Chiragh-e-Dehli |
1274–1356 |
Ayodhya |
Delhi |
Chishti |
Niazamudin Auliya |
Hazrat Khwaja Kamaluddin, Allama Chishti, Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz |
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Makhdoom Yahya Maneri |
1263–1381 |
Maner, Bihar |
Maner, Bihar |
Suhrawardi |
Baha-ud-din Zakariya |
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Ashraf Jahangir Semnani |
1308–1405 |
Semnan (Iran) |
Kichauccha Sharif Ambedkar nagar UP |
Chisti and Qadri |
Alaul Haq Pandavi |
Abdur Razzaq Nurul- Ain |
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Khwaja Bande Nawaz |
1321–1422 |
Delhi |
Karnatka (Gulbarga), Afghanistan, Balochistan |
Chishti |
Chirag Dehalvi |
Authored over 195 books, in Arabic, Persian,Urdu |
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Makhdoom Ali Mahimi |
1372–1431 |
Konakan Mumbai |
Mohiuddin Ibne Arabi |
Tahqiq-ul- Haq fi Kalima-tul-Haq, Shamsul Haq etc |
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Bahuddin Bajan |
1388-1504 |
Gujrat |
Burhanpur Madhya Pradesh |
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Shaikh Jamali Kamboh |
d.1536 |
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N. Nur Qutb-i `Alam |
d. 1415 |
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Sant Kabir |
1440 – 1518 |
Varanai UP |
Maghar |
Poems in Hindi, Avadhi, Braj and Bhojpuri |
Poems of Kabir Translated in English By Rabindranath Tagore |
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Abul Quddus Gangohi |
1456–1537 |
Rudauli |
Shahbad (Haryana), Gangoh (UP) |
Maktubat Quddoosiya (مکتوبات قدوسیہ اردو ترجمہ |
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Khan Jahan Ali |
1459 |
Bagerhat,Bangladesh |
Chittagong, Dhul Hijjah |
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Shaikh Salim Chishti |
1478–1572 |
Fathepur Sikri UP |
Chishti Order |
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Daud Bandagi Kirmani |
1513–1575 |
Qadri Order |
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Shah Hussain |
1538–1599 |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Baghbanpura Lahore Pakistan |
Short Poems Known as Kafis, traditional part of Qawwali |
His Poems sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, Abida Parveen, Noor Jahan |
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Khwaja Baqi Billah |
1564–1605 |
Kabul |
Delhi |
Naqshbandi order |
Pioneer of Naqshbandi oreder in the sun-continent |
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Mian Mir |
1550–1635 |
Dharampura, Lahore, Pakistan |
Alamganj Lahore |
Qadri Order |
Bibi Jamal Kahtun, Mullah Shah Badakhshi |
Identified as Mian Khail Branch of the Qadri Order,sikhs and muslim are devotees of Mian Mir tomb. |
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Bibi Jamal Khatun |
d.1639 |
Shewan, Sindh |
Qadri Order |
Mian Mir |
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Shah Abul Ma‘ali |
1552–1615 |
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Ahmad Sirhindi |
1564-1624 |
Sirhind |
Sialkot |
Naqshbandi order |
Collected letters or Muktubat, Itnbat-un-nubuwwa |
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Mullah Shah Badakhshi |
1584–1661 |
Qadri Order |
Mian Mir, Dara Shikoh |
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Jahanara Begum Sahib |
1614–1681 |
Qadiriyya Sufi |
Mullah Shah Badakashi |
Wrote Biography of Moinuddin Chishti, |
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Dara Shikoh |
1615–1659 |
Ajmer |
Qadri Order |
Mian Mir, Sarmad Kashani |
writing on Sufism Awliya, Safinat ul Awlya, Sakinat ul Awliya etc |
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M. Nizam al-Din Thanesari |
1626-? |
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Azan Pir |
17th c. |
Baghdad |
Assam |
Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya |
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Baba Shadi Shaheed |
17th c. |
Jandi Chontra in Bhimber, Kashmir |
first tribe to become a muslim, former name Mahaeaja Dharam chand |
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Shah Inayat Qadiri |
d.1728 |
Qasur (Punjab, Pakistan) |
Qadri-Shatari Silsila |
Muhammad Ali Raza Shattari |
Dastur-al-Amal |
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Khushāl Khān Khattak |
1613-1689 |
Akora Khatak Kabul |
Dambara, Tirah, Kabul |
Bāznāma, Swātnāma,Fazlnāma, Tibbnāma,Firāqnāma |
Titled as a National Poet of Afganistan, wrote around 200 books |
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Sultan Bahoo |
1628–1691 |
Garh Maharaja , Punjab |
Qadri Order |
Shah Habib Gilani, Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Qadri |
he has authored over one hundred and forty works tratises, Abiyaat-e-bahoo, Risala-e-Ruhi etc. |
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Bedil Dehlavi |
1642-1720 |
Azimabad, Patna India |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tazakistan, Delhi |
Mirza Ghalib, Iqbal-e-lahori |
Telesm-e Hairat,Toor e Ma'refat,Chahār Unsur,Ruqa'āt |
He is the author of 16 books of poetry, which contain nearly 147,000 verses and include several masnavi |
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Rahman baba |
1653–1711 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Peshawar |
Qadri , Naqshbandi, Chishti order |
Diwan |
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Bulleh Shah |
1680–1757 |
Kasur, Punjab |
Punjab, Sindh and Saraiki |
Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu, Shah Sharaf |
Countless sufi poets |
Wrote many Kafis |
His kafis renowed by Sufi singers like N.F.Ali Khan ,Pathanay Khan, Wadali Brothers etc |
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Shah Abdul Latif Bhita'i |
1689–1752 |
Hala, Sindh |
Multan,lasbella, jaisalmer and bhuj,Bhit Shah Pakistan |
Muhammad Jalal-Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi Attar, Shaikh Saadi, Kabir |
Sachal Sarmast, Bedil, Shaikh Ayaz, Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman , Tailb-ul-mola |
Risalo |
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Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan |
1699–1781 |
Kala Bagh Manawali, Pakistan |
Nur Muhammad Badauni, Shaykh Ahmad Sirhandi |
Naqshbandi order, Qadri, Chishti, Suharwardi |
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Mohd. Ghaus Gwaliari |
Ahmadabad |
Shattari order |
Jawahir-i Khams |
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Shah Waliullah |
1703–1762 |
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Jam Durrak |
1714-1784 |
Kalat and Dhadar |
turned some famous love stories into poetical form, for instance, the famous love stories of Shereen Farhad, Laila Majnoon, Shereen Dosteen and Bebagar Grahnaaz. |
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Khwaja Mir Dard |
1721-1785 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Mystical poetry in Urdu |
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Noor Muhammad Maharvi |
1730–1791 |
Farid Ilaqah (Bhawalapur Pakistan) |
Chishtian, Pakistan |
Chishti Order |
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Sachal Sarmast |
1739-1827 |
Darazan, Kherpur |
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Shah Abdul Aziz |
1745–1823 |
Delhi |
He wrote Dictated Several books, Taufa Ithna Ashari, Sirush Shahdhatahyan, Fatwa Aziz. |
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Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi |
1742-1834 |
Sirhind |
Delhi, Bareilly(UP) |
Qadri Order |
Poetry that is used by qawwals |
Niyazi Order established by him. |
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Shah Turab Kakorvi |
1768-1858 |
Kakori, Awadh |
Kakori, Awadh |
Kazmia, Qaladaria |
Diwan-e Shah Turab |
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Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi |
1797–1861 |
He was First edited diwan of Mirza Ghalib. |
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Sayyid Sahib Husayni of Tekmal |
1805–1880 |
Tekmal |
Tekmal (Telangana) |
Qadri Order |
Shah Muhammad, Maroof Sahidullah Farooqui Chisti Qadiri |
Masnavi Shahid-ul-Aksar, Shawahid-i-Husayni, and more persian and udru works |
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Hazrat Babajan |
1806–1931 |
Balochistan, Afghanistan |
Syria, Lebnon, Iraq, Ajmer, Bombay, Pune |
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Ata Hussain Fani Chishti |
1817–1896 |
Patna, Bihar |
Gaya |
Chishti Order |
Syed Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri |
Syed Shah Nezamuddin Chisti Monami |
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Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki |
1817–1899 |
Nanauta, Saharanpur (UP) |
Shaikh Maulana Nasiruddin Naqshbandi |
Hashiya Mathanvi Moulana Rumi, Ghiza-e-Ruh and many more |
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Sai Baba of Shirdi |
1838–1918 |
Pathri, Maharashtra |
Shirdi, Maharashtra |
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Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi |
1826–1906 |
Maizbhandar, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Maizbhandari Sufi Order |
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Maula Shah |
1836–1944 |
Majitha, Amritsar, India |
Gujranwala (Pakistan |
Naushahi Qadri Silsila-e-Tareeqat or Tariqa |
Wrote Se Harfian, Kafian, Baran mahay, Athwaray, Poetic Diction (Folk Tales) |
A sufi writer who employed 5 languages in his documents: Urdu, Punjabi, Persian Arabic and English |
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Sheikh Mustafa |
1836–1888 |
Beruwala, Sri Lanka |
Kayalpattinam, India, Mecca |
Qadiriyyathun Nabaviyyah Sufi order |
Ahmed Ibn Mubarak Mowlana |
Fathhur-Rahma Fi Tarjimati Tafsir al-Quran (Qur'an translation), Mizan Maalai contains Arabic-Tamil poetry |
Sheikh Mustafa was one of great scholar who contributed to Arwi (Arabic-Tamil). |
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Khwaja Ghulam Farid |
1845–1901 |
Chachran |
Chachran |
Chishti–Nizami Sufi order |
Deewan-e-Farid,Manaqabe Mehboobia |
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Syed Mohammed Asrarullah Hussaini Imam Ali Shah |
1856 |
Damascus, Syria, Maharashtra, Hyderabad |
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Ahmed Reza Khan |
1856–1921 |
Muhallah Jasoli, Bareilly UP |
Muhallah Sodagraan, Bareily UP |
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Meher Ali Shah |
1859–1937 |
Golra Sharif |
Hazrat Khwaja Shams-ud-Din sialvi, |
`Pir Syed Ghulam Mohiyyud Din Gillani |
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Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin |
1861–1925 |
Kamathi |
Nagpur |
Hazrat Abdullah Shah Qadri |
Maulana Abdul kareem |
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Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri |
1870–1962 |
Hyderabad,India |
Muhammad Siddiq Hussaini |
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Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah |
1878–1951 |
Pakistan, Mecca Arabia |
Chishti Order |
Sufist Scholar considered a Waliullah or Sufi Saint |
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Inayat Khan |
1882–1927 |
Vadodra Gujrat India |
Sialkot, Mexico, Paris, Delhi |
Wrote many books on sufism and culture. |
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Qalander Ba Ba Auliya |
1898–1979 |
Khorja Bulandshahar (UP) |
Delhi, Karachi Pakistan |
Azeemia Order |
Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin |
Shamshuddin Azeemi |
Work as a Journalist for Newspaper and Magzine |
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Mohammad Badshah Qadri |
1903–1978 |
Raichur, Karnataka, India |
Chisti Order |
Shah Nabi Mohiuddeen Quadri |
Hazrat Syed Ibrahim Shah Qadri |
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Abul Bashar |
1906–1965 |
Chittagong |
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Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi |
d.1935 |
Daud khel Punjab |
Miskeenpur, Muazaffargarh( Punjab ) |
Naqshbandi order |
Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin |
Muhammad Shah Qureshi Sahab |
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Hazrat Abul Fazl S. Mahmood Quadri |
1911–2000 |
"Isteanat", "Ilm-e-Ghaib", "Fazail-e-Mustafa", "Gilan ki Inqilab Angez Shaksiyat", "Mahasin-e-Tariq Goi", "Rash'hat-e-Qudsia", "Universal Message of Islam" |
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Saheb Qibla Fultali |
1913–2008 |
Fultali, Zakiganj Bangladesh |
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh |
Jainpuri silsilh |
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Mian Bashir Ahmed |
1923– |
Wanghat,Kashmir |
Naqshbandi and Qadri Order |
Awarded Padma Bhushan by Indian Government. |
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Syed Ziaul Haq |
1928–1988 |
Chittagong |
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Wasif Ali Wasif |
1929–1993 |
Pakistan |
Lahore |
Shab Chirag, Kiran kiran suraj, dil dariya samundar |
He was regular columnist of Pakistani Urdu daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt, named "Guftgoo" |
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Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani |
1932–1991 |
Baghdad |
Pakistan,Germany |
Qadarriya |
mahboob subhani, Tuhfa Al-Tahiria Aowrad Al-Qadria |
wrote many books on Islam and tasavvuf |
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Syed Mainuddin Ahmed |
1937-2011 |
Chittagong |
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Bedam Shah Warsi |
Devotional poetry that is sung by qawwals |
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Baba Qamar U Zaman Faridi Chishti |
1940-2011 |
Burj Kalan, Qasur |
Rinala, Raiwind |
Chishti Order, Chishti zamani order |
Baba Farid Ganjshakar |
Fakhar u Zaman Chishti Zamani |
Ganjina e Sifat. |
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Salekur Rahman Rahe Bhanderi |
1948-1968 |
Chittagong Bangladesh |
Manymar, India, Belgium |
Rahe Bhander Sufi Order |