Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (Persian: ‫ﺑﻬﺎءاﻟﺪﯾﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻧﻘﺸﺒﻨﺪ‬

‫( )ﺑﺨﺎری‬1318–1389) was the founder of what would become one of
Syed Baha-ud-Din
the largest Sufi Sunni orders, the Naqshbandi. Naqshband Bukhari

Contents
Biography
Lineage
Naqshbandi Golden Chain
Death
Legacy and descendants
See also
Baha-ud-Din's name in Arabic
References calligraphy
Further reading Born 1318
External links Bukhara, Chagatai
Khanate
Died 1389 (aged 70–71)
Biography Bukhara, Timurid
Empire
Baha-ud-Din was born on 18 March 1318 CE (14 Muharram, 718
AH) in the village of Qasr-i-Hinduvan (later renamed Qasr-i Arifan) Venerated in Sunni Islam
near Bukhara, in what is now Uzbekistan and it was there that he died School: Hanafi
in 1389.[1]
Creed: Maturidi
Influences Prophet
Lineage Muhammad, Ali ibn
Abi Talib, Abu Bakr,
Baha-ud-Din was a Sayyid, a descendant of Prophet Muhammad
Jafar Sadiq, Amir
through Imam Hasan al-Askari. One registered lineage of him is the
Kulal, Abdulkhaliq
following:[2][3]
Ghujdawani
1. Prophet Muhammad Influenced Yaqub al-Charkhi,
Hazrat Ishaan,
2. Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Al Zahra
Moinuddin Hadi
3. Imam Hussain Naqshband, Sayyid
Mir Jan, Sayyid
4. Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin Mahmud Agha

5. Imam Muhammad al Baqir

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sâdiq

7. Imam Musa al-Kazim

8. Imam Ali al Reza

9. Imam Muhammad al Taqi

10. Imam Ali al Hadi

11. Imam Hasan al-Askari

12. Mir Sayyid Ali Akbar

13. Sayyid Mir Mahmud Fakhriddin

14. Amir Sayyid Mir Muhyuddin

15. Amir Sayyid Mir Khalwati

16. Amir Sayyid Mir Naqi Naqib

17. Sayyid Mir Ilaq

18. Sayyid Mir Mahmud

19. Sayyid Burhan Qilich

20. Sayyid Mir Shaaban

21. Sayyid Mir Qasim

22. Sayyid Mir Zayn ul Abedin

23. Sayyid Mir Abdullah

24. Sayyid Mir Burhanuddin Qilich

25. Amir Sayyid Mir Jalalludin Muhammad Bukhari

26. Amir Sayyid Burhanuddin Muhammad Bukhari

27. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Bahauddin Naqshband[4]

Naqshbandi Golden Chain

He came into early contact with the Khwajagan (lit: the Masters), and was adopted as spiritual progeny by one
of them, Baba Muhammad Sammasi, while still an infant. Sammasi was his first guide on the path, and more
important was his relationship with Sammasi's principal khalifa (successor), Amir Kulal, the last link in the
silsila, or chain of teachers, before Baha-ud-Din:[5]

1. Muhammad
2. Sayyidna Abu Bakkar Siddique
3. Salman the Persian
4. Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakkar
5. Ja'far al-Sadiq
6. Bayazid Bistami
7. Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani
 8. Abu Ali Farmadi
9. Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Hamadani
10. Abdul Khaliq al-Gajadwani
11. Arif ar-Riwagri
12. Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi
13. Azizan Ali Ramitani
14. Sayyid Amir Kulal
15. Mohammad Baba As-Samasi
16. Imam at-Tariqah Muhammad Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband

As a youth, Naqshbandi was recognized as an exceptional Islamic scholar before he turned 20. He traveled to
Mecca for the Islamic pilgrimage Hajj at least three times. He became a respected scholar in Central Asia and
received many guests and pupils to Bukhara from other parts of Central Asia.[6]

Death
Baha-ud-Din was buried in his native village, Qasr-i Arifan, in 1389. In 1544, Khan Abd al-Aziz built over
his grave a tomb and surrounding buildings. The Memorial complex is located 16 kilometers from Bukhara
and is today a place of pilgrimage.[7]

Legacy and descendants

Baha-ud-Din is the founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

One notable bloodline goes on through his daughter who married Bahauddin’s student and spiritual heir
Alauddin Attar. Notable descendants of Bahauddin through this bloodline are Hazrat Ishaan and his family.[8]

See also
Eleven Naqshbandi principles
Hazrat Ishaan
Ahmad Sirhindi
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Sayyid Mir Jan
Sayyid Mahmud Agha

References
1. "Yawm-A-Wilaadat Hazrat Khwaja Shah Bahaudeen Naqshband Qaddas Allahu Sirruhul
Azeez" (https://web.archive.org/web/20131227114618/http://www.haqqanisoul.com/profiles/blo
gs/yawm-a-wilaadat). 17 November 2013. Archived from the original (http://www.haqqanisoul.c
om/profiles/blogs/yawm-a-wilaadat) on 2013-12-27.
2. Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 62 f., by Yaseen Qasvari, published by "Idarat Talimate
Naqshbandiyya"
3. https://shajara.org/2020/06/24/naqshbandiya-shajarasi-izidan/ Naqshbandiya shajarasi izidan
4. "Shajara-e-nasab lineages of descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari r.a.-Shajara.org" (https://sh
ajara.org/2020/06/29/1426/). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
 5. Sultanova, Razia (2011). "Naqshbandiyya". From Shamanism to Sufism (https://books.google.c
om/books?id=iQTPUjE0RHMC&pg=PA33). I.B.Tauris. p. 32–37. ISBN 978-1-84885-309-6.
6. Mullerson, Rein (2014). Central Asia (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Asia/FRdI
AwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0). Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781317792529.
7. Mullerson, Rein (2014). Central Asia (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Asia/FRdI
AwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0). Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781317792529.
8. Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 62 f., by Muhammad Yaseen Qasvari, edited by: Idare
Talimat Naqshbandiyya

Further reading
The Rules or Secrets of the Naqshbandi Order by Omar Ali-Shah (1992) ISBN 2909347095
The Masters of Wisdom by John G. Bennett (1995) ISBN 1881408019
The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, (History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain). by
Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. Kazi Publications, USA (1995) ISBN 0-934905-34-7
Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani,
Islamic Supreme Council of America (June 2004), ISBN 1930409230.

External links
The official website of Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi the patron of Naqshbandi-
Mujaddidi Order in East and West. (https://web.archive.org/web/20011203115516/http://www.ta
sawwuf.org/)
The official website of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America (http://www.naqshbandi.
org/)
Naqshbandia Owaisiah (http://www.naqshbandiaowaisiah.com/)
Ghazwat ul-Hind (http://ghazwatulhind.com/)
The official website of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Order of the USA and Europe (http://w
ww.goldensufi.org/)

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