Naqshbandi Tahiri Golden Chain is the spiritual chain of successors of the Naqshbandi Sufi order which descends from Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi commonly known as Sajjan Saeen. [1] The recitation of this golden chain in poetic form is part of the daily practices of a follower in the Naqshbandi Tahiri Sufi order.
# | Name | Buried | Birth | Death |
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1 | Muhammad | Medina, Saudi Arabia | Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal (570/571 CE) | 14 Rabi al-Akhir 11 AH (5/6 July 632 CE) |
2 | Sayyadna Abu Bakr Siddiq | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH (22 August 634 C.E) | |
3 | Sayyadna Salman al-Farsi | Mada'in, Iraq | 10 Rajab 33 AH (4/5 February 654 C.E) | |
4 | Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of son of (2) | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 23 Shaban 24 AH (22/23 June 645 C.E) | 24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH |
5 | Imām Jafar Sadiq, son of granddaughter of (2) | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 8 Ramadan 80 AH (5/6 November 699 C.E) | 15 Rajab 148 AH (6/7 September 765 C.E) |
6 | Khwaja Bayazid Bastami | Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 186 AH (804 C.E) | 15 Shaban 261 AH (24/25 May 875 C.E) |
7 | Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani | Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 352 AH (963 C.E) | 10 Muharram 425 AH (5/6 December 1033 C.E) |
8 | Khwaja Abul Qasim Gurgani | Gurgan, Iran | 23 Safar 450 AH (19/20 April 1058 C.E) | |
9 | Khwaja Abu ali Farmadi | Toos, Khurasan, Iran | 434 AH (1042/1043 C.E) | 4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH (10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117) |
10 | Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī | Merv, near Mary, Turkmenistan | 440 AH (1048/1049 C.E) | Rajab 535 AH (Feb/Mar 1141 C.E) |
11 | Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani | Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 22 Shaban 435 AH (24/25 March 1044 C.E) | 12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH (17/18 August 1179 C.E) |
12 | Khwaja Arif Riwgari | Reogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 27 Rajab 551 AH (15 September 1156 C.E) | 1 Shawwal 616 AH (10/11 December 1219 C.E.) |
13 | Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 18 Shawwal 628 AH (18/19 August 1231 C.E) | 17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH (29/30 May 1317 C.E) |
14 | Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani | Khwaarizm, Uzbekistan | 591 AH (1194 C.E) | 27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH (25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321) |
15 | Mohammad Baba As-Samasi | Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25 Rajab 591 AH (5/6 July 1195 C.E) | 10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH (2/3 July 1354 C.E) |
16 | Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal | Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 676 AH (1277/1278 C.E) | Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH (21/22 December 1370 C.E) |
17 | Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari | Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 4 Muharram 718 AH [2] (8/9 March 1318 C.E) | 3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH (2/3 March 1389 C.E) |
18 | Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, son-in-law of (17) | Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) | Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH (23 February 1402 C.E) | |
19 | Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi | Gulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 762 AH (1360/1361 C.E) | 5 Safar 851 AH (21/22 April 1447 C.E) |
20 | Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Ramadan 806 AH (March/April 1404 C.E) | 29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH (19/20 February 1490 C.E) |
21 | Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Vakhshi | Vakhsh, Tajikistan | 14 Shawwal 852 AH (11/12 December 1448 C.E) | 1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH (3/4 November 1529 C.E) |
22 | Khwaja Durwesh Muhammad, son of sister of (21) | Asqarar, Uzbekistan | 16 Shawwal 846 AH (17/18 February 1443 C.E) | 19 Muharram 970 AH (18/19 September 1562 C.E) |
23 | Khwaja Muhammad Amkanaki, son of (22) | Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 918 AH (1512/1513 C.E) | 22 Shaban 1008 AH (8/9 March 1600 C.E) |
24 | Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang | Delhi, India | 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH (14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565) | 25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH (29/30 November 1603 C.E) |
25 | Shaikh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām Rabbānī | Sirhind, India | 14 Shawwal 971 AH (25/26 May 1564 C.E) | 28 Safar 1034 AH (9/10 December 1624 C.E) |
26 | Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum Faruqi, 3rd son of (25) | Sirhind, India | 1007 AH (1598/1599 C.E) | 9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH (13/14 January 1688 C.E) |
27 | Khwaja Muhammad Saifuddin Faruqi, son of (26) | Sirhind, India | 1049 AH (1639/1640 C.E) | 19 or 26 Jumada al-awwal 1096 AH (April 1685 C.E) |
28 | Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin Dehlavi | Delhi, India | ||
29 | Sayyid Nur Muhammad Badayuni | Delhi, India | 11 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1135AH (12/13 August 1723 C.E) | |
30 | Shaheed Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, Shams-ud-Dīn Habībullāh | Delhi, India | 11 Ramadan 1111 AH (2/3 March 1700 C.E) | 10 Muharram 1195 AH (Fri 5 January 1781 C.E) |
31 | Khwaja Abdullah Dehlavi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi | Delhi, India | 1156 AH [3] (1743 C.E) | 22 Safar 1240 AH (15/16 October 1824 C.E) |
32 | Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd Fāruqī Mujaddidī | Delhi, India | 2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1196 AH (9/10 October 1782 C.E) | 1 Shawwal 1250 AH (30/31 January 1835 C.E) |
33 | Khwaja Shah Ahmed Sā‘īd Fāruqī Mujaddidī, son of Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd Fāruqī | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 2 Rabi al-Awwal 1277 AH (18/19 September 1860 C.E) | |
34 | Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 1216 AH (1801/1802 C.E) | 22 Shawwal 1284 AH (16/17 February 1868 C.E) |
35 | Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 1244 AH (1828/1829 C.E) | 22 Shaban 1314 AH (26/27 January 1897 C.E) |
36 | Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani (Not included in Naqshbandi Ghafori Golden Chain) | Danda Shah Bilawal, district Chakwal, Pakistan | 27 Shaban 1313 AH (11/12 February 1896 C.E) | |
37 | Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin, son of (35) | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 15 Muharram 1297 AH (29/30 December 1879 C.E) | 26 Rabi al-Awwal 1333 AH (11/12 February 1915 C.E) |
38 | Pir Muhammad Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi | Miskeenpur, district Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan | 1270 AH (1853/1854 C.E) | 1 Ramadan 1354 AH 28 November 1935 |
39 | Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi, alias Pir Mitha | Rahmatpur, Larkana, Pakistan | 1880 C.E. (1297 A.H) | 12 December 1964 8 Shaban 1384 AH |
40 | Khwaja Allah Bakhsh Abbasi Ghaffari alias Sohna Saeen | Allahabad, Kandiaro, Sindh, Pakistan | 10 March 1910 (27/28 Safar 1328 AH) | 12 December 1983 6 Rabi al-Awwal 1404 AH |
41 | Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Abbasi Bakhshi, alias Sajjan Saeen , son of (40) | Born at Rahmatpur, Larkana, Pakistan | 21 March 1963 (24/25 Shawwal 1382 AH) |
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