List of Sufi Saints of South Asia

Sufi Saints of South Asia played an instrumental role in spreading Islam in India.[1] Sufi saints have emerged periodically to reshape the sacred in society.[2]

Contents

List of Sufi Saints of South Asia

S.No Name Year References
1 Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh Ali Hujwiri 990-1077 [3]
2 Hazrat Muhammad Murad Ali Khan RA

Hajji Hūd

 1025–1141 [4]
3 Hazrat Shah Mohammed Yusuf Gardezi 1026–1152 [5]
4 Muhiyudin Abdal Qadir al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166 AD) [6][7]
5 Moinuddin Chishti 1141–1230 [8]
6 Baba Fakhruddin Suhrawardi Penukondavi 1169–1295 [9]
7 Bahauddin Zakariya 1170–1267 [10]
8 Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki 1173–1235 [11]
9 Lal Shahbaz Qalandar 1177–1274 [12]
10 Baba Fariduddin Mas‘ud Ganj-e Shakar 1188–1280 [13]
11 Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari 1192–1291 [14]
12 Syed Hussain Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Naqvi 1252–1382
13 Mukhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht 1308–1384
13 Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari 1196–1291 [15]
14 Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi 1213–1289 [16]
15 Sharafuddin Bu Ali Qalandar 1209–1324 [17]
16 Shaikh Ruknuddin Abul-Fath 1251–1335 [18]
17 Amir Khusrau 1253–1325 [19]
18 Nizamuddin Auliya 1238–1325 [20]
19 Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib d. 1337 [21]
20 Shah Jalal d. 1347 [22]
21 Shah Paran 14th century [23]
22 Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi 1260–1349 [24]
23 Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani 1314–1384 [25]
24 Nasiruddin Mahmud Chiragh of Delhi 1274–1356 [26]
25 Sharafuddin Ahmad bin Yahya Maneri 1263–1381 [27]
26 Mir Syed Ashraf Jahangir Simnani 1308–1405 [28]
27 Syed Muhammad Al Hussaini Gisudaraz 1321–1422 [29]
28 Makhdoom Ali Mahimi 1372–1431 [30]
29 Hazrath Peer Ghousi shah 1893–1954
29 Haji Imdadullah Muhaajir Makki 1817–1899
30 Shaikh Jamali Kamboh d. 1536 [31]
31 Salim Chishti 1478–1572 [32]
32 Daud Bandagi Kirmani 1513–1575 [33]
33 Madhu Lal Hussain 1538–1599 [34]
34 Khwaja Muhammad al-Baqi Billah 1564–1605 .[35]
35 Mian Mir 1550–1635 [36]
36 Bibi Jamal Khatun d. 1639 [37]
37 Shah Abul Ma‘ali 1552–1615 [38]
38 Ahmad Sirhindi c. 1564-1624 [39]
39 Mullah Shah Badakhshi 1584–1661 [40]
40 Jahanara Begum Sahib 1614–1681 [41]
41 Dara Shikoh 1615–1659 [41]
42 Sarmad d. 1661 [42]
43 Azan Pir 17th century [43]
44 Baba Shadi Shaheed 17th century [44]
45 Shah Inayat Shattari d. 1728 [45]
46 Hadrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo 1628–1691 [46]
47 Bulleh Shah 1680–1757
48 Shah Abdul Latif Bhita'i 1689–1752
49 Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan 1699–1781
50 Shah Waliullah 1703–1762
50 Syed Waris Shah 1706–1798
51 Hazrat Makhddom Syedna Hasan Ali Wali Azli(R.A) 1722-1803
52 Noor Muhammad Maharvi 1730–1791
52 Shah Abdul Aziz 1745–1823
53 Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi d. 1834
54 Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi 1797–1861
55 Moulana Karamat-ullah Ali Puri of Ali Pur Chattha 1797-1873
56 Hazrat Babajan 1806–1931
57 Sheikh Meer Ahmad Ibrahim Madurai Periya Hazrat 1813–1878, 1228–1295
58 Sheikh Meer Amjad Ibrahim Madurai Chinna Hazrat 1815–1905, 1230–1322
59 Sheikh Syed Abdus Salaam Ibrahim Madurai Saalim Hazrat 1848–1908, 1264–1327
60 Ata Hussain Fani Chishti 1817–1896
61 Hazrat Shasufi Mawlana Syed Ahmadullah Al-Hasani Wal Hossaini Al Maizbhandari, Maizbhandar Darbar sharif,Chittagong Bangladesh. 1826–1906 [47]
62 Hazrat Imam Ali Shah Sahib Naqshabandi Mujaddadi Makaan Shareef,Gurdaspur 1796–1866 [48]
63 Hazrat Shasufi Mawlana Syed Gulamur Rahman Al-Hasani Wal Hossaini Al Maizbhandari (known as Baba Bhandari)Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif,Chittagong,Bangladesh 1865–1937 [47]
64 Syed Mohammed Asrarullah Hussaini Imam Ali Shah 1856
65 Hazrat Ahmed Rida Khan 1856–1921
66 Hazrat Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur 1861–1925
67 Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri 1870–1962
68 Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadri 1872–1964
69 Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah 1878–1951
70 Inayat Khan 1882–1927
71 Qalandar Baba Auliya 1898–1979
72 Hazrat Shasufi Mawlana Syed Abul Bashar Al-Hasani Wal Hossaini Al Maizbhandari MaizbhandarDarbar Sharif,Chittagong ,Bangladesh 1906–1965 [47]
73 Pir Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi d.1935
74 Mohammad Badshah Qadri 1903–1978
75 Noor Inayat Khan 1914–1944
76 Mian Bashir Ahmed 1923–
77 Allama Arshadul Qadri 1925–2002
78 Hazrat Khwaja Allah Bakhsh 1910–1983
79 Qudwat ul Awliya, Syedna Tahir Allauddin Al Qadri Al Gillani 1932–1991
80 Hazrat Wasif Ali Wasif 1929–1993
81 Maulana Shah Jamali
82 Hazrat Abul Fazl Syed Mahmood Quadri 1911–2000
83 Hazrat Khwaja Sufi Mohammad Dastagir Liyaqthi Jangerea
84 Sheikul Islam Shasufi Syed Mainuddin Ahmed Al-Hasani Wal Hossaini Al Maizbhandari (Madda Jilluhul Ali)Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif,Chittagong ,Bangladesh. Born 1937 [47]
85 Muhammad Najeeb Sultan] (in Sultan bahoo lineage) Born 1978-
86 Alhaj Shahsufi Mawlana Syed Saifuddin Ahmed Al Hasani wal Hossaini Al Maizbhandari (Madda Jilluhul Ali)Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif, Chittagong ,Bangladesh. Born 1967 [47]
87 Hazrat Sha Enayetpuri(R)Bangladesh
88 Shahenshah Hazrat Syed Ziaul Haq Maizbhandari (R) Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif, Chittagong ,Bangladesh. 1928–1988 [1]
89 Shaikh Amin bin Abdul Rehman Born 1941
90 Awliaya Motobi Mawlana Md. Abdul Mukit Siddique Al-Quadri Al-Chisti 1931-1978
91

Hazrat Agha Mir Jani Shah (RA), Peshawar, Pakistan

92 Hazrat Shah Qabool Auliya (RA), Peshawar,Pakistan

See also

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