AMĪR ḴORD, SAYYED MOḤAMMAD B. MOBĀRAK KERMĀNĪ, 8th/14th century Indo-Muslim author of the Sīar al-awlīāʾ, a detailed account of Shaikh…

ʿALĪ AṢḠAR ČEŠTĪ, Mughal hagiographer, chiefly known for his Jawāher-e Farīdī, compiled in 1033/1623 during the reign of Jahāngīr (1014-37/1605-27)….

ʿALĪ AKBAR ḤOSAYNĪ ARDESTĀNĪ, Indo-Muslim taḏkera writer, remembered solely for his unpublished Maǰmaʿ al-awlīāʾ, an encyclopedia of Sufi saints compiled…

AḤMADPURĪ, GOL MOḤAMMAD (d. 1243/1827), a Panjabi saint and Češtī hagiographer. He is best known for his taḏkera, Ḏekr al-aṣfīāʾ,…

AḤMAD KHATTŪ, also known as Aḥmad MAḠREBĪ, famous medieval Gujarati saint whose name is associated with the foundation of the…

ʿABDALLĀH, ŠĀH (d. 890/1485), Persian Sufi who introduced the Šaṭṭārī order into India. His family claimed descent from Shaikh Šehāb-al-dīn…

ʿABD-AL-NABĪ, SHAIKH, Mughal traditionist, for a time much esteemed by the emperor Akbar. He was a grandson of the noted…

ʿABD-AL-ḴĀLEQ ḠOJDOVĀNĪ, teacher and distinguished saint of the Selsela-ye Ḵᵛāǰagān (Naqšbandī order), d. 617/1220. His birthplace, the modern Gizhduvan in…

ḠAWṮĪ, MOḤAMMAD, b. Ḥasan b. Mūsā Šaṭṭārī MANDOVĪ, author of Golzār-e-abrār, a Persian hagiographyof Indian saints (b. 11 Rajab 962/2…

ABŪ ʿALĪ QALANDAR, ŠARAF-AL-DĪN PĀNĪPATĪ (also known as SHAH BŪ ʿALĪ QALANDAR), Indian poet and saint, d. 725/1324. His mausoleum…

ḤAMID QALANDAR (d. Delhi, 768/1366), author of Ḵayr al-majāles, the obiter dicta (malfuẓāt) of the Češti shaikh Naṣir-al-Din Maḥmud Čerāḡ-e…