Sufi saints or wali (, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental and foregrounding role in spreading Islam throughout the world. In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles."Radtke, B., "Saint", in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

List of Sufi Saints

8th century (701–800 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Hasan al-Basri b. 642 – d. 728 AD Basra, Iraq Habib al-Ajami d. 738 AD Basra, Iraq Rabi'a al-Adawiyya b. c. 714 – d. 801 AD* Basra, Iraq Dawud Tai d. c. 777–782 AD Kufa / Baghdad, Iraq Ibrahim ibn Adham d. c. 777–782 AD Balkh (present-day Afghanistan) / Syria Abu Sulayman al-Darani b. 726 – d. 815 AD* Damascus, Syria al-Fudayl ibn Iyad d. 803 AD* Khorasan / Mecca Shaqiq al-Balkhi d. 810 AD* Balkh (present-day Afghanistan) Abdullah Shah Ghazi d. 720 AD Karachi

9th century (801–900 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Bishr al-Hafi d. 841 AD Baghdad, Iraq Sari al-Saqati d. 867 AD Baghdad, Iraq Bayazid Bastami b. 804 – d. 874/875 AD Bistam, Iran Harith al-Muhasibi b. 781 – d. 857 AD Baghdad, Iraq Junayd of Baghdad b. c. 830 – d. 910 AD* Baghdad, Iraq Abu Bakr al-Shibli b. 861 – d. 945 AD* Baghdad, Iraq Sahl al-Tustari b. 818 – d. 896 AD Shushtar, Iran Abu Yazid (Bayazid) Bastami b. 804 – d. 874 AD Bistam, Iran Shaqiq al-Balkhi d. 810 AD Balkh, Afghanistan Ma'ruf al-Karkhi d. 815 AD Baghdad, Iraq

10th century (901–1000 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti Order d. 940 AD Mount Qasioun, Syria Junayd of Baghdad b. c. 830 – d. 910 AD Baghdad, Iraq Abu Bakr al-Shibli b. 861 – d. 945 AD Baghdad, Iraq Abu Nasr al-Sarraj d. 988 AD Tus, Iran Abu Talib al-Makki d. 996 AD Baghdad, Iraq Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Balkhi d. 931 AD Balkh, Afghanistan Ibn Khafif b. 882 – d. 982 AD Shiraz, Iran Hamdun al-Qassar d. 884 AD* Nishapur, Iran Abu al-Husayn al-Nuri d. 907 AD Baghdad, Iraq

11th century (1001–1100 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr b. 967 – d. 1049 AD Miana, Iran Al-Qushayri b. 986 – d. 1072 AD Nishapur, Iran Al-Ghazali b. 1058 – d. 1111 AD* Tus, Iran Ahmad Ghazali b. c. 1061 – d. 1123/1126 AD Qazvin, Iran Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) b. c. 1009 – d. c. 1072/1077 AD Lahore, Pakistan Abu Ali al-Daqqaq d. 1015 AD Nishapur, Iran Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani b. c. 963 – d. 1033 AD Semnan Province, Iran Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri b. 986 – d. 1072 AD Nishapur, Iran Yusuf Hamdani (Proto-Naqshbandi / Khwajagan) b. 1062 – d. 1141 AD* Merv / Herat Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi d. 1019 AD Baghdad, Iraq Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Khazin d. 1033 AD Damascus, Syria Baba Kuhi of Shiraz b. 948 – d. 1037 AD Haji Huud b. 1025 – d. 1141 AD Patan Imam Ali-ul-Haq b. 925 – d. 971 AD Sialkot

12th century (1101–1200 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abdul Qadir Gilani Qadiriyya b. 1077 – d. 1166 AD Baghdad, Iraq Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (Khwajagan / proto-Naqshbandi) d. 1179 AD Bukhara, Uzbekistan Ahmad Yasawi (Yasawiyya) b. c. 1093 – d. 1166 AD Turkistan, Kazakhstan Moinuddin Chishti Chishti Order b. c. 1141 – d. 1230 AD* Ajmer, India Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Chishti Order b. 1173 – d. 1235 AD* Delhi, India Fariduddin Ganjshakar Chishti b. 1188 – d. 1280 AD Pakpattan, Pakistan Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari Chishti (Sabiri branch) b. 1196 – d. 1291 AD* Haridwar, India Attar of Nishapur b. c. 1145 – d. 1221 AD* Nishapur, Iran Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi Suhrawardiyya b. 1097 – d. 1168 AD Iraq / Persia Amir Kulal (Khwajagan) b. 1278 – d. 1370 AD* Bukhara, Uzbekistan Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi Suhrawardiyya b. 1145 – d. 1234 AD* Baghdad, Iraq Lal Shahbaz Qalandar b. 1177 – d. 1274 AD* Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan Shah Gardez b. 1026 – d. 1152 AD

13th century (1200–1299 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abdul Razzaq Gilani Qadiriyya b. 1134 – d. 1207 AD Baghdad Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi b. 1219 – d. 1287 AD Anfoushi Adam Khaki 14th-century AD Badarpur Ahmad al-Badawi b. 1200 – d. 1276 AD Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari Chishti b. 1196 – d. 1291 AD Amir Khusrau b. 1253 – d. 1325 AD the Nizamuddin Dargah Attar of Nishapur b. 1145 – d. 1221 AD the Mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur Baba Fakruddin b. 1169 – d. 1295 AD Penukonda Bahauddin Zakariya Suhrawardiyya b. 1170 – d. 1267 AD Multan Bodla Bahar b. 1238 – d. 1298 AD Sehwan Sharif Bu Ali Shah Qalandar b. 1209 – d. 1324 AD Panipat Iraqī b. 1213 – d. 1289 AD Haji Bektash Veli Bektashi b. 1209 – d. 1271 AD Haji Bektash Veli Complex Ibrahim al-Dasuqi Desouki b. 1255 – d. 1296 AD Desouk Ibn Ata Allah Shadhili 13th-century AD Iraqī b. 1213 – d. 1289 AD Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari b. 1192 – d. 1291 AD Nizamuddin Auliya Chishti b. 1238 – d. 1325 AD Delhi Pir Baba b. 1431 – d. 1502 AD Rukn-e-Alam b. 1251 – d. 1335 AD Multan Shah Jalal b. 1271 – d. 1347 AD Sylhet Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat b. 1255 – d. 1346 AD

14th century (1300–1399 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī b. 1365 – d. 1424 AD Adam Khaki 14th-century AD Badarpur Amir Kulal b. 1278 – d. 1370 AD Baha' al-Din Naqshband Naqshbandi b. 1318 – d. 1389 AD Bukhara Bande Nawaz Chishti b. 1321 – d. 1422 AD Gulbarga Hafez b. 1315 – d. 1390 AD Tomb of Hafez Haji Bayram Veli Bayramiye b. 1352 – d. 1430 AD Ankara Imam Fassi 14th-century AD Imam Fassi Shadhili 14th-century AD Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi b. 1260 – d. 1349 AD Jahaniyan Jahangasht b. 1308 – d. 1384 AD Kasim Baba Bektashi 15th-century AD Makhdoom Ali Mahimi b. 1372 – d. 1431 AD Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Kubrawiya b. 1314 – d. 1384 AD Khatlon Region Nund Rishi b. 1377 – d. 1438 AD Pir Baba b. 1431 – d. 1502 AD Shah Jalal b. 1271 – d. 1347 AD Sylhet Shah Paran 14th-century AD Chittagong Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi 10th-century AH

15th century (1400–1499 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abu Bakr al-Aydarus Qadiriyya b. 1447 – d. 1508 AD Aden Akshamsaddin b. 1389 – d. 1459 AD Göynük Ali-Shir Nava'i b. 1441 – d. 1501 AD Herat Amir Kulal b. 1278 – d. 1370 AD Baha' al-Din Naqshband Naqshbandi b. 1318 – d. 1389 AD Bukhara Gül Baba d. 1541 AD Tomb of Gül Baba Jahanara Begum Sahib b. 1614 – d. 1681 AD Khan Jahan Ali d. 1459 AD Makhdoom Yahya Maneri b. 1263 – d. 1381 AD Makhdoom Ali Mahimi b. 1372 – d. 1431 AD Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa Aissawa b. 1467 – d. 1526 AD Meknes Pir Baba b. 1431 – d. 1502 AD Salim Chishti Chishti b. 1478 – d. 1572 AD

16th century (1500–1599 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Balım Sultan Bektashi d. 1519 AD Nevşehir Province Bulleh Shah b. 1680 – d. 1757 AD Kasur Daud Bandagi Kirmani b. 1513 – d. 1575 AD Shergarh, Punjab Fuzuli b. 1494 – d. 1556 AD Jahanara Begum Sahib b. 1614 – d. 1681 AD Khwaja Ahrar Naqshbandi b. 1404 – d. 1490 AD Makhdoom Ali Mahimi b. 1372 – d. 1431 AD Maulana Shahbaz MuhammadShattari / Qadiriyyab. 1549 - d. 1640 ADBhagalpur, Bihar Mian Mir b. 1550 – d. 1635 AD Muhammad Qadiri Qadiriyya b. 1552 – d. 1654 AD Pir Baba b. 1431 – d. 1502 AD Salim Chishti Chishti b. 1478 – d. 1572 AD Shah Hussain b. 1538 – d. 1599 AD Shah Jalal Dakhini d. 1476 AD Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi Suhrawardiyya 13th-century AD Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi 12th-century AD Sultan Bahu b. 1628 – d. 1691 AD

17th century (1600–1699 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Afaq Khoja b. 1626 – d. 1694 AD Xinjiang Azan Faqir 17th-century AD Sivasagar near the Brahmaputra River Baba Shadi Shaheed 17th-century AD Bibi Jamal Khatun d. 1647 AD Sehwan Sharif Dara Shikoh b. 1615 – d. 1659 AD Hamzah Fansuri d. 1590 AD Ujong Pacu, Aceh Jahanara Begum Sahib b. 1614 – d. 1681 AD Khwaja Baqi Billah Naqshbandi b. 1564 – d. 1605 AD Delhi Mian Mir b. 1550 – d. 1635 AD Muhammad Qadiri Qadiriyya b. 1552 – d. 1654 AD Rahman Baba 17th-century AD Sarmad Kashani d. 1661 AD Shah Badakhshi b. 1584 – d. 1661 AD Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai b. 1689 – d. 1752 AD Sultan Bahu b. 1628 – d. 1691 AD

18th century (1700–1799 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad b. 1634 – d. 1720 AD Hadhramaut Ahmad al-Tijani Tijaniyyah b. 1737 – d. 1815 AD Fez, Morocco Usman dan Fodio Qadiriyya b. 1754 – d. 1817 AD Sokoto, Nigeria Ahmadou Bamba b. 1853 – d. 1927 AD Touba Ghulam Ali Dehlavi b. 1743 – d. 1824 AD Delhi Habib Noh b. 1788 – d. 1866 AD Keramat Habib Noh İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi b. 1703 – d. 1780 AD Tillo Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan b. 1699 – d. 1781 AD Noor Muhammad Maharvi b. 1730 – d. 1791 AD Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai b. 1689 – d. 1752 AD

19th century (1800–1899 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year RegionMohammad Abu Bakr Siddique b. 1845 – d. 1939 AD Furfura Sharif Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi b. 1856 – d. 1921 AD Bareilly Sharif Dargah Ahmad Sirhindi Naqshbandi b. 1564 – d. 1624 AD Sirhind Ata Hussain Fani Chishti Chishti b. 1816 – d. 1893 AD Gaya (India) Fazl Ahmad Khan b. 1857 – d. 1907 AD India Ghousi Shah b. 1893 – d. 1954 AD Hyderabad Ghulam Farid b. 1845 – d. 1901 AD Mithankot(Hafez Al-Hajji) Rahim Bukhshb. ~1870s - d. ~1930Reasi, Jammu in India then Jhelum, Punjab in Pakistan Nazim Al-Haqqani Naqshbandi 20th-century AD Sachal Sarmast b. 1739 – d. 1827 AD Syed Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari b. 1826 – d. 1906 AD Maizbander Dorbar Shoriph,Fotikchadhi, Chottogram

20th century (1900–1999 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan Naqshbandi b. 1934 – d. 2017 AD Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak Saifia b. 1925 – d. 2010 AD LahoreSyed Abul Fazal Sultan Ahmad ChandrapuriNaqshbandi-Mujaddidi,Sultania-Mujaddidib. 1909 – d. 1984 ADBangladeshKhwaja Yunus AliNaqshbandi-Mujaddidib. 1886 – d. 1952 ADEast Bengal Ibrahim Niass Tijaniyyah b. 1900 - d. 1975 AD Kaolack, Senegal Ahamed Muhyudheen Noorishah Jeelani b. 1915 – d. 1990 AD Hyderabad, India Bawa Muhaiyaddeen d. 1986 AD Philadelphia Ghousi Shah b. 1893 – d. 1954 AD Hyderabad Hazrat Babajan d. 1931 AD Pune Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Qadiriyya 20th-century AD Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui b. 1936 – d. 2017 AD Muhammad Tegh Ali Qadiriyya d. 1958 Muzaffarpur Raquib Shah b. 1901 – d. 1967 AD Sylhet, Bangladesh Sufi Barkat Ali 20th-century AD Wasif Ali Wasif b. 1929 – d. 1993 AD Lahore Shareef ud-Din Maqbool i Ilahi b. 1919 – d. 1969 AD | Dr. Muhammad Ishaque Sabri Chisti Qadri Rifai Bayabani || || b. 1917 – d. 1992 AD || Akola Maharastra

21st century (2000–2099 AD) Name Sufi Order Born / Death year Region Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui b. 1936 – d. 2017 AD Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan Naqshbandi b. 1934 – d. 2017 AD Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak Saifia b. 1925 – d. 2010 AD Lahore Hazart Syed Mir Tayyab Ali Shah Bukhari Naqashbandi b. 1967 – d. 2022 AD Okara Hazrat Atif shah taji Yousufi Yousufi Karachi Peer Shoukat Ali Awan Gullshahi b.1937 - d. 2006 AD Lahore

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A Sheikh Hafiz Amin bin Abdurehman Qutab Al Iqtab Idreesia al badriya Muhammadiya Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017, 12th Sheikh of Silsila Naqshbandia Owaisiah and writer of several books and 03 Tafaseer of the Holy Qur'an) Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720, buried in Hadhramaut, author on several books on Dhikr) Abdullah Ansari Abdullah Shah Ghazi (d. 720, buried in Karachi) Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (d. 1179, buried in Bukhara, one of the Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order) Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, buried in Baghdad, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order)Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, 2002, p. 123.The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad Riyāz Qādrī, 2000, p. 24. Abdul Razzaq Gilani (1134–1207, buried in Baghdad, son of Abdul Qadir Gilani, promoted the Qadiriyya order) Abu Ishaq Shami (d. 940, buried on Mount Qasioun, founder of the Chishti Order)