List of Sufi saints

This article is about a list of important Sufi saints koruth. For a discussion of sainthood in Islam, see Wali.
This article is about List of saints. For other uses, see List of saints (disambiguation).

Sufi saints or wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental and foregrounding role in spreading Islam throughout the world.[1] 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."[2]

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
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 Region
Mohammad 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 Bukhsh b. ~1870s - d. ~1930 Reasi, 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 Lahore
Syed Abul Fazal Sultan Ahmad Chandrapuri Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi,
Sultania-Mujaddidi 		b. 1909 – d. 1984 AD Bangladesh
Khwaja Yunus Ali Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi b. 1886 – d. 1952 AD East 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

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

List

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B

D

F

G

H

I

J

K

  • Kasim Baba, fifteenth century Bektashi holy man and missionary
  • Khalid-i Baghdadi (1779–1827)
  • Khalil Ur Rehman (Sohnay Main Sarkar) Qadri Chishti Rehamani Shakoori Abdul Ulai Jahangiri

Rehmanpur Sharif Rahimyar Khan

M

N

[27]

O

P

Q

R

S

T

  • Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin
  • Telli Baba
  • Taj Wali sarkar
  • Tahir ul Qadri
  • Hazrath Kwajha Sha Tippu Mastan Auliya - Arcot
  • Hazrath Office Syed Karimullah Sha Qadiri - Arcot
  • Hazrath Office Syed Rahemullah Sha Qadiri - Arcot

U

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Y

Z

  • Zahed Gilani

See also

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