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) •
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) •
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049, buried in
Miana, Turkmenistan, poet who innovated the use of love poetry to express mystic concepts) •
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi (1219–1287, buried in
Anfoushi, one of the four master saints of Egypt) •
Abul Hasan Hankari (1018–1093, buried in Baghdad, noted scholar and miracle worker) •
Adam Khaki (14th century, buried in
Badarpur, Assam, took part in the
Conquest of Sylhet and preached at Badarpur) •
Afaq Khoja (1626–1694, buried in
Xinjiang, opposed the
Chagatai Khanate's attempt to enforce
Yassa law on Muslims) • Ahmad Main Sarkar Qadri Chishti Rehamani Shakoori Abdul Ulai Jahangiri Rehmanpur Sharif Rahimyar Khan •
Ahamed Muhyudheen Noorishah Jeelani (1915–1990, buried in
Hyderabad,
India, founder of the Nooriya Sufi order) •
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921, buried in the
Bareilly Sharif Dargah, reformer in British India) •
Ahmad Ghazali (1061 to 1123 or 1126, buried in
Qazvin, younger brother of the more famous Al-Ghazali, reasoned that as God is absolute beauty, to adore any object of beauty is to participate in a divine act of love) •
Ahmad al-Tijani (1737–1815, buried in
Fez, Morocco), founder of the
Tijaniyyah order) •
Ahmadou Bamba (1853–1927, buried next to the
Great Mosque of Touba, lead a pacifist struggle against the
French colonial empire) •
Ahmad Yasawi (1093–1166, buried in the
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, poet, founder of Turkish Sufism) •
Akshamsaddin (1389–1459, buried in
Göynük, tutor and advisor to
Mehmed the Conqueror) •
Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (1925–2010, buried in
Lahore, founder of the
Saifia Sufi order) •
Al-Busiri (1211–1294, buried in
Alexandria, poet, author of the
Qasida Burda) •
Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993, buried in
Lahore, was a teacher, writer, poet, and Sufi saint from Pakistan) •
Habib al-Ajami (d. 738, buried in
Basra) •
Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in
Aden, the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing
Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world) •
Ahmad al-Badawi (1200–1276, buried in
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque, most popular saint in Egypt) •
Khwaja Ahrar (1404–1490 AD), played a significant role in establishing the
Naqshbandi Order •
Al-Ghazali (1058–1111, buried in
Tus, Iran, considered a
Mujaddid, author of
The Revival of the Religious Sciences and
The Incoherence of the Philosophers, influenced early modern European criticism of
Aristotelian physics) •
Al-Hallaj (858–922, ashes scattered in the
Tigris, imprisoned and executed after requesting "O Muslims, save me from God" and declaring "I am the Truth") •
Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072/77, buried in
Lahore,
Pakistan, author of
Kashf ul Mahjoob, spread Sufism throughout the
Indian Subcontinent) •
Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441–1501, buried in
Herat, author of
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn and founder of Turkic literature) •
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033, illiterate mystic who influenced
Avicenna,
Rumi, and
Jami) •
Al-Qushayri (986–1072, buried in Nishapur, author who distinguished four layers of Quranic interpretation and defended the historical lineage of Sufism) •
Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (1196–1291, buried near
Haridwar, founder of the Sabiriya branch of the Chishti order) •
Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, buried in the
Nizamuddin Dargah, influential musician, considered the "father of
Urdu literature") •
Amir Kulal (1278–1370, buried near
Bukhara, taught
Timur and
Baha' al-Din Naqshband) •
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221, buried in the
Mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur, author of
The Conference of the Birds and the hagiographic
Tazkirat al-Awliya) •
Aurangzeb (1618–1707), buried in
Khuldabad, also known as Jinda Pir. Author of Fatwa e Alamgir. •
Azan Faqir (17th century, buried in
Sivasagar near the
Brahmaputra River, reformer who stabilized Islam in the
Assam region) •
Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī (1365–1424, expounded on the works of
Ibn Arabi) •
Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi •
Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi •
Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi •
Abu Bakr Shibli •
Ahmad Zarruq •
Arabati Baba Teḱe •
Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1816–1893, buried in
Gaya (India)) was a
Sufi saint of the
Chishti Order in South Asia.
B •
Baba Fakruddin (1169–1295, buried in
Penukonda) •
Baba Kuhi of Shiraz (948–1037) •
Baba Shadi Shaheed (17th century, first Chib
Rajput to convert to Islam, married a daughter of
Babur) •
Sheikh Bedreddin (1359–1420, buried in
Istanbul in 1961, revolted against
Mehmed I) •
Baha' al-Din Naqshband (1318–1389, buried in
Bukhara, founder of the
Naqshbandi order) •
Balım Sultan (d. 1517/1519, buried in
Nevşehir Province, co-founder of the
Bektashi Order) •
Bahauddin Zakariya (1170–1267, buried in the
Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya, spread the
Suhrawardiyya order through South Asia) •
Bande Nawaz (1321–1422, buried in
Gulbarga, spread the Chishti Order to southern India) •
Khwaja Baqi Billah (1564–1605, buried in
Delhi, spread the
Naqshbandi order into India) •
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (d. 1986, founder of the
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in
Philadelphia) •
Bayazid Bastami (874/5-848/9, buried in
Shrine of Bayazid Bostami, noted for his ideas on
spiritual intoxication) •
Bibi Jamal Khatun (d. 1639 or 1647, lived in
Sehwan Sharif, sister of
Mian Mir) •
Bodla Bahar (1238–1298, buried in
Sehwan Sharif, features in the miracle stories of
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar) •
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324, buried in
Panipat) •
Bulleh Shah (1680–1757, buried in
Kasur, regarded as "the father of Punjabi enlightenment")
D •
Dara Shikoh (1615–1659, brother of
Aurangzeb, author of
Majma-ul-Bahrain) •
Dawūd al-Qayṣarī •
Dawud Tai (d. circa 777-782) •
Dhul-Nun al-Misri F •
Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi •
Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1188–1280, buried in the
Shrine of Baba Farid,
Pakpattan, Pakistan and developed
Punjabi literature through poetry) • Fazl Ahmad Khan (1857–1907), Indian Sufi teacher •
Fuzuli (1494–1556), considered one of the greatest poets of
Azerbaijani literature) •
Imam Fassi G •
Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824, buried in
Delhi) •
Ghulam Farid (1845–1901), buried in
Mithankot, poet •
Ghousi Shah (1893–1954, buried in
Hyderabad) •
Gül Baba (d. 1541, buried in
Tomb of Gül Baba, esoteric author and patron saint of
H •
Habib Noh (1788–1866, buried in
Keramat Habib Noh) •
Hafez (1315–1390, buried in
Tomb of Hafez, highly popular
antinomian Persian poet whose works are regularly quoted and even used for divination) •
Haji Huud (1025–1141, buried in
Patan, Gujarat, helped spread Islam in India) •
Haji Bayram Veli (1352–1430, buried in
Ankara, founder of the
Bayramiye order) •
Haji Bektash Veli (1209–1271, buried in the
Haji Bektash Veli Complex, revered by both
Alevis and
Bektashis) •
Hamzah Fansuri (d. 1590, buried in Ujong Pacu,
Aceh) •
Hasan al-Basri (642–728, buried in
Az Zubayr, highly important figure in the development of Sunni Sufism) •
Hazrat Babajan (d. 1931, buried in
Pune, master to
Meher Baba) •
Hayreddin Tokadi •
Yusuf Hamdani (1062–1141, buried in
Merv) •
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384, buried in
Khatlon Region, spread the
Kubrawiya order throughout Asia) •
Usman Harooni •
Ali Hujwiri • Hazarat Baba Gulam Jilani (R.A)
I •
Iraqī (1213–1289) •
Ibrahim Niass •
Ibrahim ibn Adham •
Ibn Arabi •
Ibn Ata Allah •
Imam Ali-ul-Haq (925–971, buried in
Sialkot). •
Ibrahim al-Dasuqi (1255–1296, buried in
Desouk, founder of the
Desouki order) •
İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780, buried in
Tillo, astronomer and encyclopedist, first Muslim author to cover post-Copernican astronomy) •
Ibrahim ibn Faïd (1396–1453) •
Imadaddin Nasimi •
Ismail Haqqi Bursevi (1653–1725, buried in
Bursa, author noted for esoteric interpretations of the Quran) •
Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi (1260–1349)
J •
Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (1192–1291) •
Jamal-ud-Din Hansvi •
Jabir ibn Hayyan •
Ja'far al-Sadiq •
Jahanara Begum Sahib (1614–1681) •
Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1308–1384) •
Jamī K M N O •
Omar Khayyam •
Osman Fazli •
Otman Baba •
Owais al-Qarani P •
Pir Baba (1431–1502) •
Pir Sultan •
Pir Yemeni •
Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017)
Q •
Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr •
Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar •
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi •
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki(1173–1235)
R •
Ahmad Sirhindi (a.k.a. Imam Rabbani; ca. 1564–1624) •
Rabia Basri •
Rahman Baba •
Ahmed al-Rifa'i •
Rukn-e-Alam (1251–1335) •
Rumi • Raquib Shah (1901-1967) Sylhet city, Bangladesh.
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 •
Üftade •
Usman dan Fodio the Founder of the Sokoto Caliphate and the leader of West African Jihad in 1804 •
Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi W •
Waris Shah •
Waris Ali Shah • Sayed Wasi-ud-Din
Y •
Yahya bey Dukagjini •
Yahya Efendi •
Makhdoom Yahya Maneri (1263–1381) •
Khwaja Yunus Ali •
Yunus Emre Z • Zahed Gilani == See also ==