Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
أبو إسحاق الشامي
Abū Isḥāq Shāmī
Died c. 940 (approximate) (per WP list; TDV gives none) · Chisht (near Herat)
Original founder of the order; settled at Chisht near Herat
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Chishtiyya (Chishti order). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashīسديد الدين حذيفة المرعشي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashī to Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Abū Hubayra Baṣrī (d. 287) then Ḥudhayfa Marʿashī (d. 276).
Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrīأمين الدين أبو هبيرة البصريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī to Mumshād al-Dīnawarī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād al-Dīnawarī (d. 299, companion of Ruwaym, Nūrī) has no Chishtī link; same man not shown.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Mamshād Dīnawarī then Abū Hubayra Baṣrī.
Mumshād al-Dīnawarīممشاد الدينوريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Mumshād al-Dīnawarī to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī · One source
TDV: Abu Ishaq settled at Chisht on the instruction of his shaykh Mumshad al-Dinawari.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād has no link to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesAbū Isḥāq Shāmī said to have settled at Chisht at the direction of his master Mamshād Dīnawarī.
Abū Isḥāq Shāmīأبو إسحاق الشامي
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashīسديد الدين حذيفة المرعشي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashī to Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Abū Hubayra Baṣrī (d. 287) then Ḥudhayfa Marʿashī (d. 276).
Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrīأمين الدين أبو هبيرة البصريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī to Mumshād al-Dīnawarī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād al-Dīnawarī (d. 299, companion of Ruwaym, Nūrī) has no Chishtī link; same man not shown.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Mamshād Dīnawarī then Abū Hubayra Baṣrī.
Mumshād al-Dīnawarīممشاد الدينوريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Mumshād al-Dīnawarī to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī · One source
TDV: Abu Ishaq settled at Chisht on the instruction of his shaykh Mumshad al-Dinawari.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād has no link to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesAbū Isḥāq Shāmī said to have settled at Chisht at the direction of his master Mamshād Dīnawarī.
Abū Isḥāq Shāmīأبو إسحاق الشامي
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashīسديد الدين حذيفة المرعشي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Sadīd al-Dīn Ḥudhayfa al-Marʿashī to Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Abū Hubayra Baṣrī (d. 287) then Ḥudhayfa Marʿashī (d. 276).
Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrīأمين الدين أبو هبيرة البصريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Amīn al-Dīn Abū Hubayra al-Baṣrī to Mumshād al-Dīnawarī · One source
Next link in TDV's first chain.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād al-Dīnawarī (d. 299, companion of Ruwaym, Nūrī) has no Chishtī link; same man not shown.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesChain lists Mamshād Dīnawarī then Abū Hubayra Baṣrī.
Mumshād al-Dīnawarīممشاد الدينوريone sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Mumshād al-Dīnawarī to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī · One source
TDV: Abu Ishaq settled at Chisht on the instruction of his shaykh Mumshad al-Dinawari.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3990-3998, n.2 · differsSilsila before Ibrāhīm b. Adham has no well-known names and was 'invented later'.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 102-104 · silentJāmī's Mimshād has no link to Abū Isḥāq Shāmī.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesAbū Isḥāq Shāmī said to have settled at Chisht at the direction of his master Mamshād Dīnawarī.
Abū Isḥāq Shāmīأبو إسحاق الشامي
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Abū Isḥāq Shāmī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿUthmān al-Hārūnīعثمان الهاروني1220
two sourcesin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: intermediaries the data does not name
gave the khirqa · Abū Isḥāq Shāmī to ʿUthmān al-Hārūnī · Two independent sources
TDV's second chain runs from Abu Ishaq through intermediate masters (Abu Ahmad b. Farasnafa, Abu Muhammad b. Ahmad, Abu Yusuf, Mawdud Chishti, Haji Sharif Zindani) to ʿUthman Harūni; intermediate steps not drawn here. Omits: Abū Aḥmad Abdāl, Yūsuf b. Muḥammad b. Samʿān, Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd Chishtī, Aḥmad b. Mawdūd, Ḥājī Sharīf Zandanī (per Iranica).
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesIranica gives Abū Isḥāq, Abū Aḥmad Abdāl, family line, Yūsuf b. Samʿān, Mawdūd, Aḥmad, Ḥājī Sharīf, then Khwāja ʿUthmān.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū Isḥāq Shāmī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-ishaq-shami (data of 31 October 2026).