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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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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 الفرج الطرسوسي

Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī

Baghdad

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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: Qādiriyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  4. two sourcesin Qādiriyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    TDV chain to al-Junayd reads, from al-Jīlānī backward: Muḥarrimī, Hakkārī, Ṭarsūsī, al-Tamīmī, al-Shiblī, al-Junayd.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3779 · agreesShiblī repented and then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L168305 · agreesShiblī repented, then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq chain: Nasrabādhī from Shiblī from Junayd.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 201-205 · agreesJāmī: Shiblī was Junayd's pupil.
    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  5. the community's own accountin Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    gave the khirqa · al-Shiblī to ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain. [omits: unnamed intermediaries (al-Shiblī d. 334/946; al-Tamīmī d. c. 425/1034)]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#grep 'Tamim' (no hit) · silentTrimingham names no al-Tamīmī in any Qādirī silsila.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L184708 · differsDhahabī's Abū l-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī, a Ḥanbalī jurist, d. 410; no Sufi ascription. Identity with the chain's man unproven.
    ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmīعبد الواحد التميمي
  6. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī to Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsīأبو الفرج الطرسوسي
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Qādiriyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  4. two sourcesin Qādiriyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    TDV chain to al-Junayd reads, from al-Jīlānī backward: Muḥarrimī, Hakkārī, Ṭarsūsī, al-Tamīmī, al-Shiblī, al-Junayd.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3779 · agreesShiblī repented and then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L168305 · agreesShiblī repented, then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq chain: Nasrabādhī from Shiblī from Junayd.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 201-205 · agreesJāmī: Shiblī was Junayd's pupil.
    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  5. the community's own accountin Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    gave the khirqa · al-Shiblī to ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain. [omits: unnamed intermediaries (al-Shiblī d. 334/946; al-Tamīmī d. c. 425/1034)]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#grep 'Tamim' (no hit) · silentTrimingham names no al-Tamīmī in any Qādirī silsila.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L184708 · differsDhahabī's Abū l-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī, a Ḥanbalī jurist, d. 410; no Sufi ascription. Identity with the chain's man unproven.
    ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmīعبد الواحد التميمي
  6. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī to Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsīأبو الفرج الطرسوسي

Route 3 of 3: Qādiriyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  4. two sourcesin Qādiriyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    TDV chain to al-Junayd reads, from al-Jīlānī backward: Muḥarrimī, Hakkārī, Ṭarsūsī, al-Tamīmī, al-Shiblī, al-Junayd.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    Checked against

    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3779 · agreesShiblī repented and then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L168305 · agreesShiblī repented, then accompanied Junayd.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq chain: Nasrabādhī from Shiblī from Junayd.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 201-205 · agreesJāmī: Shiblī was Junayd's pupil.
    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  5. the community's own accountin Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    gave the khirqa · al-Shiblī to ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain. [omits: unnamed intermediaries (al-Shiblī d. 334/946; al-Tamīmī d. c. 425/1034)]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#grep 'Tamim' (no hit) · silentTrimingham names no al-Tamīmī in any Qādirī silsila.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L184708 · differsDhahabī's Abū l-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī, a Ḥanbalī jurist, d. 410; no Sufi ascription. Identity with the chain's man unproven.
    ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmīعبد الواحد التميمي
  6. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Tamīmī to Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsīأبو الفرج الطرسوسي
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 l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī

1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.

  • Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārīأبو الحسن الهكاري
    the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L200471 · silentDhahabī's al-Hakkārī entry mentions no Ṭarṭūsī and no khirqa.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭarsūsī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-l-faraj-tartusi (data of 31 October 2026).