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 النجيب السهروردي
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī
Died 563/1168 (a related entry gives 563/1167) · born c. 490/1097 · Suhraward, Baghdad
Teacher in Baghdad; some sources name him as the order's founder
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2 entries)
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 6, the best-sourced: Suhrawardiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānīأبو القاسم الجرجاني
two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Gurgānī then Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094).
Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساجtwo sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ
initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī adds Muḥammad al-Ghazālī between Nassāj and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources
TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
Other routes (5)
Route 2 of 6: Suhrawardiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānīأبو القاسم الجرجاني
two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Gurgānī then Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094).
Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساجtwo sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ
initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī adds Muḥammad al-Ghazālī between Nassāj and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources
TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
Route 3 of 6: Suhrawardiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānīأبو القاسم الجرجاني
two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Gurgānī then Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094).
Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساجtwo sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ
initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources
Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī adds Muḥammad al-Ghazālī between Nassāj and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources
TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
Route 4 of 6: Kubrawiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Kubrawiyya
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3917-3922Checked against
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L148 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L156-L159 · agreesRijāl of ʿĀṣim: al-Sulamī took from ʿAlī, among others, from the Prophet.
ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: al-Ḥusayn, ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Muḥammad al-Bāqir, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim (Trimingham App. A chart).
initiation · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · One source
Order's silsila runs from ʿAlī to Imām ʿAlī al-Riḍā (chain compressed by TDV).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13790-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart runs the ʿAlid line ʿAlī, al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, al-Bāqir, al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentArticle does not treat the ʿAlid imams as links in Kubrā's chain.
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin Kubrawiyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources
Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).
initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source
TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
Route 5 of 6: Kubrawiyya
Sources differ on 5 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799
two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyyasources differ
successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources
Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin Kubrawiyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources
Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).
initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source
TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
Route 6 of 6: Kubrawiyya
Sources differ on 6 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799
two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyyasources differ
successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources
Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin Kubrawiyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources
Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).
initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source
TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
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-Najīb al-Suhrawardī
4 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shihāb al-Dīn ʿUmar al-Suhrawardīشهاب الدين عمر السهروردي1234
two sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Shihāb al-Dīn ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources
TDV: his nephew, trained by him; the order is traced through both Shihāb al-Dīn and Abū l-Najīb. The Shihāb al-Dīn entry does not name who gave him the khirqa.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Şehâbeddin (Hasan Kâmil Yılmaz)'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2084-2090 · agreesShihāb al-Dīn ʿUmar was Abū l-Najīb's nephew, trained in his ribat, d. 632/1234.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ʿAWĀREF AL-MAʿĀREF' (William C. Chittick), Vol. III, Fasc. 2, pp. 114-115 · agreesShehāb al-Dīn ʿUmar's paternal uncle and spiritual guide was Abu'l-Najīb ʿAbd al-Qāhir Sohravardī (d. 563/1168), founder of the order.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Some sources attribute the order to Abū l-Najīb himself; on that reading Ebheriyye and Kübreviyye would be Suhrawardī branches.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'
- ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
two sourcesin Kubrawiyya
initiation · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī · Two independent sources
TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Ammār Yāsir al-Bitlīsī was a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī; on this ground TDV says the Kubrawiyya can be regarded as a Suhrawardī branch.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2081-2088 · agreesAmong Abū l-Najīb's disciples: Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī and ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), masters of Kubrā.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1745-1753 · agreesKubrawī chart draws ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī under Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī.
- Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221
one sourcein Suhrawardiyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not namesources differ
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · One source
Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Najm al-Dīn Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. [omits: ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Kubrā's masters] Omits: ʿAmmār b. Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (Abu'l-Najīb's khalifa, Kubrā's master).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2078-2083 · differsʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Abū l-Najīb's disciples, were the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (online ed. 2021) · agreesKubrā's principal khirqa came from ʿAmmār Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najīb Sohravardī; no direct Abu'l-Najīb-Kubrā tie is stated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī (Nafaḥāt), names Ammār-i Yāsir al-Bitlīsī and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained Kubrā. TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ calls Ammār a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb, so on that reading the chain reaches Abū l-Najīb through Ammār (see Kubrawiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
- Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharīقطب الدين الأبهري
the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya
gave the khirqa · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī · The community's own account
TDV: Quṭb al-Dīn-i Abharī was his chief successor and founded the Ebheriyye.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'Not yet checked against a further reference.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-najib-suhrawardi (data of 31 October 2026).