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.
علاء الدين علي بن أحمد صابر
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir
Died 690/1291 · Kalyar
Founder of the Ṣābirī branch; little is known of his life
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
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir · The community's own account
The order's traditional account of the Ṣābirī branch's origin; TDV names ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Ṣābir as founder without naming his master.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentṢābir is named as the founder of the Ṣābirī branch; no master is stated.
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābirعلاء الدين علي بن أحمد صابر1291
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir · The community's own account
The order's traditional account of the Ṣābirī branch's origin; TDV names ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Ṣābir as founder without naming his master.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentṢābir is named as the founder of the Ṣābirī branch; no master is stated.
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābirعلاء الدين علي بن أحمد صابر1291
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir · The community's own account
The order's traditional account of the Ṣābirī branch's origin; TDV names ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Ṣābir as founder without naming his master.
Nizami, K. A., 'Çiştiyye', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 8 (1993), pp. 343-346Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentṢābir is named as the founder of the Ṣābirī branch; no master is stated.
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābirعلاء الدين علي بن أحمد صابر1291
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 ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Rudawlīاحمد عبد الحق ردولوي1434
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: intermediaries the data does not name
initiation · ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir to Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Rudawlī · One source
TDV Çiştiyye says Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Rudawlī (d. 838/1434) belonged to Ṣābir's line (silsile); it does not state a direct master–disciple tie. Omits: unnamed intermediaries (Iranica dates: Ṣābir d. 691, Aḥmad d. 837).
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 · agreesAḥmad ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (d. 837/1434) organized a Chishti khānaqāh at Rudawli 'in the alleged succession' of Ṣābir (d. 691/1291).
- Shah Ali Manzar Aijaz Quddusi SabriLiving, as of Oct 2026شاه علي منظر اعجاز قدوسي صابري
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: all generations between ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Ṣābir and the present holder.
successor of · ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir to Shah Ali Manzar Aijaz Quddusi Sabri · One source
Named as the dargāh's present sajjāda-nishīn in a 2023 Pakistan High Commission report; hereditary line, intermediate holders omitted.
Pakistan High Commission New Delhi, 'Pakistani zaireen lay chaddar…'Checked against
- Pakistan High Commission report (summary), 755th ʿUrs · agreesGreets Sajjada Nasheen Shah Ali Manzar Aijaz Quddusi Sabri; the 756th (2024) report names no one.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ṣābir”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ala-al-din-sabir (data of 31 October 2026).