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.
عمار ياسر البدليسي
ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī
Master sent to train Kubrā; the only master Kubrā's own works name per TDV
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: Kubrawiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- 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 السهروردي1168two 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.
ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Kubrawiyya
Sources differ on 5 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
two 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 السهروردي1168two 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.
ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
Route 3 of 3: Kubrawiyya
Sources differ on 6 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
two 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 السهروردي1168two 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.
ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
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 ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221
two sourcesin Kubrawiyyasources differ
companionship (ṣuḥba) · ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · Two independent sources
Ammār Yāsir was sent to train Kubrā; the only master named in Kubrā's own works.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i KübrâChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3429-3433 · agreesAnother teacher was ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), though, on this account, his main training was under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2087-2088 · agreesʿAmmār and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī are named as the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Kubrā's chain runs through his shaykh Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī; Kubrā's own works name only Ammār.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
- Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī, names Ammār and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained him (see Suhrawardiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
- Trimingham (1971, p. 55): ʿAmmār was one teacher, but Kubrā's real training took place under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, who gave him the khirqa of tabarruk.Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971)
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ammar-yasir-bitlisi (data of 31 October 2026).