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 المحامد العربي
Abū l-Mahāmid Sīdī al-ʿArabī al-Andalusī
Shādhilī shaykh of ʿAlī al-Jamal (TDV Derkāviyye)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
No chain up to the Prophet is recorded for this person in the sources read.
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-Mahāmid Sīdī al-ʿArabī al-Andalusī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jamalعلي الجمال1780
one sourcein Shādhiliyya
initiation · Abū l-Mahāmid Sīdī al-ʿArabī al-Andalusī to ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jamal · One source
TDV: ʿAlī al-Jamal attached himself to the Shādhilī shaykh Abū l-Mahāmid al-ʿArabī, served him sixteen years and succeeded him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, DerkāviyyeNot yet checked against a further reference.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-Mahāmid Sīdī al-ʿArabī al-Andalusī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/arabi-andalusi (data of 31 October 2026).