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.
شاه فخر الدين دهلوي
Shāh Fakhr al-Dīn Dihlawī
Died 1199/1784 · Delhi
Son of Kalīmullāh; founded a tekke at Delhi; eponym of the Fakhrī revival
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 Shāh Fakhr al-Dīn Dihlawī
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shāh Niyāz Aḥmad Barēlwīشاه نیاز احمد بریلوی1834
the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
initiation · Shāh Fakhr al-Dīn Dihlawī to Shāh Niyāz Aḥmad Barēlwī · The community's own account
TDV: Niyāz Aḥmad was a khalifa of Fakhr al-Dīn.
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 · silentIranica mentions the branch spreading to Bareilly, not Niyāz Aḥmad by name.
- Shāh Nūr Muḥammad Mahārwīشاه نور محمد مهاروي1790
the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
initiation · Shāh Fakhr al-Dīn Dihlawī to Shāh Nūr Muḥammad Mahārwī · The community's own account
TDV: Nūr Muḥammad was a khalifa of Fakhr al-Dīn.
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 · silentIranica names only the Niẓāmī branch spreading to Bareilly and Mahārān after Fakhr al-Dīn, not Nūr Muḥammad.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Shāh Fakhr al-Dīn Dihlawī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/fakhr-al-din-dihlawi (data of 31 October 2026).