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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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.

غلام بن تركان

Ghulām b. Turkān

In the Wāsiṭī chain

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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: Rifāʿiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  4. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-ʿAjamī → Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  4. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-ʿAjamī → Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان

Route 3 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  4. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-ʿAjamī → Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان
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 Ghulām b. Turkān

1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.

  • Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي
    the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Ghulām b. Turkān to Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Ghulām b. Turkān → Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ghulām b. Turkān”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ghulam-b-turkan (data of 31 October 2026).