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.
خواجه حسن ثاني نظامي
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami
Died 2015-03-15 · Delhi
Sajjāda-nishīn of the Nizām al-Dīn Awliyāʾ dargāh, Delhi
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
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one 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 شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti 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 · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: all generations; the exact descent is not given in sources read.
family descent · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami · One source
The Nizami custodians of the dargāh are described as descendants of the saint's family; Hasan Sani Nizami was sajjāda-nishīn until 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Hindustan Times via search listing, Delhi, 2017 · agreesDozens of clerics at the dargāh bear the name Nizami.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one 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 شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti 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 · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: all generations; the exact descent is not given in sources read.
family descent · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami · One source
The Nizami custodians of the dargāh are described as descendants of the saint's family; Hasan Sani Nizami was sajjāda-nishīn until 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Hindustan Times via search listing, Delhi, 2017 · agreesDozens of clerics at the dargāh bear the name Nizami.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one 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 شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti 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 · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: all generations; the exact descent is not given in sources read.
family descent · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami · One source
The Nizami custodians of the dargāh are described as descendants of the saint's family; Hasan Sani Nizami was sajjāda-nishīn until 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Hindustan Times via search listing, Delhi, 2017 · agreesDozens of clerics at the dargāh bear the name Nizami.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015
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 Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizamiخواجه سيد محمد نظامي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
successor of · Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami to Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami · One source
Nephew and successor to the dargāh from 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', fetch · agreesNephew of Hasan Sani Nizami, in post from 2015; cites Times of India 9 Feb 2026.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hasan-sani-nizami (data of 31 October 2026).