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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.

خطيب بلخي

Khaṭīb-i Balkhī

Balkh

Chain link between Ghazālī and Shams al-Aʾimma

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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: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Muḥammad al-Zajjājمحمد الزجاج
  4. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: intermediaries the data does not name

    initiation · Muḥammad al-Zajjāj to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. [omits: Abū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī (d. 373/984); Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L5540 · differsAbū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī accompanied al-Zajjājī (d. 373); he comes between.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13780-13795 (App. A chart) · differsChart: Zajjājī, then Maghribī (d. 984), then al-Gurgānī (d. 1076); Nassāj sits beneath.
    Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesSuhrawardī chart: Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094) then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  6. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Khaṭīb-i Balkhī · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Khaṭīb-i Balkhīخطيب بلخي
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Muḥammad al-Zajjājمحمد الزجاج
  4. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: intermediaries the data does not name

    initiation · Muḥammad al-Zajjāj to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. [omits: Abū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī (d. 373/984); Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L5540 · differsAbū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī accompanied al-Zajjājī (d. 373); he comes between.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13780-13795 (App. A chart) · differsChart: Zajjājī, then Maghribī (d. 984), then al-Gurgānī (d. 1076); Nassāj sits beneath.
    Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesSuhrawardī chart: Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094) then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  6. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Khaṭīb-i Balkhī · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Khaṭīb-i Balkhīخطيب بلخي

Route 3 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānīأبو القاسم الجرجاني
  4. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Suhrawardiyya, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · Two independent sources

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Gurgānī then Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094).
    Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesSuhrawardī chart: Abū Bakr al-Nassāj (d. 487/1094) then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).
    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  6. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Khaṭīb-i Balkhī · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Khaṭīb-i Balkhīخطيب بلخي
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 Khaṭīb-i Balkhī

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

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Khaṭīb-i Balkhī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hatib-i-balkhi (data of 31 October 2026).