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.
إسماعيل الشيرواني
Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)
Khalidi khalifa in the North Caucasus
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: Naqshbandiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
Sources differ on 12 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mazhar Jān-i Jānān to ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) · The community's own account
Dihlawī served Mazhar for 22 years and received ijāza; he succeeded him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentFigure 3 lists Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh (d. 1240/1824) with Mazhar's line; OCR does not show the edge.
ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824two sourcesin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) to Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources
Told in 1809 to seek the path in Delhi, Khālid joined Dihlawī, was made khalifa and sent back to Sulaymāniyya.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlid el-Bağdâdî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · agreesInitiated at Delhi in 1809-10 by Shah ʿAbd-Allāh (Ghulām-ʿAlī) Dihlawī and sent back as his khalifa for western Asia.
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentKhālid (d. 1242/1827) appears in Figure 3 below Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh; edge not legible in OCR.
Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī to Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī) · The community's own account
Named a leading khalifa who spread the order in the Northern Caucasus.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlidiyye' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · silentArticle names Erbīlī, Fardī and Anārānī among Khālid's khalifas, not Ismāʿīl Shirwānī.
Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Naqshbandiyya
Sources differ on 11 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mazhar Jān-i Jānān to ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) · The community's own account
Dihlawī served Mazhar for 22 years and received ijāza; he succeeded him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentFigure 3 lists Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh (d. 1240/1824) with Mazhar's line; OCR does not show the edge.
ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824two sourcesin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) to Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources
Told in 1809 to seek the path in Delhi, Khālid joined Dihlawī, was made khalifa and sent back to Sulaymāniyya.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlid el-Bağdâdî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · agreesInitiated at Delhi in 1809-10 by Shah ʿAbd-Allāh (Ghulām-ʿAlī) Dihlawī and sent back as his khalifa for western Asia.
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentKhālid (d. 1242/1827) appears in Figure 3 below Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh; edge not legible in OCR.
Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī to Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī) · The community's own account
Named a leading khalifa who spread the order in the Northern Caucasus.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlidiyye' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · silentArticle names Erbīlī, Fardī and Anārānī among Khālid's khalifas, not Ismāʿīl Shirwānī.
Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
Route 3 of 3: Naqshbandiyya
Sources differ on 10 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mazhar Jān-i Jānān to ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) · The community's own account
Dihlawī served Mazhar for 22 years and received ijāza; he succeeded him.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentFigure 3 lists Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh (d. 1240/1824) with Mazhar's line; OCR does not show the edge.
ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824two sourcesin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī) to Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources
Told in 1809 to seek the path in Delhi, Khālid joined Dihlawī, was made khalifa and sent back to Sulaymāniyya.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlid el-Bağdâdî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdullah ed-Dihlevî'Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · agreesInitiated at Delhi in 1809-10 by Shah ʿAbd-Allāh (Ghulām-ʿAlī) Dihlawī and sent back as his khalifa for western Asia.
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentKhālid (d. 1242/1827) appears in Figure 3 below Ghulām ʿAlī Shāh; edge not legible in OCR.
Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādī to Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī) · The community's own account
Named a leading khalifa who spread the order in the Northern Caucasus.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlidiyye' (Hamid Algar)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'BAḠDĀDĪ, ḴĀLED ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN' (Hamid Algar), Vol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 410-412 · silentArticle names Erbīlī, Fardī and Anārānī among Khālid's khalifas, not Ismāʿīl Shirwānī.
Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
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 Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānīخاص محمد الشيرواني
the community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī) to Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānī · The community's own account
Appointed khalifa for the Northern Caucasus.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hâlidiyye' (Hamid Algar)Not yet checked against a further reference.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ismail-shirwani (data of 31 October 2026).