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

خاص محمد الشيرواني

Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānī

Khalifa for the North Caucasus

Sources for this person

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

Sources differ on 12 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824
  4. two 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'

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    Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827
  5. the 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)

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    Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
  6. 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)

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānīخاص محمد الشيرواني
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Naqshbandiyya

Sources differ on 11 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824
  4. two 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'

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    Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827
  5. the 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)

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    Checked against

    Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
  6. 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)

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānīخاص محمد الشيرواني

Route 3 of 3: Naqshbandiyya

Sources differ on 10 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824
  4. two 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'

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    Mawlānā Khālid al-Baghdādīخالد البغدادي1827
  5. the 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)

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    Ismāʿīl Sirāj al-Dīn Shirwānī (Kurdamīrī)إسماعيل الشيرواني
  6. 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)

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānīخاص محمد 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 Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānī

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

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Khāṣṣ Muḥammad Shirwānī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/khas-muhammad-shirwani (data of 31 October 2026).