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.
مظهر جان جانان
Mazhar Jān-i Jānān
Died 1195/1781 · born 1110/1699 · Delhi
Eponym of the Mazhariyya, 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: Naqshbandiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
Sources differ on 12 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad Maʿṣūmمحمد معصوم1668
one sourcein Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Maʿṣūm to Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī · One source
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, pp. 69-70 n. 44 · agreesBuehler calls Sayfuddīn Muḥammad Maʿṣūm's grandson and successor.
Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidīمحمد سيف الدينthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī to Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī · The community's own account
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnīنور محمد البداؤنيthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyyasources differ
initiation · Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī to Mazhar Jān-i Jānān · The community's own account
Bedāʾūnī was Mazhar's principal master; Mazhar stayed six years at his tomb and took further initiations elsewhere.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Mazhar also took initiation from Shāh Muḥammad Zubayr, Shāh Ḥāfiẓ Saʿdullāh and Muḥammad ʿĀbid Sunnāmī, the last also linking him to Qādirī, Suhrawardī and Chishtī lines.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)
Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Naqshbandiyya
Sources differ on 11 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad Maʿṣūmمحمد معصوم1668
one sourcein Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Maʿṣūm to Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī · One source
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, pp. 69-70 n. 44 · agreesBuehler calls Sayfuddīn Muḥammad Maʿṣūm's grandson and successor.
Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidīمحمد سيف الدينthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī to Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī · The community's own account
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnīنور محمد البداؤنيthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyyasources differ
initiation · Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī to Mazhar Jān-i Jānān · The community's own account
Bedāʾūnī was Mazhar's principal master; Mazhar stayed six years at his tomb and took further initiations elsewhere.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Mazhar also took initiation from Shāh Muḥammad Zubayr, Shāh Ḥāfiẓ Saʿdullāh and Muḥammad ʿĀbid Sunnāmī, the last also linking him to Qādirī, Suhrawardī and Chishtī lines.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)
Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
Route 3 of 3: Naqshbandiyya
Sources differ on 10 links of this route.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad Maʿṣūmمحمد معصوم1668
one sourcein Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Maʿṣūm to Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī · One source
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, pp. 69-70 n. 44 · agreesBuehler calls Sayfuddīn Muḥammad Maʿṣūm's grandson and successor.
Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidīمحمد سيف الدينthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyya
initiation · Muḥammad Sayf al-Dīn al-Fārūqī al-Mujaddidī to Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī · The community's own account
Order's own chain.
the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnīنور محمد البداؤنيthe community's own accountin Naqshbandiyyasources differ
initiation · Nūr Muḥammad Badāʾūnī to Mazhar Jān-i Jānān · The community's own account
Bedāʾūnī was Mazhar's principal master; Mazhar stayed six years at his tomb and took further initiations elsewhere.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)Checked against
- Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 3, p. 76 fig. 3 · silentBoth names appear in Figure 3; OCR of the chart does not show the connecting line.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Mazhar also took initiation from Shāh Muḥammad Zubayr, Shāh Ḥāfiẓ Saʿdullāh and Muḥammad ʿĀbid Sunnāmī, the last also linking him to Qādirī, Suhrawardī and Chishtī lines.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mazhar Cân-ı Cânân' (Hamid Algar)
Mazhar Jān-i Jānānمظهر جان جانان1781
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 Mazhar Jān-i Jānān
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿAbdullāh al-Dihlawī (Shāh Ghulām ʿAlī)عبد الله الدهلوي1824
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.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Mazhar Jān-i Jānān”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/mazhar-jan-i-janan (data of 31 October 2026).