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Route 2 of 6: Suhrawardiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 13 names (9 not shown)
3. Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
4. ✓two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya≠sources differ

   initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · 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: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī adds Muḥammad al-Ghazālī between Nassāj and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
   Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
5. ✓two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources

   TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.

   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#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
   Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
6. one sourcein Suhrawardiyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name≠sources differ

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · One source

   Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Najm al-Dīn Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. [omits: ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Kubrā's masters] Omits: ʿAmmār b. Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (Abu'l-Najīb's khalifa, Kubrā's master).

   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#L2078-2083 · differsʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, Abū l-Najīb's disciples, were the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (online ed. 2021) · agreesKubrā's principal khirqa came from ʿAmmār Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najīb Sohravardī; no direct Abu'l-Najīb-Kubrā tie is stated.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī (Nafaḥāt), names Ammār-i Yāsir al-Bitlīsī and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained Kubrā. TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ calls Ammār a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb, so on that reading the chain reaches Abū l-Najīb through Ammār (see Kubrawiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
   Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221

Route 3 of 6: Suhrawardiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 14 names (10 not shown)
3. Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
4. ✓two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources

   TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.

   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#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
   Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
5. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Kubrawiyya, not in Suhrawardiyya

   initiation · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī · Two independent sources

   TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Ammār Yāsir al-Bitlīsī was a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī; on this ground TDV says the Kubrawiyya can be regarded as a Suhrawardī branch.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2081-2088 · agreesAmong Abū l-Najīb's disciples: Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī and ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), masters of Kubrā.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1745-1753 · agreesKubrawī chart draws ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī under Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī.
   ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
6. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Kubrawiyya, not in Suhrawardiyya≠sources differ

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · Two independent sources

   Ammār Yāsir was sent to train Kubrā; the only master named in Kubrā's own works.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3429-3433 · agreesAnother teacher was ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), though, on this account, his main training was under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2087-2088 · agreesʿAmmār and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī are named as the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Kubrā's chain runs through his shaykh Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī; Kubrā's own works name only Ammār.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
   • Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī, names Ammār and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained him (see Suhrawardiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
   • Trimingham (1971, p. 55): ʿAmmār was one teacher, but Kubrā's real training took place under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, who gave him the khirqa of tabarruk.Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971)
   Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221

Route 4 of 6: Kubrawiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 6 names (2 not shown)
3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
4. one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).

   initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source

   TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
   Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
5. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya

   initiation · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī · Two independent sources

   TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Ammār Yāsir al-Bitlīsī was a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī; on this ground TDV says the Kubrawiyya can be regarded as a Suhrawardī branch.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2081-2088 · agreesAmong Abū l-Najīb's disciples: Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī and ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), masters of Kubrā.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1745-1753 · agreesKubrawī chart draws ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī under Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī.
   ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
6. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · Two independent sources

   Ammār Yāsir was sent to train Kubrā; the only master named in Kubrā's own works.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3429-3433 · agreesAnother teacher was ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), though, on this account, his main training was under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2087-2088 · agreesʿAmmār and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī are named as the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Kubrā's chain runs through his shaykh Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī; Kubrā's own works name only Ammār.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
   • Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī, names Ammār and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained him (see Suhrawardiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
   • Trimingham (1971, p. 55): ʿAmmār was one teacher, but Kubrā's real training took place under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, who gave him the khirqa of tabarruk.Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971)
   Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221

Route 5 of 6: Kubrawiyya

≠Sources differ on 6 links of this route.

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 9 names (5 not shown)
3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
4. one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).

   initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source

   TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
   Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
5. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya

   initiation · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī · Two independent sources

   TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Ammār Yāsir al-Bitlīsī was a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī; on this ground TDV says the Kubrawiyya can be regarded as a Suhrawardī branch.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2081-2088 · agreesAmong Abū l-Najīb's disciples: Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī and ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), masters of Kubrā.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1745-1753 · agreesKubrawī chart draws ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī under Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī.
   ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
6. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · Two independent sources

   Ammār Yāsir was sent to train Kubrā; the only master named in Kubrā's own works.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3429-3433 · agreesAnother teacher was ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), though, on this account, his main training was under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2087-2088 · agreesʿAmmār and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī are named as the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Kubrā's chain runs through his shaykh Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī; Kubrā's own works name only Ammār.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
   • Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī, names Ammār and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained him (see Suhrawardiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
   • Trimingham (1971, p. 55): ʿAmmār was one teacher, but Kubrā's real training took place under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, who gave him the khirqa of tabarruk.Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971)
   Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221

Route 6 of 6: Kubrawiyya

≠Sources differ on 7 links of this route.

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 10 names (6 not shown)
3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
4. one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: Sarī al-Saqaṭī, al-Junayd and the Junaydī masters down to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (Trimingham text and App. A chart).

   initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · One source

   TDV text routes Kubrā's chain 'through Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Maʿrūf'; intermediate links omitted, so adjacency is not claimed.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesLines of ascription at Baghdad go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī; Abū l-Najīb is a later link on that line.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart puts Sarī and al-Junayd between Maʿrūf and the later Junaydī masters.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentSays only that Kubrā's main khirqa came from Bedlisi, a khalifa of Abu'l-Najib Suhrawardī; Maʿrūf not mentioned.
   Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
5. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya

   initiation · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī · Two independent sources

   TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Ammār Yāsir al-Bitlīsī was a khalīfa of Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī; on this ground TDV says the Kubrawiyya can be regarded as a Suhrawardī branch.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2081-2088 · agreesAmong Abū l-Najīb's disciples: Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī and ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), masters of Kubrā.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1745-1753 · agreesKubrawī chart draws ʿAmmār al-Bidlīsī under Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī.
   ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsīعمار ياسر البدليسي
6. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · ʿAmmār Yāsir al-Bidlīsī to Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · Two independent sources

   Ammār Yāsir was sent to train Kubrā; the only master named in Kubrā's own works.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3429-3433 · agreesAnother teacher was ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Bidlīsī (d. c. 1200), though, on this account, his main training was under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī.
   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2087-2088 · agreesʿAmmār and Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī are named as the masters of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ: Kubrā's chain runs through his shaykh Ammār Yāsir and Abū l-Najīb to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī; Kubrā's own works name only Ammār.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ
   • Fasīḥ Aḥmad-i Khwāfī (Mujmal-i Faṣīḥī, II, 319), as reported by TDV, records a silsila in which Kubrā benefited from Abū l-Najīb directly. The same TDV entry, citing Jāmī, names Ammār and Ismāʿīl Qaṣrī as the shaykhs who trained him (see Suhrawardiyya).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'
   • Trimingham (1971, p. 55): ʿAmmār was one teacher, but Kubrā's real training took place under Ismāʿīl al-Qaṣrī, who gave him the khirqa of tabarruk.Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971)
   Najm al-Dīn Kubrāنجم الدين كبرى1221