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.
نظام الدين أولياء
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā
Died 725/1325 · Delhi
Great shaykh; sent about 700 khalifas across India
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: Chishtiyya (Chishti order). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtīمعين الدين حسن چشتي1236
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Chishtī to Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV does not name Bakhtiyar Kaki in the silsila (it calls the attributed divan doubtful).
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3992-4003 · agreesQutb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī became Muʿīn al-Dīn's khalifa in Delhi; Trimingham d. 633/1236, atlas 1228.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentNames Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī as an immigrant dervish at Delhi but gives no master.
Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325
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 Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā
3 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Naṣīr al-Dīn Chirāgh-i Dihlīنصير الدين چراغ دهلي1356
two sourcesin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Naṣīr al-Dīn Chirāgh-i Dihlī · Two independent sources
The order's traditional account; TDV names Chiragh-i Dihli's era but not the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4010-4013 · agreesNaṣīr al-Dīn Chirāgh-i Dihlī is Niẓām al-Dīn's successor (d. 757/1356).
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesIn 724/1324 Niẓām al-Dīn designated Chirāgh-i Dihlī successor by passing him the khirqa he had himself received from Bābā Farīd.
- Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)omits: all generations; the exact descent is not given in sources read.
family descent · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami · One source
The Nizami custodians of the dargāh are described as descendants of the saint's family; Hasan Sani Nizami was sajjāda-nishīn until 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Hindustan Times via search listing, Delhi, 2017 · agreesDozens of clerics at the dargāh bear the name Nizami.
- Burhān al-Dīn Gharībبرهان الدين غريب1340
the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb · The community's own account
The order's traditional account; TDV does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBurhān al-Dīn Gharīb is named first Chishti in the Deccan; no master given.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/nizam-al-din-awliya (data of 31 October 2026).