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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.
خواجه سيد محمد نظامي
Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami
Delhi
Death not confirmed in the sources read.
Chief sajjāda-nishīn of the Niẓām al-Dīn dargāh from 2015 (Wikipedia)
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
- Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265
one 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 أولياء1325one 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.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
successor of · Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami to Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami · One source
Nephew and successor to the dargāh from 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', fetch · agreesNephew of Hasan Sani Nizami, in post from 2015; cites Times of India 9 Feb 2026.
Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizamiخواجه سيد محمد نظامي
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265
one 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 أولياء1325one 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.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
successor of · Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami to Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami · One source
Nephew and successor to the dargāh from 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', fetch · agreesNephew of Hasan Sani Nizami, in post from 2015; cites Times of India 9 Feb 2026.
Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizamiخواجه سيد محمد نظامي
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265
one 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 أولياء1325one 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.
Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizamiخواجه حسن ثاني نظامي2015one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
successor of · Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami to Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami · One source
Nephew and successor to the dargāh from 2015.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', fetch · agreesNephew of Hasan Sani Nizami, in post from 2015; cites Times of India 9 Feb 2026.
Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizamiخواجه سيد محمد نظامي
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 Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Syed Hasan Murtaza NizamiLiving, as of Oct 2026سيد حسن مرتضى نظامي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
successor of · Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami to Syed Hasan Murtaza Nizami · One source
Second son named in the same Wikipedia report (as of Oct 2026); single tertiary source. An office-holder statement from the shrine itself was not found.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', Succession · agreesAs above.
- Syed Shaafi NizamiLiving, as of Oct 2026سيد شافعي نظامي
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)sources differ
successor of · Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami to Syed Shaafi Nizami · One source
Claim as reported by Wikipedia only (citing Times of India, 9 Feb 2026, not opened): his two sons succeeded him (as of Oct 2026). The father's death is not confirmed by two independent sources read. An office-holder statement from the shrine itself was not found.
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Syed Mohammad Nizami'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Syed Mohammad Nizami', Succession · agreesNames both sons; one source only, the press article behind it not read.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- A Wikiwand page (undated) names Syed Mohammad Faiz Nizami as current sajjāda-nishīn of the Nizamuddin dargāh; uncorroborated.Wikiwand 'Sajjada Nashin'
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Khwaja Syed Mohammad Nizami”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/syed-mohammad-nizami (data of 31 October 2026).