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Baha al-Din Naqshband, Founder of the Naqshbandi order

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ScholarFounder of the Naqshbandi order

Baha al-Din Naqshbandبهاء الدين نقشبند

Approximate dateBukhara

A master of Bukhara whose quiet path, 'the heart with God, the hands at work', spread across Asia.

He taught silent remembrance of God in the heart, kept up amid daily work, rather than withdrawal from the world. His order spread through Central Asia, India, the Ottoman lands and China.

What grew out of it?

Naqshbandi masters, Ahmad Sirhindi among them, later shaped religious life in the Mughal and Ottoman empires.

Who else is linked?

BukharaAhmad SirhindiTimuridsJami

Who lived at the same time?

Abu Inan FarisSultan HasanMansa SulaymanYusuf I of GranadaOrhanMuhammad bin TughluqFiruz Shah TughluqMuhammad V of Granada

Source: history · Wikipedia

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