Sayyid Alauddin Atar

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Grandpatriarch of the Hazrat Ishaans
Sayyid Mir Alauddin Attar
Khwarezm
DiedFebruary 1400–1402
Resting placeJafaaniyan, Uzbekistan
TitleHazrat Shah Saheb(Blessed king)

Khwaja-e-Khwajagan (Khwaja of the Khwajas)

Qutb (Contemporary head of saints)

Qudwat ul-Salikeen (The destination of seekers)

Sayyid ul Sadat(Sayyid of the Sayyids)

Mir Miran (Contemporary supervisor of all descendants of Muhammad)

Sardar Mardan(Prince of men(honored by his father Shahe Mardan,

Ali Ibn Abi Talib
))

Turab(After his father

Ali Ibn Abi Talib
)

Dost Ali(Friend of

Ali
)

Yusuf Shahe Naqshband(Joseph of
Bahauddin Naqshband)
PredecessorBaha' al-Din Naqshband
SuccessorYaqub al-Charkhi
ParentSayyid Mir Muhammad Khwarezmi

Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin ibn Muhammad Attar, was a

Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband.[1]

Biography

Alauddin Attar was born in

Bahauddin Naqshband, due to his superiority as Sufi Saint. Ala, denotes superiority, and din, religion, which was entitled to him.[2][3]

Alauddin Attar started learning

Bahauddin Naqshband, who realized his talent.[4][5]

Alauddin and his master had a very strong emotional relationship that held lifelong. Historical sources compare this relationship with the relationship

Bahauddin was so anstonished because of Alauddin's potential as Saint that legends say, he had seen Muhammad himself in a dream, who ordered him to give his daughter's hands in marriage to his descendant Alauddin.[6]

Alauddin issued Khwaja Hasan and Khwaja Hussein, who were the spiritual and judicial heirs of

Bahauddin, for he only had two daughters.[7][8]

Ancestry

According to old historical sources Khwaja Alauddin's ancestry traces back to Muhammad after 19 generations. His lineage is as follows:[9]

  • Muhammad
  • Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • Imam Hussein ibn Ali
  • Imam Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al Abideen
  • Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir
  • Imam Jafar al-Sadiq
  • Imam Musa Al-Kadhim
  • Al-Amir Sayyid Mir Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Murtadha
  • Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr
  • Sayyid Mir Abdul-Haq
  • Sayyid Mir Jafar
  • Sayyid Mir Muhammad Rumi
  • Sayyid Mir Abdullah
  • Sayyid Mir Musa
  • Sayyid Mir Hussein
  • Sayyid Mir Qasim
  • Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr Reza
  • Sayyid Mir Abdullah Zarbaksh
  • Sayyid Mir Muhammad Khwarezmi
  • Qutb ul Aqtab, Sayyid ul Sadaat, Khwaja-e-Khwajagan Muhammad Alauddin Attar

Legacy

He taught many accomplished scholars, like Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi, dedicated himself to many charity projects and advised the contemporary rulers, who asked him for advices. His descendants follow his footsteps until today. His descendants are prominent

Bahauddin Naqshband. Through this line the three Sayyid brothers Sayyid Mir Jan, Sayyid Mahmud Agha and Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha upheld the traditions of their ancestor Alauddin Attar.[10][11]

See also (descendants)

References

  1. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 51 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  2. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 50 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  3. ^ "18. Khwaja Alauddin al-Attar".
  4. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 50 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  5. ^ "'Alauddin al-Bukhari al-Attar | the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order of America: Sufism and Spirituality".
  6. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 51 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  7. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 63 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  8. ^ "18. Khwaja Alauddin al-Attar".
  9. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 62, under the Musavi lineage, by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  10. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat Ishaan, p. 51, 62, 63, 280, 281 by Muhammad Yaseen Qavari, Edare Talimat Naqshbandiya
  11. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Alaaddin-i Attar Hz. YouTube.

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