Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 52
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY [ AUGUST, 1923 the Mirât al-Muqasid. Below, the spiritual pedigrees so preserved are set out in parallel columns : 210 Mirat al-Muqasid. 1. Milana Ya'qûb Charhi Hissari. 2. Khwaja (a gap) Nasir-ud-Din 'Ubaidullah Tashkandi Samarqandi. 3. Muḥammad Zahid. 4. Maulana Darvish. 5. Maulana Khwajagi Samarqandi. 7. 6. Maulana Shaikh Muhammad Samâqî. Imâm Rabbânî Mujaddid Alif-sânî Sh. Aḥmad Faruqi b. 'Abd-ul-Wahid Fârûqî Sirhindî, d. 1074 H. (A.D. 1664). 8. Sh. Muhammad Ma'şûm 'Urwah'- Wasqâ, Kh. Muḥammad Ma'sûm. Sahib Maktubât: d. 1097 H. (A.D. 1688). 9. Sh. Saif-ud-Din 'Arif. 10. Sh. Saiyid Muhammad Nûrî Budaunî. The Panjab tradition. Ya'qub Charkhî. Nâsir-ud-Din 'Ubaid-ullah Ahrar. Muhammad Zahid. Maulana Darvish Muhammad. Maulana Khwajgî Amkinki (sic). Khwaja Muhammad Bâqi-billah Berang. Imâm Rabbânî Mujaddid Alifşanî Sh. Aḥmad Faruqi Sirhindî. Sh. Saif-ud-Din. M. Hafiz Muḥammad Muhsin Dihlawi. Saiyid Nur Muhammad Budauni. 11. Sh. Shams-ud-Din Khân Jânân Mazhar. Shams-ud-Din Habib-ullah Mazhar Shahid. 12. Sh. 'Abdullah Dihlawi. 13. Hazrat Ziâ-ud-Din Zû-'l-Jannâhîn Maulana Khalid, d. 1242 H. at the age of 50 (A.D. 1827). (Hence the Order is called Khâlidiâ.) Mirza Janjanan. Mujaddid Miatusâliswal (?) Ashar Sayid 'Abdullah (Shâh Ghulâm 'Ali Ahmadi). Shah Abû Sa'id Ahmadi. Shah Ahmad Sa'id Ahmadi. Haji Dost Muḥammad Qandhârî. Haji Muhammad 'Usmân-whose shrine is at Kulâchi in the Dera 'Ismâ'il Dist., Panjab. The Mirat al-Muqasid, it will be observed, omits all mention of the silsila of the Western Naqshbandis, Alahi and his successors. Now the Naqshbandis have always been numerous and important in Turkey. They have, or had when Brown wrote, 52 takias in Constantinople alone. In other Turkish towns also they had many foundations, e.g., three at Brusa: Evliya, II, p. 8. The takias at Constantinople include one named "Ahmad al-Bukhârî Takiasi," which must commemorate Sh. Sa'id Ahmad al-Bukhari, Alahi's successor. It is in the Kabân Daqiq (Flour Weigh-House) at Stambul. They also include four called Amir Bukhara Takiasi. Who the 'Amir Bukhara' was, it is hard to say with any certainty. A Shams-ud-Din Bukhârî (not to be confused with Shams-udDin Muhammad Bukhari, the 'Amir Sultan' of Bayazid I's reign) was a Persian, who came to Constantinople in the time of Muḥammad II and there rose to eminence as the Shaikh of the reign of Bayazid II. He lived as a Naqshbandî, and his cloister is one of the principal Naqshbandi foundations in the Turkish capital: Hammer-Purgstall, GdOD, I, p. 212. This must be the convent just outside the Adrianople Gate,' in which lies Shaikh Ahmad 'Bukhara' (? al-Bukhari). in the mausoleum built for him by Murâd III, near the FlowerHall: Evlia, I, pt. 2, p. 21. If this Sh. Aḥmad was the head of the Order, it is clear that it was favoured by Murad III, though Evlia, who is very chary of details where the Naqshbandîs are concerned, does not say that Sh. Aḥmad Bukhara belonged to that Order. But he adds:"Sh. Aḥmad Sadiq, from Tashkendi in Bokhara, who made the journey on foot three times from Balkh to Constantinople (and back again) is buried at the convent of Amîr Bokhara,"

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