List of Sufis explained

This list article contains names of notable people commonly considered as Sufis or otherwise associated with Sufism. ^[1]

List of notable Sufis

A

• Abadir Umar ar-Rida
• Abdul gadir djonfo guinea
• Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili
• Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi
• Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
  • Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad
• Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
• Al-Qushayri
• Abu al-Husain al-Nuri
• Abu Madyan
• Al-Sha'rani
• Al-Suyuti
• Al-Zaylaʽi
• Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi
• 'Abd Allah ibn 'Alawi Al-Haddad
• Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
• Ahmad al-Tijani
• Ahmad Zarruq
• Ali al-Qari
• Ahmad Sirhindi
• Ahmad al-Dardir
• Ahmad ibn Ajiba
• Ahmad al-Tayyeb
• Ahmad Yasawi
• Ali Gomaa
• Ali al-Jifri
• Abdalqadir as-Sufi
• Abdul Qadir Gilani
  • Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan Abdūl-Khāqeem Arvāsī
• Abdullah Ibn Umar Badheeb Al Yamani (1825–1892)
  • Ad-Dağhestānī Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari
    • Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid Abu Ishaq Shami Ahmad al-Alawi
• Ahmed Reza Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi (1856–1921)
• Kayhan Dede
• Al-Shaghourī
• Al-Busiri
• Ali Hujwiri (Daata Ganj Bakhsh, Persian/Punjabi: 990-1077)
• Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani
• Amadou Bamba (1853-1927)
• Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002)
• Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1817–1896)
• Azangachhi Shaheb (1828-1932)

• Baba Rexheb
• Baba Qamar U Zaman Faridi Chishti (1940-2011)
• Babajan (1806–1931)
• Bande Nawaz
• Barkat Ali
• Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
• Bishr al-Hafi

D

• Dada Masiti
• Dawud al-Ta'i
• Dhul-Nun al-Misri

E

• El Hadj Malick Sy
• Esad Erbili

F

• Feisal Abdul Rauf

G

• Galip Hassan Kuscuoglu
• Ghousi Shah
• Gogaji Nath Pir
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan
• René Guénon

H

• Haji Imdadullah Muhaajir Makki (1817–1899)
• Hamid Raza Khan
• Hamzah Al-Fansuri
• Harith al-Muhasibi
• Hasan al-Basri
• Hasnain Baqai safipur
• Hisham Kabbani
• Hilmi Işık

I

• Ibn 'Ashir
• Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Sakandari
• Ibn 'Arabi
• Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
• Ibrahim al-Desouki
• Ibrahim ibn Adham
• Ibrahim ibn Faïd
• Ibrahim Niass (1900 - 1975)
• Idries Shah
• Inayat Khan (1882–1927)
• Ismail Haqqi Bursevi
• Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
• Ivan Aguéli (1869-1917)

J

• Jahaniyan Jahangasht
• Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

K

• Khwaja Khawand Mahmud
• Khawajgi Amkangi

L

• Lal Shahbaz Qalandar

M

• Muhibbullah Allahabadi
• Mawlana Muhummad Attullah Sahib Faizani
• Muhammad Uthman Siraj al-Din
• Machiliwale Shah
• Mahmoodullah Shah
• Mahmud Esad Coşan
• Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu
• Makdoom Hamzah
• Maruf Karkhi
• Maula Shah (1836–1944)
• Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1797–1861)
• Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951)
• Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif (1859–1937)
• Shaykh Muhammed Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani
  • Saiyed Murad Shahid Datar Mian Bashir Ahmed (1923–)
  • Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Muhammad Bin Husayn al-Sulami
• Mohammad Badshah Qadri (1903–1978)
• Moinuddin Hadi Naqshband
• Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
• Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Muhammad Ishaq
• Muhammad Masihullah Khan
• Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi
• Muhammad Qadiri (1552-1654)
• Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi
• Mu'in al-Din Chishti
• Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri

N

• Nadir Ali Shah
• Nahid Angha
• Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi
• Nizamuddin Auliya
• Nooruddeen Durkee
• Nuh Ha Mim Keller
• Nuruddin ar-Raniri

O

• Omar Saidou Tall
• Omar Ali-Shah
• Osman Nuri Topbaş

P

• Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi (d. 1935)
• Pir Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936-2017)
• Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani (1846–1900)
• Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer of Golra Sharif (1949–2009)

Q

• Qalander Ba Ba Auliya (1898–1979)
• Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173-1235)

R

• Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya
• Rahman Baba
• Reshad Feild
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
  • Rumi Ruwaym

S

• Sari al-Saqati
• Sahl al-Tustari
• Shaqiq al-Balkhi
• Sanai Hakim Sanai Ghaznavid
• Sidi Boushaki
• Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
• Sheikh Yusuf
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
• Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri
• Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani
• Sultan Bahu (1630-1691)
• Shah Maroof Khushabi
• Shah Sulaimān Nūri (1508-1604)
• Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838–1918)
• Said al-Chirkawi
• Said Nursī
• Shams Ali Qalandar
• Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar
• Sayyid Mir Jan (1800-1901)
• Sayyid Mahmud Agha
• Sayyid Sahib Husayni of Tekmal (1805–1880)
• Syed Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani
• Shah Abdul Aziz (1745–1823)
• Shah Inayat Qadiri (d. 1728)
• Shah Jalal (1271-1346)
• Shah Nazar Ali Kianfar
• Shah Niyaz (1742-1834)
• Shah Nooranī
• Shah Paran
• Shah Siddiq
• Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai of Safipur
• Sheikh Mustafa (1836–1888)
• Sheikh Madar
• Sidi Heddi
• Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan
• Syed Mohammed Asrarullah (1856)
• Syed Nasiruddin
• Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
• Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
• Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
• Saalim Al-Madhar (1848–1908)

T

• Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani (1932–1991)
• Taj al-Din al-Subki
• Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin of Nagpur (1861–1925)
• Taqi al-Din al-Subki
• Tashna (1872–1931)
• Timothy Winter
• Tosun Bayrak

U

• Uways al-Barawi

W

• Waheed Ashraf
• Waris Shah
• Waris Ali Shah
• Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)

Y

• Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
• Yunus Ali Enayetpuri (1886-1952)
• Yunus Emre
• Yusuf al-Nabhani

Z

• Zaheen Shah
• Zakariyya al-Ansari

Sufi leaders

• Mahmud of Ghazni
• Ahmad Shah Durrani
• Diponegoro
• Mirwais Hotak
• Emir Abdelkader
• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
• Mehmed the Conqueror
• Omar al-Mukhtar
• Saladin
• Ismail I

See also

• List of Sufi saints

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sufism And Love: One And The Same. dead. Home4.pacific.net website. 10 February 2005. 12 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20050210062143/http://home4.pacific.net.sg/~makhdoom/sufi1.html.