Süleymancılar Explained

The Sūlaimānī Jamia (Jamia-e Sūlaymānīyyā / Süleyman Efendi Cemaati) or Süleymanlılar (Sūlaymanites) is a Muslim Sunni-Hanafi jamia based in Turkey.[1] It takes its name from Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan. In the early 1990s it was estimated that there were over two million members in Turkey.[2] There are also independent branches in Germany and United States.[3]

The Süleyman’îyyah tariqa silsila

NameBuriedBirthDeath
1Sayyadna Abu Bakr SiddiqMadinah, Saudi Arabia22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH

(22 August 634 C.E)

2Sayyadna Salman al-FarsiMada'in, Iraq10 Rajab 33 AH

(4/5 February 654 C.E)

3Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of son of (1)Madinah, Saudi Arabia23 Shaban 24 AH

(22/23 June 645 C.E)

24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH
4Imām Jafar Sadiq, son of granddaughter of (1)Madinah, Saudi Arabia8 Ramadan 80 AH

(5/6 November 699 C.E)

15 Rajab 148 AH

(6/7 September 765 C.E)

5Khwaja Bayazid BastamiBistam, Semnan province, Iran186 AH

(804 C.E)

15 Shaban 261 AH

(24/25 May 875 C.E)

6Khwaja Abul-Hassan KharaqaniKharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran352 AH

(963 C.E)

10 Muharram 425 AH

(5/6 December 1033 C.E)

7Khwaja Abu Ali FarmadiToos, Khurasan, Iran434 AH

(1042/1043 C.E)

4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH

(10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117)

8Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf HamadānīMarv, near Mary, Turkmenistan440 AH

(1048/1049 C.E)

Rajab 535 AH

(Feb/Mar 1141 C.E)

9Khwaja Abdul Khaliq GhujdawaniGhajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan22 Shaban 435 AH

(24/25 March 1044 C.E)

12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH

(17/18 August 1179 C.E)

10Khwaja Arif RiwgariReogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan27 Rajab 551 AH

(15 September 1156 C.E)

1 Shawwal 616 AH

(10/11 December 1219 C.E.)

11Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-FaghnawiBukhara, Uzbekistan18 Shawwal 628 AH

(18/19 August 1231 C.E)

17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH

(29/30 May 1317 C.E)

12Khwaja Azizan Ali RamitaniKhwaarizm, Uzbekistan591 AH

(1194 C.E)

27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH

(25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321)

13Khwaja Mohammad Baba As-SamasiSamaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan25 Rajab 591 AH

(5/6 July 1195 C.E)

10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH

(2/3 July 1354 C.E)

14Khwaja Sayyid Amir KulalSaukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan676 AH

(1277/1278 C.E)

Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH

(21/22 December 1370 C.E)

15Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband BukhariQasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan4 Muharram 718 AH[4]

(8/9 March 1318 C.E)

3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH

(2/3 March 1389 C.E)

16Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, son-in-law of (15)Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan)Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH

(23 February 1402 C.E)

17Khwaja Yaqub CharkhiGulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan762 AH

(1360/1361 C.E)

5 Safar 851 AH

(21/22 April 1447 C.E)

18Khwaja Ubaidullah AhrarSamarkand, UzbekistanRamadan 806 AH

(March/April 1404 C.E)

29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH

(19/20 February 1490 C.E)

19Khwaja Muhammad Zahid WakhshiWakhsh14 Shawwal 852 AH

(11/12 December 1448 C.E)

1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH

(3/4 November 1529 C.E)

20Khwaja Durwesh Muhammad, son of sister of (19)Asqarar, Uzbekistan16 Shawwal 846 AH

(17/18 February 1443 C.E)

19 Muharram 970 AH

(18/19 September 1562 C.E)

21Khwaja Muhammad Amkanaki, son of (20)Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan918 AH

(1512/1513 C.E)

22 Shaban 1008 AH

(8/9 March 1600 C.E)

22Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah BerangDelhi, India5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH

(14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565)

25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH

(29/30 November 1603 C.E)

23Shaikh Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām RabbānīSirhind, India14 Shawwal 971 AH

(25/26 May 1564 C.E)

28 Safar 1034 AH

(9/10 December 1624 C.E)

24Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum Fārūqī, 3rd son of (23)Sirhind, India1007 AH

(1598/1599 C.E)

9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH

(13/14 January 1688 C.E)

25Khwaja Muhammad Saif ud-Dīn Fārūqī, son of (24)Sirhind, India1049 AH

(1639/1640 C.E)

19 or 26 Jumada al-awwal 1096 AH

(April 1685 C.E)

26Sayyid Nur Muhammad BadayuniDelhi, India11 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1135AH

(12/13 August 1723 C.E)

27Shaheed Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, Shams-ud-Dīn HabībullāhDelhi, India11 Ramadan 1111 AH

(2/3 March 1700 C.E)

10 Muharram 1195 AH

(Fri 5 January 1781 C.E)

28Khwaja Abdullah Dehlavi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali DehlaviDelhi, India1156 AH[5]

(1743 C.E)

22 Safar 1240 AH

(15/16 October 1824 C.E)

29Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd Fāruqī MujaddidīDelhi, India2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1196 AH

(9/10 October 1782 C.E)

1 Shawwal 1250 AH

(30/31 January 1835 C.E)

30Khwaja Shah Ahmed Sā‘īd Fāruqī Mujaddidī, son of Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd FāruqīMadinah, Saudi Arabia2 Rabi al-Awwal 1277 AH

(18/19 September 1860 C.E)

31Khwaja Muhammed Mazhar İş’an Can-ı Cânân, son of Khwaja Ahmed Sā‘īd FāruqīIndia1248 AH

(1832 C.E)

Madina

(1883 C.E)

32Khwaja Selahüddin İbn-i Mevlana SiracüddinOsh - Kyrgyzstan(1843 C.E)Osh - Kyrgyzstan

(13 November 1910, C.E)

33Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan
(Silsila ended)
(1888 C.E)(September 16, 1959 C.E)

References

  1. Barry Rubin (2010), Guide to Islamist Movements, M.E. Sharpe. p410
  2. Banu Eligür (2010), The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey, Cambridge University Press
  3. http://www.unitedamericanmuslim.org/branches.php United American Muslim Association
  4. http://www.maktabah.org/index.php/sufism/malfuzat/537-faiz-e-naqshband-urdu.html Faiz Naqshband (Urdu Translation): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, p.46
  5. http://www.maktabah.org/index.php/sufism/malfuzat/537-faiz-e-naqshband-urdu.html Faiz Naqshband (Urdu Translation): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, p.325