Süleymancılar


The Süleymancılar or Sülaymaniyya is a Hanafi Sunni Muslim Tariqa based in Turkey. It takes its name from Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan. In the early 1990s it was estimated that there were over two million members in Turkey. There are also several sub-orders of the Süleymancılar in Germany and United States.

Süleymancılar Silsila

The Süleymancılar Silsila or chain of succession is as follows:
#NameBuriedBirthDeath
1Sayyiduna MuhammadMadinah, Saudi ArabiaMon 12 Rabi al-Awwal
12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH
2Sayyiduna Abu Bakr SiddiqMadinah, Saudi Arabia22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH
3Sayyiduna Salman al-FarsiMada'in, Iraq10 Rajab 33 AH
4Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi BakrMadinah, Saudi Arabia23 Shaban 24 AH
24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH
5Imām Jafar SadiqMadinah, Saudi Arabia8 Ramadan 80 AH
15 Rajab 148 AH
6Khwaja Bayazid BastamiBistam, Semnan province, Iran186 AH
15 Shaban 261 AH
7Khwaja Abul-Hassan KharaqaniKharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran352 AH
10 Muharram 425 AH
8Khwaja Abu al-Qasim GurganiGorgan, Golestan, Iran380 AH
450 AH
9Khwaja Abu Ali FarmadiToos, Khurasan, Iran434 AH
4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH
10Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf HamadānīMarv, near Mary, Turkmenistan440 AH
Rajab 535 AH
11Khwaja Abdul Khaliq GhujdawaniGhajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan22 Shaban 435 AH
12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH
12Khwaja Arif RiwgariReogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan27 Rajab 551 AH
1 Shawwal 616 AH
13Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-FaghnawiBukhara, Uzbekistan18 Shawwal 628 AH
17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH
14Khwaja Azizan Ali RamitaniKhwaarizm, Uzbekistan591 AH
27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH
15Khwaja Mohammad Baba As-SamasiSamaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan25 Rajab 591 AH
10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH
16Khwaja Sayyid Amir KulalSaukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan676 AH
Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH
17Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband BukhariQasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan4 Muharram 718 AH
3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH
18Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar BukhariJafaaniyan, Transoxiana,UzbekistanWed 20 Rajab 804 AH
19Khwaja Yaqub CharkhiGulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan762 AH
5 Safar 851 AH
20Khwaja Ubaidullah AhrarSamarkand, UzbekistanRamadan 806 AH
29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH
21Khwaja Muhammad Zahid WakhshiWakhsh14 Shawwal 852 AH
1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH
22Khwaja Durwesh MuhammadAsqarar, Uzbekistan16 Shawwal 846 AH
19 Muharram 970 AH
23Khwaja Muhammad AmkanakiAmkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan918 AH
22 Shaban 1008 AH
24Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah BerangDelhi, India5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH
25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH
25Shaikh Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām RabbānīSirhind, India14 Shawwal 971 AH
28 Safar 1034 AH
26Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum FārūqīSirhind, India1007 AH
9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH
27Khwaja Muhammad Saif ud-Dīn FārūqīSirhind, India1049 AH
19 or 26 Jumada al-awwal 1096 AH
28Sayyid Nur Muhammad BadayuniDelhi, India11 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1135AH
29Shaheed Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, Shams-ud-Dīn HabībullāhDelhi, India11 Ramadan 1111 AH
10 Muharram 1195 AH
30Khwaja Abdullah Dehlavi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali DehlaviDelhi, India1156 AH
22 Safar 1240 AH
31Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd Fāruqī MujaddidīDelhi, India2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1196 AH
1 Shawwal 1250 AH
32Khwaja Shah Ahmed Sā‘īd Fāruqī Mujaddidi ibn Hāfīz Abu Sā‘īd FāruqīMadinah, Saudi Arabia2 Rabi al-Awwal 1277 AH
33Khwaja Muhammed Mazhar İş’an Can-ı Cânân ibn Khwaja Ahmed Sā‘īd FāruqīIndia1248 AH
Madina
34Khwaja Selahüddin İbn-i Mevlana SiracüddinOsh - Kyrgyzstan
Osh - Kyrgyzstan
35Süleyman Hilmi TunahanIstanbul, Turkey