Saifia

Saifia, also spelled as Saifiya or Saifiyya, is an Islamic Sufi sect based in Pakistan, with a following in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Fiji, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various other countries around the world. The sect follows the Hanafi school of thought, the Maturidi creed, the Naqshbandi order, and the sect's founder is Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak.

The Saifia chain of succession

The following is the chain of succession of authority of the Saifia sect.

#	Name	Buried	Birth	Death
1	Prophet Muhammad	Medina, Saudi Arabia	Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal	2/9 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH
2	Amir al-Mu'minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq	Medina, Saudi Arabia		22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH
3	Salman Farsi	Mada’in, Iraq		10 Rajab 33 AH
4	Imam Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr	Medina, Saudi Arabia	23 Shaban 24 AH	24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH
5	Imam Jafar al-Sadiq	Medina, Saudi Arabia	8 Ramadan 80 AH	15 Rajab 148 AH
6	Khwaja Bayazid Bastami	Bistam, Semnan province, Iran	186 AH	15 Shaban 261 AH
7	Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani	Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran	352 AH	10 Muharram 425 AH
8	Khwaja Abu al-Qasim Gurgani	Gorgan, Golestan, Iran	380 AH	450 AH
9	Khwaja Abu ali Farmadi	Toos, Khurasan, Iran	434 AH	4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH
10	Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī	Marv, near Mary, Turkmenistan	440 AH	Rajab 535 AH
11	Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani	Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	22 Shaban 435 AH	12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH
12	Khwaja Arif Reogari	Reogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan	27 Rajab 551 AH	1 Shawwal 616 AH
13	Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	18 Shawwal 628 AH	17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH
14	Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani	Khwarazm, Uzbekistan	591 AH	27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH
15	Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi	Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25 Rajab 591 AH	10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH
16	Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal	Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	676 AH	Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH
17	Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari	Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	4 Muharram 718 AH	3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH
18	Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar	Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana	N/A	Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH
19	Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi	Gulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	762 AH	5 Safar 851 AH
20	Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Ramadan 806 AH	29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH
21	Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi	Wakhsh	14 Shawwal 852 AH	1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH
22	Khwaja Darwish Muhammad	Asqarar, Uzbekistan	16 Shawwal 846 AH	19 Muharram 970 AH
23	Khwaja Muhammad Amkanagi	Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	918 AH	22 Shaban 1008 AH
24	Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang	Delhi, India	5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH	25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH
25	Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī	Sirhind, India	14 Shawwal 971 AH	28 Safar 1034 AH
26	Imam Khwaja Masum 'al-Fārūqī	Sirhind, India	1007 AH	9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH
27	Khwaja Muhammad Sibghatullah al-Fārūqī	Sirhind, India	1033 AH	9 Rabi us sani 1122 AH
28	Khwaja Muhammad Ismail	Sirhind, India	N/A	1136AH
29	Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī II	Sirhind, India		5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1161 AH
30	Shah Ghulam Muhammad	Sirhind, India	1101 AH	1 Shawal 1175 AH
31	Hajji Muhammad Safi	Hadida, Yamen	4 Dhul-Qa`dah 1156 AH	6 Dhu al-Qidah 1212 AH
32	Shah Zia al-Haq	Nijrab, Afghanistan	1101 AH	10 Muharram 1225 AH
33	Shams al-Haq	Gulbahar, Pakistan	1101 AH	22 Rabi' al-awwal 1350 AH
34	Shah Rasul Thaqalayni	Taloqan, Afghanistan	N/A	1360 AH
35	Mawlana Hashim Samangani	Pir Sabaq, Pakistan	1349 AH	9 Shawal 1391 AH
36	Mawlana Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak'	Lahore, Pakistan	20 Muharram 1344 AH	15 Rajab 1431 AH