Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin


Syed Tajuddin Mohammad Badruddin Chishti, also known as Tajuddin Baba, was an Indian Sufi Master who is considered as the Shensha Haft Aqleem by his followers. His shrine is in Nagpur, India.

Birth

Tajuddin Baba was born in 1861. He belongs to the family of Imam Husayn, being a tenth-generation descendant of the founder of the world Sufi Naqshbandi order, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, and a 22nd-generation descendant of the eleventh imam, Hasan al-Askari. Baba's forefathers had migrated from Mecca and settled down in Madras, India. His father was an employee in military.

Early life

Baba Tajuddin was orphaned at a young age and raised by his maternal grandmother and uncle Abdul Rahman. He attended a madrasah in Kamthi, Nagpur. There he met Abdulla Shah Naushahi who initiated him into the spiritual path. and Hazrat Dawood Makki Chishti RA
Abdullah Shah Hussaini Qadri Shuttari Sahib who was a Majzoob Salik saint from Qadri Shuttari Sufi order commented to his teacher that "There is no need of teaching this boy, he is already a learned person." He also gave young Tajuddin Baba some dried fruits and nuts as his blessings for Baba, which is said to put the young boy into an ongoing spiritual trance-like state. Baba completed his education and studied Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.

Successors

Baba Tajuddin had several caliphs whom he had appointed to serve others over the course of his lifetime. However, his key successor was Molana Abdul Kareem Shah, who Baba Tajuddin named "Yousuf Shah" and called him his son. This is also the point where Taji Silsila came into existence. Baba Yousuf Shah's body is buried in Mewashah Darga, Karachi, Pakistan in October 1947. And much before his own passing away, he had named, his only son, Aftab Kareem as the next successor. Aftab Kareem became known as "Baba Aftab Kareem Yousufi Taji urf Kallu Pasha", and Baba Imran Yousufi Taji was named as the successor of the Yousufia Tajia order. Among the several caliphs of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin another famous name is Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa, To whom Baba Tajuddin gave a title of ”Miskeen Shah”. Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa shrine located in Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh.

Names and titles

According to author Bhau Kalchuri, baba Badruddin was born Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin. Tajuddin says his real name is Syed Muhammad Tajuddin, and he is also known as Chiragh din. He is also known as Baba Tajuddin of Nagpur, Sayyad Mohammad Tajuddin, and Syed Mohammed Baba Tajuddin Aulia.