Yaqub al-Charkhi

Yaʿqūb ibn ʿUthmān ibn Maḥmūd al-Charkhī was a Naqshbandi Sufi pir and student of Khwaja Sayyid Alauddin Atar. Yaqub Charkhi was born in 762, in a village called Charkh in Logar, Afghanistan AH and died in 851. He was a Sufi master and also a reputed Islamic scholar.
He was born around 762 AH and died on Saturday 5 Safar 851 AH. His shrine, according to some research scholars, lies 5 kilometres West of Dushanbe the capital of Tajikistan. Yaqub al-Charkhi was teacher of famous Sufi Khwaja Ahrar