The Silsila is the spiritual lineage of the Order, historically traced through multiple lines of transmission. The Mahashaikhan line represents the ancestral spiritual inheritance of Hazrat Inayat Khan. The other lines – the Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiri, Naqshbandi, and Mawlavi – were transmitted to Hazrat by his teacher Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani. 

Chishtiyya

Hazrat Sayyid al-Kawnain Muhammad Mustafa

Hazrat Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali Murtaza

Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Basri

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Abd al-Wahid bin Zaid Basri

Hazrat Khwaja Fuzail bin ‘Ayaz

Hazrat Khwaja Ibrahim ibn Adham Balkhi

Hazrat Khwaja Huzaifa Mar‘ashi

Hazrat Khwaja Hubaira Basri

Hazrat Khwaja Mumshad ‘Ulu Dinwari

Hazrat Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Ahmad Abdal Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Nasir ad-Din Yusuf Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Qutb ad-Din Mawdud Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Sharif Zindani Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Usman Haruni Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Mu‘in ad-Din Hasan Sijzi-Ajmiri Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Qutb al-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Farid ad-Din Mas‘ud Ganj-i Shakar Ajhodani Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Nizam ad-Din Mahbub-i Ilahi Badauni Chishti

Hazrat Khwaja Nasir ad-Din Chiragh Dihlavi Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Kamal ad-Din ‘Allama Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Siraj ad-Din Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh ‘Ilm ad-Din Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Mahmud Rajan Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Jamal ad-Din Jamman Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Muhammad Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Yahya Madani Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Nizam ad-Din Aurangabadi Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Maulana Fakhr ad-Din Dihlavi Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Ghulam Qutb ad-Din Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Nasir ad-Din Mahmud ‘urf Kale Miya Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Jili Kalimi Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh al-Masha’ikh Sayyid Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani Chishti

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pirzadi-Shahida Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sajjadanishin Zia Inayat-Khan ‘urf Sarafil Bawa

 

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Suhrawardiyya

Hazrat Sayyid al-Kawnain Muhammad Mustafa

Hazrat Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali Murtaza

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Hasan Basri

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh ‘Abd al-Wahid bin Zaid Basri

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Fuzail bin ‘Ayaz

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Ibrahim ibn Adham Balkhi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Shaqiq Balkhi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Hatim-i Asamm

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Abu Turab Nakhshabi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Abu ‘Umar Istakhri

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Abu Muhammad Ja‘far Kharraz

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Khafif

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Abu’l-‘Abbas Nahawandi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Akhi Farrukh Zanjani

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Muhammad bin ‘Abd Allah

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Wajih ad-Din Abu Hafs Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Ziya’ ad-Din Abu’n-Najib Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Shihab ad-Din ‘Umar Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Jalal ad-Din Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Baha’ ad-Din Zakariya Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Rukn ad-Din Abu’l-Fath Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Makhdum-i Jahaniyan Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Sadr ad-Din Raju Qattal Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh ‘Ilm ad-Din Shatibi Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Qazi Qazan Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Mahmud Rajan Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Jamal ad-Din Jamman Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Muhammad Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Yahya Madani Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Nizam ad-Din Aurangabadi Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Maulana Fakhr ad-Din Dihlavi Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Ghulam Qutb ad-Din Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Nasir ad-Din Mahmud ‘urf Kale Miya Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Jili Kalimi Suhrawardi

Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani Suhrawardi

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pirzadi-Shahida Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sajjadanishin Zia Inayat-Khan ‘urf Sarafil Bawa

 

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Qadiriyya

Hazrat Sayyid al-Kawnain Muhammad Mustafa

Hazrat Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali Murtaza

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Hasan Basri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh ‘Abd al-Wahid bin Zaid Basri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Fuzail bin ‘Ayaz

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Ibrahim ibn Adham Balkhi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Shaqiq Balkhi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Habib ‘Ajami

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Da’ud Ta’i

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Ma‘ruf Karkhi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Sari Saqati

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Junaid Baghdadi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Abu Bakr Shibli

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Tamimi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Abu’l-Farah Tartusi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali Hankari

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Abu Sa‘id Makhzumi

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh ‘Abd al-Qadir Jilani

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Ziya’ ad-Din Abu’n-Najib Suhrawardi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Najm ad-Din Kubra Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Majd ad-Din Baghdadi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Razi ad-Din ‘Ali Lala Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Jamal ad-Din Jurfani Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Nur ad-Din Isfara’ini Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh ‘Ala ad-Daula Simnani Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Sharaf ad-Din Mahmud Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Sayyid ‘Ali Hamadani Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Ishaq Khuttalani Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Muhammad ‘Ali Nurbakhsh Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Muhammad Ghiyas Nurbakhsh Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Hasan Muhammad Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Muhammad Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Yahya Madani Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Nizam ad-Din Aurangabadi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Maulana Fakhr ad-Din Dihlavi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Ghulam Qutb ad-Din Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Nasir ad-Din Mahmud ‘urf Kale Miya Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Jili Kalimi Qadiri

Hazrat Shaikh ash-Shuyukh Sayyid Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani Qadiri

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pirzadi-Shahida Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sajjadanishin Zia Inayat-Khan ‘urf Sarafil Bawa

 

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Naqshbandiyya

Hazrat Sayyid al-Kawnain Muhammad Mustafa

Hazrat Amir-ul-Mu’minin Abu Bakr Siddiq

Hazrat Khwaja Salman Farsi

Hazrat Khwaja Qasim bin Muhammad

Hazrat Khwaja Imam Ja‘far Sadiq

Hazrat Khwaja Abu Yazid Bistami

Hazrat Khwaja Abu’l-Hasan Kharaqani

Hazrat Khwaja Abu’l-Qasim Gurgani

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Ali Farmadi

Hazrat Khwaja Yusuf Hamadani

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Abd al-Khaliq Ghijduwani

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Arif Rivkirab

Hazrat Khwaja Ashhar Faghnavi

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Ali Ramtini

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Baba

Hazrat Khwaja Amir Kulal

Hazrat Khwaja Baha’ ad-Din Naqshband

Hazrat Khwaja Ya‘qub Charkhi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja ‘Ubaid Allah Ahrar Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Qazi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Khwajagi Amkunagi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Bi’llah Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Kalan Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Hashim Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Miskin Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Mir Muhtarim Allah Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Shah Kalim Allah Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Nizam ad-Din Aurangabadi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Maulana Fakhr ad-Din Dihlavi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Ghulam Qutb ad-Din Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Nasir ad-Din Mahmud ‘urf Kale Miya Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Jili Kalimi Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani Naqshbandi

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pirzadi-Shahida Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan

Hazrat Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sajjadanishin Zia Inayat-Khan ‘urf Sarafil Bawa

 

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Mawlaviyya

Hazrat Sayyid al-Kawnain Muhammad Mustafa

Hazrat Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali Murtaza

Hazrat Shaikh Hasan Basri

Hazrat Shaikh ‘Abd al-Wahid bin Zayd

Hazrat Shaikh Abu Ya‘qub Susi

Hazrat Shaikh Abu Ya‘qub Nahri

Hazrat Shaikh Abu ‘Usman Makki

Hazrat Shaikh Abu Ya‘qub Basri

Hazrat Shaikh Abu’l-Qasim Ramadan

Hazrat Shaikh Abu’l-‘Abbas Idris

Hazrat Shaikh Da’ud bin Muhammad Ma‘ruf

Hazrat Shaikh Muhammad bin Ankil

Hazrat Shaikh Abu’l-Hasan Isma‘il Qasri

Hazrat Shaikh Razi ad-Din ‘Ali Lala bin Sayyid

Hazrat Shaikh Abu Raza Ratan

Hazrat Shaikh Shams ad-Din Tabrizi

Hazrat Shaikh Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Hazrat Shaikh Nizam ad-Din Ghawri

Hazrat Shaikh Zayn ad-Din Tuqi

Hazrat Shaikh Sadr ad-Din Ayyub Tusi

Hazrat Shaikh Nur ad-Din Tusi

Hazrat Shaikh ‘Abd Allah Qutb-i ‘Alam

Hazrat Shaikh Qazi ‘Ilm ad-Din Sadbi

Hazrat Shaikh Qazi Qazan

Hazrat Shaikh Mahmud Rajan

Hazrat Shaikh Jamal ad-Din Jamman

Hazrat Shaikh Hasan Muhammad

Hazrat Shaikh Muhammad Chishti

Hazrat Shaikh Yahya Madani

Hazrat Shaikh Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

Hazrat Shaikh Nizam ad-Din Aurangabadi

Hazrat Shaikh Maulana Fakhr ad-Din Dihlavi

Hazrat Shaikh Ghulam Qutb ad-Din

Hazrat Shaikh Nasir ad-Din Mahmud ‘urf Kale Miya

Hazrat Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Jili Kalimi

Hazrat Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani

Hazrat Shaikh Inayat Khan

Hazrat Shaikha Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan

Hazrat Shaikh Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sajjadanishin Zia Inayat Khan ‘urf Sarafil Bawa

 

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Mahashaikhan

Yuzkhans and bakshıs of the steppe

The Jum‘ashah Mahashaikhs in India (twelve generations)

Mahashaikh Ni‘amat Allah khan

Mahashaikh Bahadur khan

Mahashaikh Ja‘far khan and Mahashaikh Rahmat Allah khan

Pir-o-Murshid Shaikh al-Mashaikh Hazrat Inayat khan

Shaikh-ul-Mashaik Pyarumiyan Maheboob khan

Pir-o-Murshid Jagirdar Mohammed Ali khan Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff Moulamia khan

Shaikh al-Mashaik Mahmood khan

Shaikh al-Mashaik Zia Inayat khan