Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

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Tomb of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Mehrauli
Tomb of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Mehrauli

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (Urdu: قطب الدین بختیار کاکی) was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar in the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and khalifa (spiritual successor) of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti Order.

His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Baba Farid, who in turn became the spiritual master of Delhi's noted Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, who himself was the Master of Amir Khusro and Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi.

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Biography

Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki was born in 569 A.H. (1173 C.E.) in a town called Aush or Awash in Mawar-un-Nahar (Transoxania)[1]. According to his biography mentioned in, Ain-i-Akbari , written by Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, he was the son of Kamalu'ddin Musa, whom he lost at a young age, and came from U´sh of Farghanah [2].

Khwaja Qutbuddin's original name was Bakhtiyar and later on he was given the title Qutbuddin. The name Kaki was attributed to him by virtue of a keramat(miracle) that emanated from him at a later stage of his life in Delhi [1]. He also belonged to the direct lineage of the Prophet Muhammad, descending from Hussain ibn Ali. Khawaja Bakhtiyar Khaki was one and half years old when his father died. His mother arranged for his education.

When Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti went to Isfahan, before his demise, he took oath of allegiance at his hands and received the khilafat and Khirqah from him. Thus, he was the first spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti. Thereafter, his spiritual master asked him to go to India and stay there.

"He had no parallel in abandoning the world and suffering poverty and hunger. He kept himself engrossed in the dhikr. Whenever someone came to him he would come back to his senses after a while and was then able to talk with him. After a very brief exchange he would show his inability to continue any longer and slipped into the same state of absorption once again."[3]

He died on the 14th of Rabi-ul-Awwal 633 A.H. (27th November, 1235 CE). The dargah (shrine) of Qutbuddin Bakhityar Kaki lies near Qutub Minar, in Mehrauli, Delhi.

Titles given to Qutbuddin Bakhityar Kaki

  • Qutub-ul-Aqtaab
  • Malik-ul-Mashaa'ikh
  • Rais-us-Saalikin
  • Siraj-ul-Auliya

Further reading

Kutbu'ddin Bakhtyar Kaki Ain-e-Akbari by Abul Fazl, English translation, by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta; Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), Page 363.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 2. Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Sufi Saints of Delhi.
  2. ^ Kutbu'ddin Bakhtyar Kaki Ain-e-Akbari by Abul Faza, English translation, by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta., Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), Page 363.
  3. ^ Kaki muslim-canada.org.

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