The Sufi Path
The Silsila
Lineage
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
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
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
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
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