Yusuf Hamadani

Yusuf Hamadani
Shrine of Yusuf Hamadani
Personal
Born1048 or 1049 CE
(440 AH)
Died1140 CE
( 535AH)
Resting placeBayramaly, Turkmenistan
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionCentral Asia
DenominationSunni
Jurisprudencefirst Shafi'i school, later Hanafi school
Main interest(s)Sufism
TariqaNaqshbandi (Khwajagan)

Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Hamadānī, best simply known as Yusuf Hamadani (born 1048 or 1049 / 440 AH - died 1140 / 535 AH), was a Persian[1] Sufi of the Middle Ages. He was the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan (the Masters) of the Naqshbandi order. His shrine is at Merv, Turkmenistan.

  1. ^ Soucek, Svat (2000). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0521657044. Khwaja Yusuf was a Persian, and, as his nisba suggests, came from Hamadan.