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'''Khwaja Baqi Billah''' (14 July 1564– 29 November 1603) was a [[Sufi]] saint from [[Kabul]].<br />
He is the spiritual master of [[Ahmad Sirhindi]].<br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_13.html|access-date=2009-11-15|title=Article on KhwajaBaqi Billah }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almazhar.com/bio_hazrat_k_baqibillah.php|title=HAZRAT KHAWAJA BAQI BILLAH R.A|access-date=2009-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ellison Banks Findly|title=Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India |publisher=Oxford University Press|date=Feb 1993|pages= 208|isbn=978-0-19-507488-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Malika Mohammada|title=The foundations of the composite culture in India|year=2007|pages=181|isbn=978-81-89833-18-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwzbYvQszf4C&q=Khwaja+Baqi+Billah&pg=PA181}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| name = Hazrat Khwāja Muhammad Bāqī Billāh Berang Naqshbandī Ahrārī Dihlawī quddisa sirruhū<br />
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| birth_date = 14 July 1564<br />
| birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1603|11|29|1564|7|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Old Delhi|Dehli]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| father = Qāzī Abd as-Salām Samarqandī<br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| denomination = [[Sunni]]<br />
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]<br />
| creed = [[Maturidi]]<br />
| Sufi_order = [[Naqshbandi]]<br />
| main_interests = Implementation of [[Sharia|Islamic Law]], Islamic Statehood<br />
| influenced = <br />
| notable_ideas = Evolution of [[Islamic philosophy]], Application of [[Sharia]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Birth ==<br />
Khwaja Baqi Billah was the originator and pioneer of the [[Naqshbandi]] Order in the sub-continent. His name was '''Razi-ud-Din Muhammad Baqi''' but he was commonly known as Khwaja Baqi Billah. His father Qāzī Abd as-Salām Samarqandī was a scholar and saint of Kabul. Khwaja Baqi Billah was born in Kabul in 1564 A.D.(5 Zil-Hajj 971 A.H.) His lineage reaches Khwaja Ubaid Ullah Ahrar through his maternal grandfather. He was named by his parents “Muhammad al-Bāqī” and later became popular with the name “Bāqī Billāh”. His [[takhallus]] (pen name) was "Berang" (which literally means colorless or transparent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maktabah.org/blog/?p=909|title=Article on KhwajaBaqi Billah }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died on 14 [[Jumada al-Thani]] 1012 [[Hijri year|AH]] (29 November 1603) and is buried in Delhi. Idgah Rd, Nabi Karim, Paharganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110055<br />
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==Sufi Lineage==<br />
Naqshbandi chain<br />
Naqshbandi Sufis claim that Khwaja Baqi Billah is descended from a long line of "spiritual masters" all the way up to prophet Muhammad.<br />
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# Muhammad, d. 11 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia (570/571–632 CE)<br />
# Abu Bakr, d. 13 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia<br />
# Salman al-Farsi, d. 35 AH, buried in Madaa'in, Saudi Arabia<br />
# Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, d. 107 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.<br />
# Jafar Sadiq, d. 148 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.<br />
# Bayazid Bastami, d. 261 AH, buried in Bastaam, Iran (804 - 874 CE).<br />
# Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani, d. 425 AH, buried Kharqaan, Iran.<br />
# Abul Qasim Gurgani, d. 450 AH, buried in Gurgan, Iran.<br />
# Abu Ali Farmadi, d. 477 AH, buried in Tous, Khorasan, Iran.<br />
# Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadani, d. 535 AH, buried in Maru, Khorosan, Iran.<br />
# Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani, d. 575 AH, buried in Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Arif Reogari, d. 616 AH, buried in Reogar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi, d. 715 AH, buried in Waabakni, Mawarannahr, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Azizan Ali Ramitani, d. 715 AH, buried in Khwarezm, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Muhammad Baba Samasi, d. 755 AH, buried in Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Amir Kulal, d. 772 AH, buried in Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband, d. 791 AH, buried in Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1318–1389 CE).<br />
# Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, buried in Jafaaniyan, Mawranahar, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Yaqub Charkhi, d. 851 AH, buried in Tajikistan<br />
# Ubaidullah Ahrar, d. 895 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.<br />
# Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi, d. 936 AH, buried in Wakhsh, Malk Hasaar, Tajikistan<br />
# Durwesh Muhammad, d. 970 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan<br />
# Muhammad Amkanagi, d. 1008 AH, buried in Akang, Bukhara, Uzbekistan<br />
# Razi ūd-Dīn Muhammad Baqī Billah, d. 1012 AH, buried in Delhi, India<br />
# Sheikh AHMAD Faruki Sarhindi RA.<br />
# Hadrat Muhammad M'Asum Sahib Sarhindi RA.<br />
# Muhammad Hajibbullah Sahib RA.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Naqshbandi order]]<br />
[[Category:Ziyarat]]<br />
[[Category:Dargahs in India]]<br />
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