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	~~'''Khwaja Baqi Billah''' (14 July 1564– 29 November 1603) was a [[Sufi]] saint from [[Kabul]].~~
	~~He is the spiritual master of [[Ahmad Sirhindi]].~~
	<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>

	{{Infobox religious biography		{{Infobox religious biography
	\| name = ~~Hazrat Khwāja Muhammad Bāqī Billāh Berang Naqshbandī Ahrārī Dihlawī quddisa sirruhū~~		\| name = Khwaja Baqi Billah
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_date = 14 July 1564		\| birth_date = 14 July 1564
	\| birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Mughal Empire]]		\| birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Mughal Empire]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1603\|11\|29\|1564\|7\|14}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1603\|11\|29\|1564\|7\|14}}
	\| death_place = [[Old Delhi\|~~Dehli~~]], [[Mughal Empire]]		\| death_place = [[Old Delhi\|Delhi]], [[Mughal Empire]]
	\| father = Qāzī Abd as-Salām Samarqandī		\| father = Qāzī Abd as-Salām Khalji Samarqandī Quraishi
	\| religion = [[Islam]]		\| religion = [[Islam]]
	\| denomination = [[Sunni]]		\| denomination = [[Sunni]]
	\| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]		\| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
	\| creed = [[Maturidi]]		\| creed = [[Maturidi]]
	\| Sufi_order = [[Naqshbandi]]		\| Sufi_order = [[Naqshbandi]]
	\| main_interests = Implementation of [[Sharia\|Islamic ~~Law~~]], Islamic ~~Statehood~~		\| main_interests = Implementation of [[Sharia\|Islamic law]], Islamic statehood
	\| influenced =		\| influenced_by =
	\| notable_ideas = Evolution of [[Islamic philosophy]], ~~Application~~ of [[Sharia]]		\| influenced = [[Ahmad Sirhindi]]
			\| notable_ideas = Evolution of [[Islamic philosophy]], application of [[Sharia]]
			\| influences = [[Muhammad Amkanagi]]
			\| resting_place = Nabi Karim, Delhi
			\| pen_name = Berang
	}}		}}
			{{Sufism\|Notable early}}{{Short description\|Naqshbandi Sufi saint}}
			'''Khwaja''' '''Baqi Billah''' ({{langx\|fa\|{{Nastaliq\|خواجه باقی بالله}}}}) also known as '''Khwaja''' '''Muhammad Baqi''',<ref name=":0">https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144524519.pdf {{Bare URL PDF\|date=July 2025}}</ref> with his pen name '''Berang''', (14 July 1564– 29 November 1603), was a [[Sufi]] saint from [[Kabul]]. He was a disciple of Khwaja [[Muhammad Amkanagi]] and the pioneer of the [[Naqshbandi]] Order in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<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\|archive-date=2022-09-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909132240/http://www.almazhar.com/bio_hazrat_k_baqibillah.php\|url-status=dead}}</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\|publisher=Aakar Books \|isbn=978-81-89833-18-3\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwzbYvQszf4C&q=Khwaja+Baqi+Billah&pg=PA181}}</ref>

	== Birth ==		== Birth ==
	~~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>		Baqi Billah was the originator and pioneer of the [[Naqshbandi]] Order in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. His father Abd as-Salām Khalji Samarqandī Quraishi was a scholar and saint from Kabul. His [[Takhallus]] (pen name) was "Berang", which literally means colorless or invisible.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://maktabah.org/blog/?p=909\|title=Article on KhwajaBaqi Billah \|date=17 August 2013 }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

	==Death==		==Death==
	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~~		He died on 14 [[Jumada al-Thani]] 1012 [[Hijri year\|AH]] (29 November 1603) and is buried in the Nabi Karim area of Delhi.{{Citation needed\|date= April 2022}}

	~~==Sufi Lineage=~~=
	~~Naqshbandi chain~~
	~~Naqshbandi Sufis claim that Khwaja Baqi Billah is descended from a long line of "spiritual masters" all the way up to prophet Muhammad.~~

	~~# Muhammad, d. 11 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia (570/571–632 CE)~~		== Works ==
	~~# Abu Bakr, d. 13 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia~~		{\| class="wikitable"
	~~# Salman al-Farsi, d. 35 AH, buried in Madaa'in, Saudi Arabia~~		!Title
	~~# Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, d. 107 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.~~		!Original language
	~~# Jafar Sadiq, d. 148 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.~~		!English title
	~~# Bayazid Bastami, d. 261 AH, buried in Bastaam, Iran (804~~ - ~~874 CE).~~		!Brief description
	~~# Abu al~~-~~Hassan al~~-~~Kharaqani, d. 425 AH, buried Kharqaan, Iran.~~		\|-
	~~# Abul Qasim Gurgani, d. 450 AH, buried in Gurgan, Iran.~~		\|''Maktubat-e-Khwaja Baqi Billah''
	~~# Abu Ali Farmadi, d. 477 AH, buried in Tous, Khorasan, Iran.~~		\| rowspan="3" \|Persian
	~~# Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadani, d. 535 AH~~, ~~buried in Maru~~, ~~Khorosan, Iran~~.		\|Letters of Khwaja Baqi Billah
	~~# Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani, d. 575 AH, buried in Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.~~		\|A collection of letters addressing spiritual training, Sufi discipline, and Naqshbandi teachings; considered his principal work.
	~~# Arif Reogari, d. 616 AH, buried in Reogar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.~~		\|-
	~~# Mahmood Anjir~~-~~Faghnawi, d. 715 AH, buried in Waabakni, Mawarannahr, Uzbekistan.~~		\|''Risala-e-Ahwal wa Ma‘arif''
	~~# Azizan Ali Ramitani, d. 715 AH, buried in Khwarezm, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.~~		\|Treatise on Spiritual States and Knowledge
	~~# Muhammad Baba Samasi~~, ~~d. 755 AH~~, ~~buried in Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan~~.		\|A short Sufi treatise discussing inner states, spiritual awareness, and the path of self-purification.
	~~# Amir Kulal, d. 772 AH, buried in Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.~~		\|-
	~~# Muhammad Baha~~'~~uddin Naqshband, d. 791 AH, buried in Qasr~~-e-~~Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1318–1389 CE).~~		\|''Ta‘limat-e-Naqshbandiyya''
	~~# Ala~~'~~uddin Attar Bukhari, buried in Jafaaniyan, Mawranahar, Uzbekistan.~~		\|Teachings of the Naqshbandi Order
	~~# Yaqub Charkhi, d. 851 AH, buried in Tajikistan~~		\|A concise exposition of Naqshbandi principles, practices, and ethical discipline.
	~~# Ubaidullah Ahrar, d. 895 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.~~		\|}
	~~# Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi, d. 936 AH, buried in Wakhsh, Malk Hasaar, Tajikistan~~
	~~# Durwesh Muhammad, d. 970 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan~~
	~~# Muhammad Amkanagi, d. 1008 AH, buried in Akang, Bukhara, Uzbekistan~~
	~~# Razi ūd-Dīn Muhammad Baqī Billah~~, ~~d. 1012 AH~~, ~~buried in Delhi, India~~
	~~# Sheikh AHMAD Faruki Sarhindi RA~~.
	~~# Hadrat Muhammad M'Asum Sahib Sarhindi RA.~~
	~~# Muhammad Hajibbullah Sahib RA.~~

	==References==		==References==
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{{Sufism|Notable early}}

'''Khwaja Baqi Billah''' (14 July 1564– 29 November 1603) was a [[Sufi]] saint from [[Kabul]].
He is the spiritual master of [[Ahmad Sirhindi]].
<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>

{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Hazrat Khwāja Muhammad Bāqī Billāh Berang Naqshbandī Ahrārī Dihlawī quddisa sirruhū
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 14 July 1564
| birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1603|11|29|1564|7|14}}
| death_place = [[Old Delhi|Dehli]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| father = Qāzī Abd as-Salām Samarqandī
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| creed = [[Maturidi]]
| Sufi_order = [[Naqshbandi]]
| main_interests = Implementation of [[Sharia|Islamic Law]], Islamic Statehood
| influenced =
| notable_ideas = Evolution of [[Islamic philosophy]], Application of [[Sharia]]
}}

== Birth ==
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>

==Death==
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

==Sufi Lineage==
Naqshbandi chain
Naqshbandi Sufis claim that Khwaja Baqi Billah is descended from a long line of "spiritual masters" all the way up to prophet Muhammad.

# Muhammad, d. 11 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia (570/571–632 CE)
# Abu Bakr, d. 13 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia
# Salman al-Farsi, d. 35 AH, buried in Madaa'in, Saudi Arabia
# Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, d. 107 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
# Jafar Sadiq, d. 148 AH, buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
# Bayazid Bastami, d. 261 AH, buried in Bastaam, Iran (804 - 874 CE).
# Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani, d. 425 AH, buried Kharqaan, Iran.
# Abul Qasim Gurgani, d. 450 AH, buried in Gurgan, Iran.
# Abu Ali Farmadi, d. 477 AH, buried in Tous, Khorasan, Iran.
# Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadani, d. 535 AH, buried in Maru, Khorosan, Iran.
# Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani, d. 575 AH, buried in Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
# Arif Reogari, d. 616 AH, buried in Reogar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
# Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi, d. 715 AH, buried in Waabakni, Mawarannahr, Uzbekistan.
# Azizan Ali Ramitani, d. 715 AH, buried in Khwarezm, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
# Muhammad Baba Samasi, d. 755 AH, buried in Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
# Amir Kulal, d. 772 AH, buried in Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
# Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband, d. 791 AH, buried in Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1318–1389 CE).
# Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, buried in Jafaaniyan, Mawranahar, Uzbekistan.
# Yaqub Charkhi, d. 851 AH, buried in Tajikistan
# Ubaidullah Ahrar, d. 895 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
# Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi, d. 936 AH, buried in Wakhsh, Malk Hasaar, Tajikistan
# Durwesh Muhammad, d. 970 AH, buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
# Muhammad Amkanagi, d. 1008 AH, buried in Akang, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
# Razi ūd-Dīn Muhammad Baqī Billah, d. 1012 AH, buried in Delhi, India
# Sheikh AHMAD Faruki Sarhindi RA.
# Hadrat Muhammad M'Asum Sahib Sarhindi RA.
# Muhammad Hajibbullah Sahib RA.

==References==
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