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	\| name = Syed Mohammad ~~Tajuddin~~		\| name = Syed Tajuddin Mohammad Badruddin Hasni Wal Hussaini Q.s.a
	\| birth_date = January 27, 1861		\| birth_date = January 27, 1861
	\| birth_place = [[Kamthi]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Kamthi]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1925\|8\|17\|1861\|1\|27}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1925
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	\| death_place = [[Nagpur]], India		\| death_place = [[Nagpur]], India
	\| school_tradition = [[~~Sufism~~]]		\| school_tradition = [[Hanafi]]
	\| main_interests = [[~~Quran reading~~]]		\| main_interests = [[Muraqaba]]
	~~\| influences = Abdulla Shah Qadri~~
	~~\| influenced = [[Yousuf Shah Taji]], Karim Baba, [[Qalandar Baba Auliya]], [[Meher Baba]], Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa(Baba Miskeen Shah)~~
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	'''Syed Mohammad ~~Baba Tajuddin~~''' (January 27, 1861 – August 17, 1925), also known as '''Tajuddin Baba''', was an Indian [[Sufism\|Sufi]] Master ~~whose followers~~ considered the ~~last Mujaddid and [[Qutb]].<ref name="TajulAuliya221">Taji, Zaheen Shah: ''Tajul Auliya'', Volume II, Taj Publication, 1971, p~~. ~~221</ref>~~ His shrine is in [[Nagpur]], India.<ref name="Kalchuri 46">Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 46</ref>		'''Syed Tajuddin Mohammad Badruddin Chishti''' (January 27, 1861 – August 17, 1925), also known as '''Tajuddin Baba''', was an Indian [[Sufism\|Sufi]] Master who is considered as the Shensha Haft Aqleem (Emperor of the Seven Realms) by his followers. His shrine is in [[Nagpur]], India.<ref name="Kalchuri 46">Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 46</ref>

	==Birth==		==Birth==
	Tajuddin Baba was born in 1861 (1277 [[Hijri year\|AH]]) to the family of [[Imam ~~Hassan~~]], being a tenth-generation descendant of the founder of the world Sufi [[Naqshbandi]] order, [[Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari]], and a 22nd-generation descendant of the eleventh imam, [[Hasan al-Askari]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-08-03\|title=Maqolalar\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171037/http://www.shajara.info/maqolalar\|~~access~~-date=~~2021-05-15\|website=web.archive.org~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-08-03\|title=Tasavvuf Ahli\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171152/http://www.shajara.info/tasavvuf-ahli\|~~access~~-date=~~2021-05-15\|website=web.archive.org~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taji\|first=Taj\|date=2012-02-05\|title=lineage\|url=https://tajbaba.com/lineage~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Shajara-e-nasab lineages of descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari r.a.-Shajara.org\|url=https://shajara.org/2020/06/29/1426/\|access-date=2020-06-29\|language=en-EN}}</ref> Baba's forefathers had migrated from [[Mecca]] and settled down in [[Madras]], India ~~and were mostly employed with the~~ military.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=~~July 2020~~}}		Tajuddin Baba was born in 1861 (1277 [[Hijri year\|AH]]). He belongs to the family of [[Husayn ibn Ali\|Imam Husayn]], being a tenth-generation descendant of the founder of the world Sufi [[Naqshbandi]] order, [[Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari]], and a 22nd-generation descendant of the eleventh imam, [[Hasan al-Askari]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-08-03\|title=Maqolalar\|url=http://www.shajara.info/maqolalar\|access-date=2021-05-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171037/http://www.shajara.info/maqolalar\|archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-08-03\|title=Tasavvuf Ahli\|url=http://www.shajara.info/tasavvuf-ahli\|access-date=2021-05-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171152/http://www.shajara.info/tasavvuf-ahli\|archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taji\|first=Taj\|date=2012-02-05\|title=lineage\|url=https://tajbaba.com/lineage\|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Shajara-e-nasab lineages of descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari r.a.-Shajara.org\|url=https://shajara.org/2020/06/29/1426/\|access-date=2020-06-29\|language=en-EN}}</ref> Baba's forefathers had migrated from [[Mecca]] and settled down in [[Madras]], India. His father was an employee in military.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Bharucha\|first=Ruzbeh N.\|url=\|title=The Perfect Ones\|date=2015-04-01\|publisher=Penguin UK\|isbn=\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Baba Tajuddin was orphaned at a young age and raised by his maternal grandmother and uncle Abdul Rahman. He attended a [[madrasah]] in [[Kamthi]], Nagpur.<ref>Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 47</ref> There he met Abdulla Shah Naushahi who initiated him into the spiritual path.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Khurshid\|first=Zahiruddin\|url=https://books.google.~~co.in~~/books?id=7Hmsg104ROEC&~~pg=PT25&dq~~=abdullah+shah+baba+nagpur&hl=~~en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqob7Bu8rwAhUjgdgFHa7TC2QQ6AEwAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=abdullah%20shah%20baba%20nagpur&f=false~~\|title=From Kamptee to Dallas: One Information Professional's Journey Across Cultural Boundaries (India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and United States)\|date=2013-06-28\|isbn=978-1-4836-3724-2\|language=en}}</ref>		Baba Tajuddin was orphaned at a young age and raised by his maternal grandmother and uncle Abdul Rahman. He attended a [[madrasah]] in [[Kamthi]], Nagpur.<ref>Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 47</ref> There he met Abdulla Shah Naushahi who initiated him into the spiritual path.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Khurshid\|first=Zahiruddin\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Hmsg104ROEC&q=abdullah+shah+baba+nagpur&pg=PT25\|title=From Kamptee to Dallas: One Information Professional's Journey Across Cultural Boundaries (India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and United States)\|date=2013-06-28\|publisher=Xlibris Corporation \|isbn=978-1-4836-3724-2\|language=en}}</ref> and Hazrat Dawood Makki Chishti RA

	Abdullah Shah Hussaini Qadri Shuttari Sahib{{Clarification needed\|date=May 2021}} who was a Majzoob Salik saint from Qadri Shuttari Sufi order commented (about Baba) to his teacher that "There is no need of teaching this boy, he is already a learned person." He also gave young Tajuddin Baba some dried fruits and nuts as his blessings for Baba, which is said to put the young boy into an ongoing spiritual trance-like state. Baba completed his education and studied Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Taji\|first1=Zaheen Shah\|title=Tajul Auliya\|date=1956\|publisher=Taj Company\|location=Karachi\|page=43\|edition=2nd}}</ref>		Abdullah Shah Hussaini Qadri Shuttari Sahib{{Clarification needed\|date=May 2021}} who was a Majzoob Salik saint from Qadri Shuttari Sufi order commented (about Baba) to his teacher that "There is no need of teaching this boy, he is already a learned person." He also gave young Tajuddin Baba some dried fruits and nuts as his blessings for Baba, which is said to put the young boy into an ongoing spiritual trance-like state. Baba completed his education and studied Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Taji\|first1=Zaheen Shah\|title=Tajul Auliya\|date=1956\|publisher=Taj Company\|location=Karachi\|page=43\|edition=2nd}}</ref>

	==Successors==		==Successors==
	Baba Tajuddin had several caliphs whom he had appointed to serve others over the course of his lifetime. However, his key successor was Molana Abdul Kareem Shah, who Baba Tajuddin named "Yousuf Shah" and called him his son. ~~The name Yousuf, gives an indication to his life story being similar to that of Prophet Yousuf~~. This is also the point where ~~Yousufi~~ Silsila (Sufi Chain) came into existence. Baba Yousuf Shah's body is buried in Mewashah Darga, Karachi, Pakistan in October 1947. And much before his own passing away, he had named ~~one of~~ his ~~younger disciples~~, ~~Kunwar Asghar Ali Khan~~ as the next successor (Jaan Nasheen). ~~Kunwar Asghar Ali Khan~~ became known as "~~Albelay Shah~~ Yousufi", and ~~Zaheen Shah~~ Taji was named as the ~~caretaker~~ (~~Sajjada~~ Nasheen) ~~to Yousuf Shah Baba's mausoleum.''[[Times~~ of ~~India]]'' says Aala Hazrat Jalaluddin Mir Surkh of [[Meetha Neem Dargah]] was~~ the ~~disciple of Tajuddin Baba~~.		Baba Tajuddin had several caliphs whom he had appointed to serve others over the course of his lifetime. However, his key successor was Molana Abdul Kareem Shah, who Baba Tajuddin named "Yousuf Shah" and called him his son, and [[Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Sufi Saints – Khizria Sufi Order \|url=https://khizriasufiorder.org/sufi-saints/ \|access-date=2026-03-10 \|website=khizriasufiorder.org}}</ref> This is also the point where Taji Silsila (Sufi Chain) came into existence. Baba Yousuf Shah's body is buried in Mewashah Darga, Karachi, Pakistan in October 1947. And much before his own passing away, he had named, his only son, Aftab Kareem as the next successor (Jaan Nasheen). Aftab Kareem became known as "Baba Aftab Kareem Yousufi Taji urf Kallu Pasha", and [[Baba Imran Yousufi Taji (son and inheritor to Baba Aftab Kareem)]] was named as the successor (Jaan Nasheen) of the Yousufia Tajia order (silsila). Among the several caliphs of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin another famous name is Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa, To whom Baba Tajuddin gave a title of ”Miskeen Shah”. Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa (Baba Miskeen Shah) shrine located in Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh.{{cn\|date=June 2025}}
	Among the several caliphs of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin another famous name is Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa, To whom Baba Tajuddin gave a title ~~of”Miskeen~~ Shah”. Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa (Baba Miskeen Shah) shrine located in Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh.~~<ref>~~{{~~Cite news\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=~~\|date=~~2017-04-20\|title=Qawwalis mark Sufi saint’s Urs at Meetha Neem Dargah {{!~~}} Nagpur News - Times of India\|language=en\|website=The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/qawwalis-mark-sufi-saints-urs-at-meetha-neem-dargah/articleshow/58387310.cms\|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>

	==Names and titles==		==Names and titles==
	According to author Bhau Kalchuri, baba Badruddin was born Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin.<ref name="Kalchuri 46"/> Tajuddin says his real name is Syed Muhammad Tajuddin, and he is also known as Chiragh din (The light of religion). He is also known as Baba Tajuddin of Nagpur, Sayyad Mohammad Tajuddin, and Syed Mohammed Baba Tajuddin Aulia.		According to author Bhau Kalchuri, baba Badruddin was born Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin.<ref name="Kalchuri 46"/> Tajuddin says his real name is Syed Muhammad Tajuddin, and he is also known as Chiragh din (The light of religion). He is also known as Baba Tajuddin of Nagpur, Sayyad Mohammad Tajuddin, and Syed Mohammed Baba Tajuddin Aulia.

	~~Some other titles that are associated with Baba Tajuddin are:~~
	* Tajul Auliya
	* Tajul Millatay Waddeen
	* Shahensha-Ay Haftaqleem
	* Paiyambar-e-Zahra

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	Images of the shrine of Tajuddin in Nagpur.		Images of the shrine of Tajuddin in Nagpur.
	<gallery>		<gallery widths="120" heights="120" showfilename="yes" caption="Taj Bagh">
	~~Image~~:Tajdin.jpg		File:Tajdin.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 1.jpg		File:Taj 1.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 2.jpg		File:Taj 2.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 3.jpg		File:Taj 3.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 4.jpg		File:Taj 4.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 5.jpg		File:Taj 5.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 6.jpg		File:Taj 6.jpg
	~~Image~~:Taj 7.jpg		File:Taj 7.jpg
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			== External links ==
			* [https://tajulauliyabooks.online Official website related to Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Dargah]

	==External links==		==External links==
	{{Commons category\|Tajuddin Baba}}		{{Commons category\|Tajuddin Baba}}
	* [http://www.tajbaba.org/ Official site ]
	* [http://www.tajbaba.com/ Taji Sufi Order of Hazarat Baba Tajuddin Auliah]
	* [http://www.trustmeher.com/files/five/taj.htm Hazarat Tajuddin Baba]
	* [http://saibharadwaja.org/books/hazarathtajuddinbaba/readhtb.aspx?book=42 "The Life and Teachings of Hazarath Tajuddin Baba"]

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| region = [[Islamic philosophy]]
| era = Modern era
| image = Tajuddin Baba.jpg
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| signature =
| name = Syed Mohammad Tajuddin
| birth_date = January 27, 1861
| birth_place = [[Kamthi]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1925|8|17|1861|1|27}}
| death_place = [[Nagpur]], India
| school_tradition = [[Sufism]]
| main_interests = [[Quran reading]]
| influences = Abdulla Shah Qadri
| influenced = [[Yousuf Shah Taji]], Karim Baba, [[Qalandar Baba Auliya]], [[Meher Baba]], Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa(Baba Miskeen Shah)
}}

'''Syed Mohammad Baba Tajuddin''' (January 27, 1861 – August 17, 1925), also known as '''Tajuddin Baba''', was an Indian [[Sufism|Sufi]] Master whose followers considered the last Mujaddid and [[Qutb]].<ref name="TajulAuliya221">Taji, Zaheen Shah: ''Tajul Auliya'', Volume II, Taj Publication, 1971, p. 221</ref> His shrine is in [[Nagpur]], India.<ref name="Kalchuri 46">Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 46</ref>

==Birth==
Tajuddin Baba was born in 1861 (1277 [[Hijri year|AH]]) to the family of [[Imam Hassan]], being a tenth-generation descendant of the founder of the world Sufi [[Naqshbandi]] order, [[Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari]], and a 22nd-generation descendant of the eleventh imam, [[Hasan al-Askari]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-03|title=Maqolalar|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171037/http://www.shajara.info/maqolalar|access-date=2021-05-15|website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-03|title=Tasavvuf Ahli|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171152/http://www.shajara.info/tasavvuf-ahli|access-date=2021-05-15|website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Taji|first=Taj|date=2012-02-05|title=lineage|url=https://tajbaba.com/lineage|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shajara-e-nasab lineages of descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari r.a.-Shajara.org|url=https://shajara.org/2020/06/29/1426/|access-date=2020-06-29|language=en-EN}}</ref> Baba's forefathers had migrated from [[Mecca]] and settled down in [[Madras]], India and were mostly employed with the military.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Early life==
Baba Tajuddin was orphaned at a young age and raised by his maternal grandmother and uncle Abdul Rahman. He attended a [[madrasah]] in [[Kamthi]], Nagpur.<ref>Kalchuri, Bhau: ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher'', Volume One, Manifestation, Inc., 1986, p. 47</ref> There he met Abdulla Shah Naushahi who initiated him into the spiritual path.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khurshid|first=Zahiruddin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7Hmsg104ROEC&pg=PT25&dq=abdullah+shah+baba+nagpur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqob7Bu8rwAhUjgdgFHa7TC2QQ6AEwAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=abdullah%20shah%20baba%20nagpur&f=false|title=From Kamptee to Dallas: One Information Professional's Journey Across Cultural Boundaries (India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and United States)|date=2013-06-28|isbn=978-1-4836-3724-2|language=en}}</ref>

Abdullah Shah Hussaini Qadri Shuttari Sahib{{Clarification needed|date=May 2021}} who was a Majzoob Salik saint from Qadri Shuttari Sufi order commented (about Baba) to his teacher that "There is no need of teaching this boy, he is already a learned person." He also gave young Tajuddin Baba some dried fruits and nuts as his blessings for Baba, which is said to put the young boy into an ongoing spiritual trance-like state. Baba completed his education and studied Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Taji|first1=Zaheen Shah|title=Tajul Auliya|date=1956|publisher=Taj Company|location=Karachi|page=43|edition=2nd}}</ref>

==Successors==
Baba Tajuddin had several caliphs whom he had appointed to serve others over the course of his lifetime. However, his key successor was Molana Abdul Kareem Shah, who Baba Tajuddin named "Yousuf Shah" and called him his son. The name Yousuf, gives an indication to his life story being similar to that of Prophet Yousuf. This is also the point where Yousufi Silsila (Sufi Chain) came into existence. Baba Yousuf Shah's body is buried in Mewashah Darga, Karachi, Pakistan in October 1947. And much before his own passing away, he had named one of his younger disciples, Kunwar Asghar Ali Khan as the next successor (Jaan Nasheen). Kunwar Asghar Ali Khan became known as "Albelay Shah Yousufi", and Zaheen Shah Taji was named as the caretaker (Sajjada Nasheen) to Yousuf Shah Baba's mausoleum.''[[Times of India]]'' says Aala Hazrat Jalaluddin Mir Surkh of [[Meetha Neem Dargah]] was the disciple of Tajuddin Baba.
Among the several caliphs of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin another famous name is Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa, To whom Baba Tajuddin gave a title of”Miskeen Shah”. Hazrat Ghulam Mustafa (Baba Miskeen Shah) shrine located in Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|date=2017-04-20|title=Qawwalis mark Sufi saint’s Urs at Meetha Neem Dargah {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India|language=en|website=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/qawwalis-mark-sufi-saints-urs-at-meetha-neem-dargah/articleshow/58387310.cms|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>

==Names and titles==
According to author Bhau Kalchuri, baba Badruddin was born Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin.<ref name="Kalchuri 46"/> Tajuddin says his real name is Syed Muhammad Tajuddin, and he is also known as Chiragh din (The light of religion). He is also known as Baba Tajuddin of Nagpur, Sayyad Mohammad Tajuddin, and Syed Mohammed Baba Tajuddin Aulia.

Some other titles that are associated with Baba Tajuddin are:
* Tajul Auliya
* Tajul Millatay Waddeen
* Shahensha-Ay Haftaqleem
* Paiyambar-e-Zahra

==Gallery==
Images of the shrine of Tajuddin in Nagpur.
<gallery>
Image:Tajdin.jpg
Image:Taj 1.jpg
Image:Taj 2.jpg
Image:Taj 3.jpg
Image:Taj 4.jpg
Image:Taj 5.jpg
Image:Taj 6.jpg
Image:Taj 7.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tajuddin Baba}}
* [http://www.tajbaba.org/ Official site ]
* [http://www.tajbaba.com/ Taji Sufi Order of Hazarat Baba Tajuddin Auliah]
* [http://www.trustmeher.com/files/five/taj.htm Hazarat Tajuddin Baba]
* [http://saibharadwaja.org/books/hazarathtajuddinbaba/readhtb.aspx?book=42 "The Life and Teachings of Hazarath Tajuddin Baba"]

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