Yaqub al-Charkhi

Yaqub al Charkhi (Persian یعقوب الچرخی) was a Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband.[1] Yaqub Charkhi was born in 762, in a village called Charkh in Logar, Afghanistan AH and died in 851. He was a Sufi master and also a reputed Islamic scholar.

Yaqub al-Charkhi
Born1360 (1360)
Logar, Afghanistan
Died1447 (aged 8687)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Venerated inSunni Islam
InfluencesBaha' al-Din Naqshband
InfluencedKhwaja Ahrar

His full name was Yaqūb bin Usmān bin Mahmūd. He was born around 762 AH (1360/61) and died on Saturday 5 Safar 851 AH (22 April 1447).[2] His shrine, according to some research scholars, lies 5 kilometres West of Dushanbe the capital of Tajikistan.[3][4] Yaqub al-Charkhi was teacher of famous Sufi Khwaja Ahrar[1]

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