Yaqub al-Charkhi

Yaqub al Charkhi (Persian یعقوب الچرخی) was a Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Sayyid Alauddin Atar.[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
InfluencesSayyid Alauddin Atar
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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