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Yusuf Hamadani | |
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 Shrine of Yusuf Hamadani | |
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| Born | 1048 or 1049 CE (440 AH) |
| Died | 1140 CE ( 535AH) |
| Resting place | Bayramaly, Turkmenistan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Central Asia |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | first Shafi'i school, later Hanafi school |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
| Tariqa | Naqshbandi (Khwajagan) |
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Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Hamadānī, best simply known as Yusuf Hamadani (born 1048 or 1049 / 440 AH - died 1140 / 535 AH), was a Persian[1] Sufi of the Middle Ages. He was the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan (the Masters) of the Naqshbandi order. His shrine is at Merv, Turkmenistan.
- ^ Soucek, Svat (2000). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0521657044.
Khwaja Yusuf was a Persian, and, as his nisba suggests, came from Hamadan.