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أَبُو أَحْمَد الْأَبْدَال الْچِشْتِي

Abū Aḥmad Abdāl al-Chishtī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 355 AH / 966

his portrait is written, not drawn

Successor of Abū Isḥāq in Chisht, a master of the Abdāl in the Chishtī line.

stationWalī
returned355 AH

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.