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مُحَمَّد بَابَا السَّمَاسِي

Muḥammad Bābā as-Samāsī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 755 AH / 1354

his portrait is written, not drawn

The master who foretold the coming of Shah Naqshband while passing the village of his birth, and named Amir Kulal his successor.

stationWalī
returned755 AH
day keptOne

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

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Urs of Muhammad Bābā as-Samasi10 Jumādā al-Ākhira

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.