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قُطْب الدِّين بَخْتِيَار كَاكِي

Quṭb ad-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

569 – 633 AH / 1173 – 1235

his portrait is written, not drawn

The Chishti master of Delhi, successor of Muʿinuddin, whose passing in listening to sacred song became legend.

stationWalī
born569 AH
returned633 AH

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