{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where entity_class = \"saint\" and tradition = \"Islamic/Sufi\"", "rows": [["ENT_ISL_QUTB", "Qutb", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Hidden saint office", "Holy Figure", "pole; saintly hierarchy; cosmic mediation", null, "Sufi/Islamic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Islamic esoteric holy office", 1, 0, 0, "Pole or central saintly office in Sufi cosmology.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_ALAWI", "Ahmad al-Alawi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Alawiyya order; Shadhili-Darqawi mysticism; Akbari metaphysics", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Algerian saint (d. 1934), founder of the Alawiyya, a Darqawi-Shadhili branch; subject of Martin Lings' study; influential on Western Sufism.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_AMIR_KHUSROW", "Amir Khusrow", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Persian and Hindavi poetry; qawwali; devotion to the master", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Indo-Persian poet and musician (d. 1325), devoted disciple of Nizam al-Din Awliya and a father of the qawwali devotional song.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BABA_FARID", "Farid al-Din Ganj-i-Shakar", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "asceticism; Punjabi devotion; sainthood", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Punjabi Chishti saint (d. 1265), 'Baba Farid'; his verses are included in the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib. Shrine at Pakpattan.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BADAWI", "Ahmad al-Badawi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Egyptian popular sainthood; miracle-working; the Tanta mawlid", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Saint of Tanta (d. 1276), eponym of the Badawiyya and one of the most popular saints of Egypt.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BAKHTIAR_KAKI", "Qutb al-Din Bakhtiar Kaki", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "sainthood; sama; the Delhi Chishti line", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Chishti saint of Delhi (d. 1235), foremost disciple of Mu'in al-Din Chishti; his shrine at Mehrauli anchors the Delhi Chishti tradition.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BAMBA", "Ahmadou Bamba", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Mouridiyya order; Senegalese Sufism; sanctified labour", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Senegalese saint Cheikh Amadou Bamba (d. 1927), founder of the Mouridiyya; Qadiri-rooted; venerated at Touba.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BAWA", "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi missionary", "Tamil-Sri Lankan Sufism to America; Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Sri Lankan Tamil mystic (d. 1986) who founded the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, transmitting a universalist Sufi teaching in the West.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BEKTASH", "Hajji Bektash Wali", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Anatolian sainthood; antinomian piety; veneration of Ali", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Anatolian saint (d. 1271) revered as the founder-patron of the Bektashiyya and of Alevi devotion.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BHITTAI", "Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Sufism / Sindhi poetry", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Sindhi Sufi saint and poet (d.1752); his Shah Jo Risalo is the foundational classic of Sindhi mystical poetry, weaving local folk romances into allegories of the soul's longing for God. Venerated human saint with a major shrine at Bhit Shah.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BISTAMI", "Abu Yazid al-Bistami", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi saint", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_CLASSICAL", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Persian mystic (d. 874), foremost exponent of \"intoxicated\" (sukr) Sufism and of fana (annihilation of the self). Famed for ecstatic utterances (shatahat) such as \"Subhani!\" (\"Glory be to Me!\").", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BULLEH_SHAH", "Bulleh Shah", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Sufism / Qadiri-Shattari & Punjabi poetry", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Punjabi Sufi saint-poet (d.1757), disciple of the Qadiri-Shattari shaykh Inayat Shah Qadiri; his Kafis are among the most beloved works of Punjabi mystical poetry, voicing ecstatic divine love and social critique. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_BURSEVI", "Ismail Haqqi Bursevi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Akbari commentator", "Sufism / Jelveti order & exegesis", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Ottoman Jelveti (Celveti) shaykh, Qur'an commentator, and Akbari-influenced mystic of Bursa (d.1725). His Ruh al-Bayan is a vast Sufi tafsir drawing heavily on Ibn Arabi and Rumi. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_CHISHTI_MUIN", "Mu'in al-Din Chishti", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "sainthood; service to the poor; conversion; Indian Sufism", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian saint (d. 1236) who established the Chishtiyya in India; his shrine (dargah) at Ajmer is among the most venerated in South Asia. Titled Gharib Nawaz.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_DAN_FODIO", "Uthman dan Fodio", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi reformer", "Sufism / Qadiri reform (West Africa)", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Fulani Qadiri scholar, reformer, poet, and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in present-day Nigeria (d.1817). His jihad of reform and prolific Qadiri-Sufi writings (incl. Ihya al-Sunna) reshaped West African Islam. Venerated human; reformer-saint, not deified.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_DARQAWI", "Mawlay al-Arabi al-Darqawi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Sufism / Sufi tariqa", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Moroccan founder of the Darqawiyya, a revivalist branch of the Shadhili-Jazuli tradition (d.1823). His Letters (Rasa'il) are a classic of Sufi spiritual direction emphasizing poverty, sincerity, and ecstatic remembrance. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_DASUQI", "Ibrahim al-Dasuqi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Egyptian sainthood; the four 'aqtab'; devotion", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Egyptian saint (d. 1296), eponym of the Dasuqiyya (Burhaniyya) and counted among the four great qutbs of Egyptian Sufism.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_DHUL_NUN", "Dhul-Nun al-Misri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi saint", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_CLASSICAL", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Egyptian mystic (d. 859) credited as the first to articulate the doctrine of marifa (experiential gnosis of God) and to map the mystical states (ahwal). A bridge between Egyptian Hellenistic wisdom and early Sufism.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_GAZARGAHI_HARAZIM", "Ali Harazim al-Barada", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi reformer", "Sufism / Tijani transmission", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Foremost early disciple of Ahmad al-Tijani and compiler of the Jawahir al-Ma'ani, the foundational doctrinal compendium of the Tijaniyya (fl. early 19th c.). Venerated within the order as the principal transmitter of its master's teaching.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HAFIZ", "Hafiz of Shiraz", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Persian ghazal; mystical love and wine; divine beauty", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian lyric poet (d. 1390), 'Lisan al-Ghayb', whose ghazals fuse the imagery of love and wine with mystical longing; venerated and used for bibliomancy (fal).", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HAFIZ_TIJANI", "Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Tijani", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Modern Sufi reformer", "Egyptian Tijani revival; hadith scholarship; tariqa renewal", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Egyptian Tijani shaykh (d. 1978) who revitalised the Tijaniyya in Egypt and emphasised its hadith and scholarly credentials.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HALLAJ", "al-Hallaj", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi martyr", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_CLASSICAL", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922), Persian mystic executed in Baghdad; his ecstatic cry \"Ana al-Haqq\" (\"I am the Truth/the Real\") became the paradigmatic utterance of mystical union and the archetype of the martyr of divine love.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HAMADANI", "Sayyid Ali Hamadani", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "missionary sainthood; Kubrawi path; Kashmiri Sufism", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian Kubrawi saint (d. 1385) credited with spreading Islam and Persianate culture in Kashmir; 'Shah-i Hamadan'.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HAMALLAH", "Shaykh Hamallah", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Hamalliyya (Tijani offshoot); West African reform; eleven-bead litany", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Malian Tijani saint (Ahmad Hamahullah, d. 1943), eponym of the Hamalliyya, a reformist Tijani branch repressed under French colonial rule.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_HASAN_BASRI", "Hasan al-Basri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi ascetic/saint", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_EARLY", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Basran preacher and ascetic (d. 728), foundational figure of Islamic zuhd (asceticism); emphasised self-examination (muhasaba), fear of God (khawf), and constant remembrance. Most later Sufi silsilas (chains of transmission) are traced back through him.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_IBN_AL_HABIB", "Muhammad ibn al-Habib", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Darqawi-Habibiyya; Moroccan Shadhili Sufism; Diwan of litanies", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Moroccan saint (d. 1972) of the Darqawi-Shadhili line, shaykh of the Habibiyya; his Diwan is widely recited; teacher of early Western converts.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_IBN_IDRIS", "Ahmad ibn Idris", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Modern Sufi reformer", "Sufi revival; tariqa Muhammadiyya; hadith-centred mysticism", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Moroccan reformer (d. 1837), fountainhead of the 19th-c. 'neo-Sufi' revival; teacher of al-Sanusi and the Idrisi family of orders.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_INAYAT_KHAN", "Hazrat Inayat Khan", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi missionary", "Chishti transmission to the West; universal Sufism; Sufi Order in the West", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Indian musician-mystic (d. 1927), Chishti-initiated, who founded the Sufi Order in the West and introduced Sufism to Europe and America in a universalist form.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_IRAQI", "Fakhr al-Din Iraqi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "mystical love-poetry; wahdat al-wujud; divine beauty", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian Sufi poet (d. 1289), disciple of Qunawi's circle, whose Lama'at expounds Ibn al-Arabi's doctrine through the imagery of love.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_JAMI", "Abd al-Rahman Jami", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Persian poetry; Naqshbandi devotion; hagiography; wahdat al-wujud", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian poet and Naqshbandi mystic (d. 1492), last of the great classical Persian poets; his Nafahat al-Uns is a major saints' hagiography.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_JAZAIRI", "Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Akbari commentator", "Sufism / Qadiri-Akbari & resistance", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Algerian Qadiri amir, scholar, and Akbari Sufi (d.1883; formed in the early-modern Qadiri milieu, leader of the Algerian resistance 1832\u20131847). In Damascus he edited and championed Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya and wrote the mystical Kitab al-Mawaqif. Venerated human saint and Akbari authority.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_JILANI", "Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi saint/order founder", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_CLASSICAL", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (d. 1166), eponym of the Qadiriyya, the first great Sufi order (tariqa); venerated as Sultan al-Awliya, \"sultan of the saints\".", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_JILI", "Abd al-Karim al-Jili", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "metaphysics; the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil); wahdat al-wujud", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Yemeni-Iraqi mystic (d. c. 1424) whose al-Insan al-Kamil developed Ibn al-Arabi's doctrine of the Perfect Man.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_JUNAYD", "al-Junayd al-Baghdadi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Sufi saint", "Holy figure", null, null, null, "PER_ISL_CLASSICAL", "A", "reviewed", null, null, null, null, "Master of the Baghdad school (d. 910), called Sayyid al-Taifa (\"lord of the order\"); founder of \"sober\" (sahw) Sufism. Taught that fana is completed by baqa (subsistence in God) and a return to lucid life in the world.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_KARIM_KHALWATI", "Mustafa al-Bakri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi reformer", "Sufism / Khalwati revival", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Damascene-Egyptian Khalwati shaykh (d.1749), the great early-modern reviver of the Khalwatiyya whose disciples spread Khalwati sub-orders across Egypt and the Hijaz; a prolific author of litanies and travel works. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_KHWAJA_AHRAR", "Khwaja Ubayd Allah Ahrar", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "sainthood; political influence; Naqshbandi consolidation", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Naqshbandi master of Samarqand (d. 1490) who gave the order great political and economic weight under the Timurids.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_KIRMANI", "Awhad al-Din Kirmani", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "contemplation of divine beauty; quatrains; the witness (shahid)", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian Sufi master and poet (d. 1238) known for the contemplation of divine beauty in created forms (shahid-bazi) and for his ruba'iyat.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_KUBRA", "Najm al-Din Kubra", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "visionary mysticism; spiritual psychology; sainthood", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian mystic (d. 1221), eponymous founder of the Kubrawiyya; martyred at the Mongol sack of Khwarazm. Author of works on the visionary lights of the soul.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_LAL_DED", "Lal Ded", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Kashmiri mystical verse; non-dual devotion; the rishi tradition", null, "devotional", null, "C", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Kashmiri mystic poet (d. c. 1392), 'Lalla', whose vakhs voice a non-dual devotion bridging Shaiva and Sufi piety; revered by Hindus and Muslims alike.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_MANERI", "Sharaf al-Din Maneri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi saint (wali)", "sainthood; spiritual letters; Firdausi-Suhrawardi path", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Indian Sufi master of Bihar (d. 1381) of the Firdausiyya (a Suhrawardi branch), famed for his Maktubat (Hundred Letters) of spiritual counsel.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_MIR_DARD", "Khwaja Mir Dard", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Sufism / Naqshbandi & Urdu poetry", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Delhi Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi shaykh and major early Urdu poet (d.1785); developed the 'Muhammadan path' (Tariqa Muhammadiyya Khalisa) within his father's reform line. Venerated human saint and mystic-poet.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NABULSI", "Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Akbari commentator", "Sufism / Akbari metaphysics", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Damascene polymath, saint, and the foremost early-modern commentator on Ibn Arabi (the 'Akbari' school) (d.1731). Defended wahdat al-wujud, wrote on dream interpretation, sacred travel, and Hanafi law; affiliated with both the Qadiri and Naqshbandi lineages. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NAQSHBAND", "Baha al-Din Naqshband", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "silent dhikr; sober Sufism; the Khwajagan path", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Central Asian saint of Bukhara (d. 1389), eponym of the Naqshbandiyya, who emphasized silent remembrance and presence in the world.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI_KHALID", "Khalid al-Baghdadi", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi reformer", "Sufism / Naqshbandi-Khalidi reform", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Kurdish Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi master (d.1827), founder of the Khalidi sub-branch that revitalized the Naqshbandi order across the late-Ottoman world (Anatolia, the Levant, Kurdistan); stressed rabita, silent dhikr, and Shari'a-centered renewal. Venerated human saint.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NASAFI_DARA", "Dara Shikoh", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Akbari commentator", "Sufism / Qadiri & comparative mysticism", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Mughal prince and Qadiri Sufi (d.1659), disciple of Mulla Shah Badakhshi; pursued the unity of Sufi and Vedantic mysticism, translating the Upanishads (Sirr-i Akbar) and writing Majma al-Bahrayn ('The Mingling of the Two Oceans'). A figure of veneration in the Qadiri-syncretic stream; not deified.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NAZIM_HAQQANI", "Nazim al-Haqqani", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Sufi missionary", "Naqshbandi-Haqqani order; global Naqshbandi spread; Cyprus center", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Turkish-Cypriot Naqshbandi shaykh (d. 2014), head of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order, which spread the Naqshbandi-Khalidi line worldwide including to the West.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NIASSE", "Ibrahim Niasse", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Modern Sufi reformer", "Tijani revival (Fayda); West African mass Sufism; tarbiya", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Senegalese shaykh (d. 1975), leader of the Tijani Fayda ('flood') revival; mass spiritual-training movement across West Africa and Nigeria.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAH", "Shah Ni'matullah Wali", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Tariqa founder", "Persian sainthood; mystical poetry; wahdat al-wujud", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Persian saint and poet (d. 1431), founder of the Ni'matullahi order; his shrine at Mahan is a major Iranian pilgrimage site.", "saint"], ["ENT_SUF_NIYAZI_MISRI", "Niyazi Misri", null, "Islamic/Sufi", "Saint", "Saint-poet", "Sufism / Khalwati order & poetry", null, "devotional", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Ottoman Khalwati shaykh and celebrated Turkish Sufi poet (d.1694); founder of the Misriyya branch of the Khalwatiyya. Known for ecstatic divan poetry and a turbulent career of exiles for his outspoken mysticism. 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