entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_ISL_QUTB,Qutb,,Islamic/Sufi,Hidden saint office,Holy Figure,pole; saintly hierarchy; cosmic mediation,,Sufi/Islamic,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Alawiyya order; Shadhili-Darqawi mysticism; Akbari metaphysics,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Persian and Hindavi poetry; qawwali; devotion to the master,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),asceticism; Punjabi devotion; sainthood,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Egyptian popular sainthood; miracle-working; the Tanta mawlid,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),sainthood; sama; the Delhi Chishti line,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Mouridiyya order; Senegalese Sufism; sanctified labour,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi missionary,Tamil-Sri Lankan Sufism to America; Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Anatolian sainthood; antinomian piety; veneration of Ali,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Sufism / Sindhi poetry,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi saint,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Sufism / Qadiri-Shattari & Punjabi poetry,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Akbari commentator,Sufism / Jelveti order & exegesis,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,sainthood; service to the poor; conversion; Indian Sufism,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Qadiri reform (West Africa),,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Sufism / Sufi tariqa,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Egyptian sainthood; the four 'aqtab'; devotion,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi saint,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Tijani transmission,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Persian ghazal; mystical love and wine; divine beauty,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Modern Sufi reformer,Egyptian Tijani revival; hadith scholarship; tariqa renewal,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi martyr,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),missionary sainthood; Kubrawi path; Kashmiri Sufism,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Hamalliyya (Tijani offshoot); West African reform; eleven-bead litany,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi ascetic/saint,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_EARLY,A,reviewed,,,,,"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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Darqawi-Habibiyya; Moroccan Shadhili Sufism; Diwan of litanies,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Modern Sufi reformer,Sufi revival; tariqa Muhammadiyya; hadith-centred mysticism,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi missionary,Chishti transmission to the West; universal Sufism; Sufi Order in the West,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,mystical love-poetry; wahdat al-wujud; divine beauty,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Persian poetry; Naqshbandi devotion; hagiography; wahdat al-wujud,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Akbari commentator,Sufism / Qadiri-Akbari & resistance,,devotional,,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 1832–1847). 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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi saint/order founder,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),metaphysics; the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil); wahdat al-wujud,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi saint,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Khalwati revival,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),sainthood; political influence; Naqshbandi consolidation,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,contemplation of divine beauty; quatrains; the witness (shahid),,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,visionary mysticism; spiritual psychology; sainthood,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Kashmiri mystical verse; non-dual devotion; the rishi tradition,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),sainthood; spiritual letters; Firdausi-Suhrawardi path,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Sufism / Naqshbandi & Urdu poetry,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Akbari commentator,Sufism / Akbari metaphysics,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,silent dhikr; sober Sufism; the Khwajagan path,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Naqshbandi-Khalidi reform,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Akbari commentator,Sufism / Qadiri & comparative mysticism,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi missionary,Naqshbandi-Haqqani order; global Naqshbandi spread; Cyprus center,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Modern Sufi reformer,Tijani revival (Fayda); West African mass Sufism; tarbiya,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Persian sainthood; mystical poetry; wahdat al-wujud,,devotional,,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,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Sufism / Khalwati order & poetry,,devotional,,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. Venerated human saint.,saint
ENT_SUF_NIZAM_AWLIYA,Nizam al-Din Awliya,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),sainthood; love and tolerance; Delhi Sultanate Sufism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,"Pre-eminent Chishti saint of Delhi (d. 1325), 'Mahbub-i Ilahi'; his dargah is a major South Asian pilgrimage centre.",saint
ENT_SUF_NURI,Nur al-Din Nurani,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Kashmiri sainthood; the Rishi order; asceticism,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,"Kashmiri saint (d. c. 1440), 'Nund Rishi', patron-founder of the Kashmiri Rishi order; venerated as Alamdar-i Kashmir.",saint
ENT_SUF_NURSI,Said Nursi,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Modern Sufi reformer,Risale-i Nur; faith-renewal movement; Qur'anic exegesis,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Ottoman/Turkish scholar (d. 1960), author of the Risale-i Nur; founder-inspiration of the Nurcu faith-renewal movement; Naqshbandi-influenced.",saint
ENT_SUF_OZAK,Muzaffer Ozak,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi missionary,Jerrahi-Halveti order; Turkish Sufism to America,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Turkish shaykh (d. 1985) of the Halveti-Jerrahi order who established Jerrahi communities in North America and Europe.,saint
ENT_SUF_PIR_VILAYAT,Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi missionary,Western universal Sufism; Sufi Order International; meditation teaching,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Son and successor of Hazrat Inayat Khan (d. 2004); led the Sufi Order International, spreading Inayati universal Sufism in the West.",saint
ENT_SUF_QUNAWI,Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi saint (wali),metaphysics; wahdat al-wujud; theology of unveiling,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,"Persian-Anatolian metaphysician (d. 1274), stepson and chief successor of Ibn al-Arabi who systematized his teaching of the oneness of being.",saint
ENT_SUF_RABIA,Rabia al-Adawiyya,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi saint,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Basran woman mystic (d. 801) who gave doctrinal form to disinterested divine love (mahabba): loving God for the sake of God alone, neither from fear of Hell nor hope of Paradise. The first great voice of love-mysticism in Islam.",saint
ENT_SUF_SAFI_ARDABILI,Safi al-Din Ardabili,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,sainthood; the Safavid order; Azerbaijani Sufism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,"Persian saint of Ardabil (d. 1334), eponym of the Safaviyya order from which the Safavid dynasty later arose.",saint
ENT_SUF_SANUSI,Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Sanusiyya order; Saharan reform Sufism; zawiya network,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Founder of the Sanusiyya (d. 1859); student of Ahmad ibn Idris; built a reformist lodge network across Libya/Sahara.,saint
ENT_SUF_SHABISTARI,Mahmud Shabistari,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,mystical metaphysics; wahdat al-wujud; symbolic exegesis,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,Persian Sufi poet (d. 1340) whose Gulshan-i Raz (Rose Garden of Mystery) is a classic verse summary of Ibn al-Arabi's metaphysics.,saint
ENT_SUF_SHAH_WALIULLAH,Shah Waliullah of Delhi,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Islamic reform,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Delhi-based scholar, Naqshbandi-affiliated Sufi, and seminal reformer (d.1762). His Hujjat Allah al-Baligha sought to reconcile law, hadith, and Sufi metaphysics and to harmonize wahdat al-wujud with wahdat al-shuhud; a foundational influence on later South Asian Islamic thought. Venerated human; not deified.",saint
ENT_SUF_SHARANI,Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / hagiography & law,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Egyptian Shadhili saint, jurist, and hagiographer (d.1565). His Tabaqat al-Kubra is a major early-modern compendium of saints' lives; he defended Sufism against legalist critics and harmonized the four Sunni schools. Founded an Egyptian Shadhili sub-line (Sha'rawiyya). Venerated human saint.",saint
ENT_SUF_SIRHINDI,Ahmad Sirhindi,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Sufi reformer,Sufism / Naqshbandi reform,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Indian Naqshbandi master (d.1624), titled Mujaddid-i Alf-i Thani ('Renewer of the Second Millennium'); founder-figure of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi branch. His Maktubat (Collected Letters) reformulated Sufi metaphysics, advancing wahdat al-shuhud (unity of witnessing) against an unqualified reading of Ibn Arabi's wahdat al-wujud, and pressed for strict Shari'a conformity. Venerated human saint; not deified.",saint
ENT_SUF_SULTAN_BAHU,Sultan Bahu,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Sufism / Qadiri order & Punjabi poetry,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,Punjabi Qadiri Sufi saint and poet (d.1691); founder of the Sarwari Qadiri sub-line. Famed for his Punjabi 'Abyat' couplets (each line ending 'Hu') and Persian treatises on the path. Venerated human saint.,saint
ENT_SUF_TIJANI,Ahmad al-Tijani,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Tariqa founder,Sufism / Sufi tariqa,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Algerian-born founder of the Tijaniyya order (d.1815), one of the most widespread tariqas of West and North Africa. Claimed a direct waking-vision authorization from the Prophet and the rank of 'seal of the Muhammadan sainthood'. Venerated human saint.",saint
ENT_SUF_YUNUS_EMRE,Yunus Emre,,Islamic/Sufi,Saint,Saint-poet,Turkish devotional poetry; divine love; folk mysticism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0),0,0,0,"Turkish saint-poet (d. 1321), father of Turkish-language Sufi poetry whose hymns of divine love remain central to Anatolian devotion.",saint