Yaqub al-Charkhi

Yaqub al Charkhi (Urdu یعقوب الچرخی) was Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband.[1] Hazrat Mawlana Yaqub Charkhi born in 762 born in a village called Charkh in Ghazni Afghanistan AH and died in 851) was a Sufi master and also a reputed Islamic scholar.

Yaqub al-Charkhi
Born1360
Ghazni Afghanistan
Died1360 (aged -88-87)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Venerated inSunni Islam
InfluencesBaha' al-Din Naqshband
InfluencedKhwaja Ahrar

His full name was Yaqūb bin Usmān bin Mahmūd Ghaznavi Charkhi. He was born around 762 AH (1360/61) and died on Saturday 5 Safar 851 AH (22 April 1447).[2] His shrine, according to some research scholars, lies 5 kilometres West of Dushanbe the capital of Tajikistan.[3][4] Yaqub al-Charkhi Mazar lies 5 kilometers West of Dushanbe the capital of Tajikistan. Yaqub al-Charkhi was teacher of famous Sufi Khwaja Ahrar[1]

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