Question:
As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
Inshallah I’m going to visit Uzbequistan the coming month. Could you please inform me which maqams I should visit while there?
thanks, salams
Answer:
Most of the Khwajagan have their maqams in Uzbekistan:
Khwaja Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani
Khwaja `Arif ar-Riwakri
Khwaja Mahmoud al-Anjir al-Faghnawi,
Khwaja `Ali ar-Ramitani
Khwaja Muhammad Baba as-Samasi
Khwaja as-Sayyid Amir Kulal
Khwaja Muhammad Baha’uddin Shah Naqshband
Khwaja `Alauddin al-Bukhari al-`Attar,
Khwaja Ya`qub al-Charkhi
Khwaja `Ubaydullah al-Ahrar,
Khwaja Muhammad az-Zahid
Khwaja Darwish Muhammad
Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanaki
Most are in Samarqand, while Sayyidina Ubaydullah al-Ahrar is buried in Tashkent.
Don’t forget also, while visiting there, to visit the maqam of Sayyidina Isma`il al-Bukhari, author of the Sahih al-Bukhari.
Taher Siddiqui
