Khâlid-i Baghdâdî

Shahrazuri acquired the epithet Baghdadi through his frequent stays in Baghdad, for it was in the town of Karadağ (Qaradagh) in the Shahrizur region, about 5 miles from Sulaymaniyah, that he was born in 1779.

• Name — Khâlid-i Baghdâdî • Born — c. 1779 • Birthplace — Qaradagh, near Sulaymaniyah, Ottoman Iraq • Died — 5 June 1827 A.D/11th Dhu'l-Qa'da, 1242 A.H (aged 48) • Place of death — Damascus, Ottoman Syria • Religion — Islam • Denomination — Sunni • Jurisprudence — Shafi'i • Tariqa — Naqshbandi • Creed — Ash'ari • Occupation — Islamic scholar, Sufi • Influences — Shaykh Abdul Karam al-Barzinji, Shaykh Abdur Rahim al-Barzinji, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi • Influenced — Ismail Sirajuddin Shirvani Sufis

He was born in the year 1779 in the village of Karadağ, near the city of Sulaymaniyah, in what is now Iraqi Kurdistan. His family belonged to the Jaff tribe that claimed descent from the 3rd caliph Uthman. Hence, the attribution al-'Uthmani is sometimes added to his name. He was raised and trained in Sulaymaniyah, where there were many schools and many mosques and which was considered the primary educational city of his time. Young Khalid studied with the two great scholars of his time, Shaykh `Abdul Karam al-Barzinji and Shaykh `Abdur Rahim al-Barzinji, and he read with Mullah Muhammad `Ali. He became a respected teacher in Sulaymaniyah before undertaking his famous journey to India. There he met the renowned Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi master Shah Waliullah Dehlawi in Delhi. Khalid spent approximately a year with him and received initiation into the Naqshbandi order. One of his disciples, Ismail Sirajuddin Shirvani facilitated the spread of the Khalidiyya Order to Caucasus, triggering the Murid War. He died in Damascus in 1827, during an outbreak of plague, and was buried on Mount Qasioun.