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Hz. Baha’ al-Din Naqshband Rehmatullah alaih

Founder of Naqshbandi sufi order, To the people of Bukhara, whose patron saint he became, Hz. Baha’ al-Din Naqshband رحمة الله عليه was known posthumoulsy as khwaja-yi bala-gardan (“the averter of disaster”), referring to protective powers bestowed on him during his training period. Elsewhere, especially in Turkey, he is popularly called Shah-e-Naqshband

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Coordinates: 39.800448, 64.536943