Najm ad-Din Kubra

Type Figure Region Khwarezm Time c. 1145–1221 Also known as Kubra、Sufi master Kubra

Najm ad-Din Kubra, a 12th–13th-century Sufi master from Khwarezm who founded the Kubrawiyya order and was revered as the 'Pillar of the Age'; born c.…

Timeline

c. 1165–1180Khiva · KhwarezmKubra was born in Khwarezm; in his youth he sought Sufi masters locally and across Western Asia, later studying further in Egypt and elsewhere, laying the theoretical foundation for his later founding of the Kubrawiyya order.
1181–1190Khwarezm · KhwarezmIn the 1180s Kubra returned to Khwarezm and publicly taught under the relatively stable rule of Tekish Shah, expounding Sufi theories such as the 'Manifestation of Light,' attracting students from across Central Asia.
1191–1220Gurganj · KhwarezmFrom the 1190s to 1220 Kubra continued training disciples in Khwarezm; his followers later spread the order to Anatolia, Persia, India, and elsewhere, forming an important Sufi tradition.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Iranica: Kubrā, Najm-al-Din https://www.iranicaonline.org/
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Kubrā, Najm al-Dīn https://www.britannica.com/