A
pre-printed genealogical "tree" (shajara) document, with space at the end
for signatures of the master bestowing initiation, and the name of the
disciple joining the order. Silsila-i `aliyya-i Chishtiyya Nizamiyya
Fakhriyya Sulaymaniyya Lutfiyya, ed. Hajji Makhdum Bakhsh (Lucknow:
Nawal Kishor, 1913). Signed in Rudawli Sharif.
Doorway
to the tomb of Farid al-Din Ganj-i Shakkar, `urs of 1986 (photo Carl Ernst)
Devotees
at the `urs of Farid al-Din Ganj-i Shakkar, 1986 (photo Carl Ernst)
Tomb
of Ibrahim Sufi, near Durban, South Africa (photo Bruce Lawrence)
Tomb
of Haydar `Ali Shah, in Jalalpur Sharif (photo Carl Ernst)
The
Gate of Paradise (Bab-i Jannat) at the tomb of Farid al-Din Ganj-i Shakkar
(photo Bruce Lawrence)
Qawwals
at the tomb of Nizam al-Din Awliya' in Delhi (Photo Bruce Lawrence)
Master
Disciple