Syed Najmuddin Ghawsud Dahar Qalandar (Urdu: سید نجمددیں گوسود دھر قلندر, Hindi: सय्यद नजमुद्दीन गवसुद दहार क़लन्दर) well known as Qutub ul Aqtaab (1209-1324 CE, probably born at Delhi, India) was a Qalandar and SunniMuslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, and one of the most famous Sufis on the Indian subcontinent who lived and taught in India.[1][2][3][4][5] He traced his lineage to Muhammad through Imam Hussain. Hazrat Nizamuddin gaznavi made him his Mureed, he later asked him to get the faiz from Hazrat Shah Khizr Rumi who gave him the title “Ghawsud Dahar”, he made him his Khalifa, after receiving khilafat from him he went to Arab, Ajam, China and India then he finally settled in Malwa region in (Nalchha, Dhar). His shrine or Dargah (mausoleum) is at Nazmuddin Qalandar Dargah in the city of Nalchha, Dhar which is a place of Pilgrimage and visited millions of devotees every year.[6][7]
Nazmuddin Qalandar's annual Urs (death anniversary), held on the 20 and 21 Dhu al-Hijjah – the last month of the Muslim lunar calendar, brings thousands pilgrims from all over India and abroad.[6]
This table only includes figures venerated traditionally by the majority of Muslims in the Subcontinent, whence persons honored exclusively by particular modern movements are not included.
