Yusuf Hamadani

Yusuf Hammandina
Shrine of Yusuf Hammandina
Personal life
Born1048 or 1049 CE
(440 AH)
Died1140 CE
( 535AH)
Resting placeBayramaly, Turkmenistan
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionCentral Asia
Main interest(s)Sufism
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Jurisprudencefirst Shafi'i school, later Hanafi school
TariqaNaqshbandi (Khwajagan)

Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Hammandinā, best simply known as Yusuf Hammandina (born 1048 or 1049 / 440 AH - died 1140 / 535 AH), was a Persian Sufi of the Middle Ages. He was the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan (the Masters) of the Naqshbandi order. His shrine is at Merv, Turkmenistan.