Abdullah Shattar

Siraj al-Din Abdullah Shattar was a prominent 15th-century Sufi master, considered to be the eponymous founder of the Shattariyya order. In the late 16th-century, the order was introduced to the Haramain, and through them to Southeast Asia. His master gave him the name Shattar, a Persian word of Arabic-origin meaning “lightning”, which designates a code of spiritual practices that lead to a rapid state of “completion”. His learning's chain of transmission was from his master Muhammad Arif, then from Muhammad Ashiq, Khuda Quli, Abu'l Hasan al-Kharqani, Abu'l Muzaffar al-Tusi, Abu Yazid Ishqi, Muhammad al-Maghribi, from Bayazid Bistami.

Later life and death Abdullah went to India to promote his order and visited many Sufi groups to introduce his method. Later on, his successors became influential over several Mughal rulers.