Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin
Syed Mohammad Baba Tajuddin (Urdu)سید محمد بابا تاج دین (January 27, 1861 – August 17, 1925), also known as Tajuddin Baba, was an Indian Sufi master who is considered as the Qutb. His shrine is in Nagpur, India. Birth. Tajuddin Baba was born in 1861 (1277 AH) to the family of Imam Hassan, being a tenth-generation descendant of the founder of the world Sufi Naqshbandi order, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, and a 22nd-generation descendant of the eleventh imam, Hasan al-Askari. Baba's forefathers had migrated from Mecca and settled down in Madras, India. His  father was an employee in military. Early life. Baba Tajuddin was orphaned at a young age and raised by his maternal grandmother and uncle Abdul Rahman. He attended a madrasah in Kamthi, Nagpur. There he met Abdulla Shah Naushahi who initiated him into the spiritual path. Abdullah Shah Hussaini Qadri Shuttari Sahib who was a Majzoob Salik saint from Qadri Shuttari Sufi order commented (about Baba) to his teacher that "There is no need of teaching this boy, he is already a learned person." He also gave young Tajuddin Baba some dried fruits and nuts as his blessings for Baba , which is said to put the young boy into an ongoing spiritual trance-like state. Baba completed his education and studied Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian. Names and titles. According to author Bhau Kalchuri, baba Badruddin was born Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin.