Baba Faraj Tabrizi (died 1172/73) was an Iranian

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

shaykh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliteration of Arabic, transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonl ...

("master") of the 12th century. He is also known as Gajili, due to his ''

khaniqah A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...

'' (Sufi lodge) and tomb being situated in the Gajil district of Tabriz. He is known to have spoken the northwestern Iranian vernacular of Tabrizi.

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* * {{Encyclopaedia Islamica, last=Masoud Jalali-Moqaddam, first=Masoud, year=2015, title=Bābā Faraj Tabrīzī, url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/baba-faraj-tabrizi-SIM_0000002 Year of birth unknown 1170s deaths 12th-century Iranian people