Kh^vāja Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Naqshband (718–91/1318–89) was one of the central figures of the Transoxanian Ṣūfī current called the Kh^vājagān (lit., masters), later growing into the Naqshbandiyya, named for Bahāʾ al-Dīn. The name “Naqshband” is explained in different ways; it appears originally to have denoted the profession which Bahāʾ al-Dīn’s father and later he himself practised: printing on …