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Sayyid Baraka

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Name
  
Sayyid Baraka


Died
  
1403

Occupation
  
Holy man of Tirmidh, Fief of Andkhoy

Known for
  
Mongol spiritual teacher to Timur

Sayyid Baraka (1343–1403) was a holy man of the commercial city of Tirmidh, and spiritual teacher and friend to the 14th century Central Asian conqueror Timur. He was a fief of Andkhoy in Afghanistan, a town given to him by Timur. Timur is buried facing the Sayyid in the same mausoleum, Gur-e Amir, at Samarkand.

References

Sayyid Baraka Wikipedia