Sheikh Hussain Baqri (R)

Among the disciples of renowned sufi scholar Sheikh Muhammad Fasi Makki, Sheikh Hussain Baqri was selected to be Caliph. He migrated from Makka to Kerala for preaching and propagating Islam. He lived briefly in Cochin around Kalvatti masjid during the second half of 1800s. He imparted the knowledge of Islam with its spiritual dimension to people. He instructed and trained them based on the individual spiritual level. Masses used to attend the Hadras he organised. A lot of people has received ijaaza during this time. People from various parts of Malabar attended these hadras and to give their allegiance to Sheikh. Thus Shadhiliyyatul Baqariyya was formed. One of the Calipha of this tariqa is Umar Musliyar (QS) from Taliparamba Kuppam (a village in Kannur District of Kerala).