Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was born in 569 AH (1173 AD) in a town called Oosh or Awash in Mawar-un-Nahar (Transoxania). Your real name was "Bakhtiyar" but his title was "Qutub Uddin". The name "Kaki" to his name was attributed to him by virtue of a miracle that emanated from him at a later stage of his life in Delhi. He also belonged to the direct lineage of the Huzoor Nabi Kareem (ﷺ) descending from Hazrat Syedina Imam Hussain (عليه السلام). Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was one and half year old when his father passed away. His mother arranged for him very good education and training. When Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) went to Asfahan, 40 days before his demise, he took an oath of allegiance at his hands and received the Khilafat and Khirqah (Sufi cloak) from him. Thus, he was the first spiritual successor of Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ). Thereafter, his spiritual master asked him to go to India and stay there. When Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) intended to kiss the feet of his Pir-o-Murshid and seek his permission to depart, Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) understood it and asked him to be nearer, and when Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) stepped up and fell at his Pir’s feet, Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) raised him up and embraced him affectionately. A Fateha was then recited and Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) advised Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ)

“Never turn your face from the right path of Sufism and Truth. Prove yourself to be a brave man in this Divine Mission.”

When he again fell at the feet of Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) overwhelmed with love and grief at this tragic hour of parting, he was again raised and embraced affectionately by his Murshid Pak. Following this order, he went to Delhi and stayed there.

It was the period of Sultan Shams Uddin Altamash. Hardly twenty days had passed when news was brought by a messenger that Hazrat Khuwaja Ghareeb Nawaz Moin Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) had disappeared into the eternal Divine bliss of the Almighty Allah (جل جلاله).

Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) used to offer 95 Rakats of Salah [sections of prayer] during the 24 hours of day and night, along with 3000 Durud Sharifs [a part of prayer] every night upon the soul of the Huzoor Nabi Kareem (ﷺ).

It is narrated that in the early stages of his life, Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) would take a nap, but in the last part of his life he kept awake all the time. He had also committed the Quran to memory and used to recite and finish it twice daily. Whenever anything came to his Khanqah, he quickly distributed these to the poor and needy. If there was nothing, he would request his attendants and mureeds to distribute plain water as a humble token of his hospitality. Shaikh Noor Bukhsh has written in his book entitled "Silsila tuz'zah". Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was a great devotee, mystic and friend of Allah (جل جلاله). In private and public he was indulged in the remembrance of Allah. He was habituated to eat little, sleep little and speak little. He was a towering personality in the world of mysticism."

Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) had no parallel in abandoning the world and suffering poverty and hunger. He kept himself engrossed in the remembrance of Allah. Whenever someone came to him he would come back to his senses after a while and was then able to talk with him. After a very brief exchange he would show his inability to continue any longer and slipped into the same state of absorption once again, Once Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was coming back with his relatives and disciples after offering Eid Salah [Eid prayers] that he, all of a sudden, halted at a place in silence. After a while his relatives submitted: "Today is the Eid day. Many people would be awaiting his arrival.” Having heard this Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) came out of his lost state and uttered, “From this piece of land I have the smell of the perfect men.” Thereafter, he came home and after the meal was over, he asked the people to call the owner of the land to him. When the owner came to him, he purchased that piece of land from him. Later, Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was buried in the same soil.

Death also came to him in an unusual manner. It is stated that once in an assembly of Mehfil-E-Samaa he happened to hear a verse of Hazrat Ahmad Jam (رضی اللہ) with the meaning: "Those who are killed with the dagger of surrender and pleasure get a new life from the Unseen."

Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) was so much absorbed in and inspired with this verse that from that day on he kept on reciting it in a state of unconsciousness and gave his life in the same state. He remained in this state of Wajd for 3 consecutive days and returned to Allah (جل جلاله) on the 4th day on the 14th of Rabi-ul-Awwal 633 A.H. This is the reason he is also known as "Shahid-E-Mohabbat".

Hazrat Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ooshi (رضی اللہ) Mazaar Sharif located near Qutub Minar at old Delhi, India.