His patronymic was Abú Alí Ḳalandar. He lived as a recluse and in one of his writings he says of himself: “At the age of forty I came to Delhi and received instruction under Khwájah Ḳuṭbu'ddín. Mauláná Wajíhu'ddín Páilí, Mauláná Ṣadru'ddín, Mauláná Fakhru'ddín Náfilah, Mauláná Náṣiru'ddín, Mauláná Mu'ínu'ddín Daulatábábádí, Mauláná Najíbu'ddín Samarḳandí, Mauláná Ḳuṭbu'ddín of Mecca, Mauláná Aḥmad Khansárí and other learned men of the day gave me a license to teach and to pronounce judicial decisions, which offices I exercised for twenty years. Unexpectedly I received a call from God, and throwing all my learned books into the Jumna, I set out on travel. In Roumelia* I fell in with Shamsu'ddín Tabrízí and Mauláná Jalálu'ddín Rúmí who presented me with a robe and turban and with many books, which in their presence I threw into the river. Subsequently I came to Pánípat and there lived as a recluse.” His tomb is there.