Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosi

 Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosi was born in the village of Samos near Bukhara in the middle of the 7th/13th century.

He was of medium height, wheat-colored, sharp-eyed, determined, with a radiant face. He was in the service of Khoja Ali Romitani until the end of his life and looked after the trees in his teacher's garden. Like other pirs of the Khojagan family, Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosi was a gardener by profession and earned his living through his honest work. He worked by himself in his garden in the village of Samos and grew various fruits, including grapes.

Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosi's father, Sayyid Abdullah, was originally from the village of Durun in Khurasan, and was a descendant of the Prophet (pbuh), Imam Musa Kozim (r.a.). In the work "Matlabut-talibin" it is recorded that Samosi first studied in his village, and then came to Bukhara on the instructions of his father.

According to this source, as soon as he arrived in Bukhara, he fell in love with Khoja Mahmud Anjir Fagnavi, the third elder of the Khojagan dynasty, and Khoja Mahmud entrusted his education to Khoja Ali Romitani. Samosy always walks by his pier and goes to various places, including Khorezm. As a result, he became one of the great caliphs of Romitani. Before his death, Khwaja Ali Romitani left Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samosi in his place and entrusted him with the education of all murids and caliphs. Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosiy began to educate murids in the village of Samos, where he was born and raised.

He looked for most of his students himself, and had great love for them. One day, while passing by the wrestling arena, he saw a wrestler named Amir Kulol. Walking further, he looks at the wrestler and pulls him to the spiritual field... After that, Amir Kulol quits wrestling and enters the service of His Holiness.

According to the sources, Khoja Mohammad Baba Samosi said that Bahauddin Naqshband would be born and become a "leader of the times" even after his birth. When he was born, he adopted him as a spiritual child and gave him to the upbringing of Sayyid Amir Kulol. The incident is mentioned in the sources as follows: "When Hazrat Muhammad Baba brought the newborn Bahauddin Naqshband to Samosi, he showed the baby and said to Amir Kulol: "This is ours. We adopted him as a spiritual child. As we said earlier, this is the person who will be the future of our tariqah, God willing. The village will later become Qasri Orifon. O Amir Kulol! I leave my son Bahauddin in this blanket to you. Don't allow any flaws in his outward and inward education!"

According to Jami's book "Nafahotul-uns", Baba Samasi gave his helmet to Bahauddin Naqshband. Bahauddin Naqshband meets with Samosi in order to send him to a suitor for marriage. Baba Samosi witnessed that Naqshband reached the rank of governor.

When I went to Hazrat Baba's room in the morning, he noticed my prayer and said: "O child, they do not pray like this, but they say: "God, what is your pleasure - take me now." Because if Allah, the Exalted, wants to send a calamity to one of his friends with his wisdom, let him also give him the power to bear the calamity with his grace and make the wisdom of this manifest to him. It is not permissible to ask for trouble by choice, it is greed!"

After a while, the meal was ready. After the meal, Hazrat put bread in my hand and said: "Take care of this!" Then the thought crossed my mind: "Now, we have eaten enough, what is the need for this bread?" Hazrat Khwaja Baba Samosii understood the thought that was in my heart and said to me: "Take care of this bread. Remove useless thoughts from your mind, do not disturb your mind, keep it under control!"

After that we reached a dervish hut. He greeted the dervish Hazrat Baba with great joy. After entering the hut, the dervish's face showed anguish. Hazrat asked: "Tell me the truth, what is the reason for your suffering?" He was embarrassed and said: "There is milk in the house, but there is no bread." Khoja Samosiy told me: "Put the bread on the table." After that, my love for Hazrat increased. Hazrat Khoja Baba Samosy came to Orifon Palace and went to courting himself. God did not turn back the wishes of Hazrat, and I got married." It is instructive that Baba Samosi was involved in marrying Hazrat Bahauddin.

Khoja Muhammad Baba left two sons. Sources do not reveal the name of the eldest son, but mention that he was a Majzub (Sufi in a state of ecstasy), and the second son, Khwaja Mahmud, became one of his father's caliphs.

Khoja Muhammad Baba Samosi died in the village of Samos, where he was born and raised, around 1335, and was buried there.

The mausoleum above the grave of Grandfather Samosi, the surrounding mosque and the stone well were beautified during the years of independence. Currently, the pilgrimage site is located in the territory of "Baba Samosiy" neighborhood, Romitan district, Bukhara region. During 2018-2019, among the seven pir shrines, Khoja Baba Samosy shrine was renovated and turned into a place with all amenities in accordance with the traditions of Eastern architecture.