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Fakhr al-Din ‘Irāqi, a prolific Persian poet and Sufi master, was born in Hamadan in Persia in 1213. By the time he was seventeen, he had advanced his studies in Islam, and intellectual sciences and had begun teaching others.[1] It was during these years that he met a group of qalandar Sufis and decided to travel with them throughout Persia and India.  They stopped at Sheikh Baha’uddin Zakariyya Multani’s khaniqah on their journey.  Sheikh Baha’uddin (d. 1267-1268) was a Sufi master whose teaching was focused on piety and the pursuit of knowledge; recognizing ‘Irāqi’s potential he decided to take him under his guidance and ultimately gave him his khirqa (cloak) as a sign of permitting him to teach and hold gatherings.