 Meher Baba credited his Avataric advent to Upasni , Sai Baba , and three other Perfect Masters : Hazrat Babajan , Hazrat Tajuddin Baba , and Narayan Maharaj . He declared Sai Baba to be a Qutub @-@ e @-@ Irshad ( the highest of the five <unk> , a " Master of the Universe " in the spiritual hierarchy ) . 
