▁history ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁merely ▁six teen ▁or ▁sevent een ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁he ▁first ▁heard ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Far ī d ud d ī n ▁Gan j sh ak ar , ▁and ▁feelings ▁of ▁love ▁and ▁respect ▁arose ▁in ▁his ▁heart ▁right ▁then . ▁He ▁narr ates ▁to ▁his ▁dis ci ples ▁that ▁he ▁never ▁felt ▁the ▁same ▁after ▁hearing ▁or ▁even ▁meeting ▁any ▁other ▁S uf i . ▁The ▁love ▁kept ▁increasing ▁like ▁a ▁burning ▁fire . ▁If ▁his ▁class m ates ▁would ▁like ▁to ▁have ▁some ▁work ▁out ▁of ▁him ▁they ▁used ▁to ▁invoke ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁B aba ▁Far id , ▁and ▁he ▁never ▁refused ▁anything ▁asked ▁in ▁his ▁name . ▁He ▁didn ' t ▁feel ▁the ▁same ▁for ▁anyone ▁else ▁in ▁his ▁entire ▁lifetime . ▁ ▁He ▁became ▁his ▁dis ci ple ▁after ▁comple ting ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁visited ▁him ▁thr ice ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime . ▁ ▁Stud ents ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 0 0 ▁k hal if as ▁( a ▁k hal ifa ▁is ▁a ▁dis ci ple ▁who ▁is ▁given ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁take ▁his ▁own ▁dis ci ples ▁and ▁thus ▁propag ate ▁the ▁spiritual ▁line age ) ▁who ▁continued ▁his ▁line age ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁famous ▁dis ci ples ▁are : ▁ ▁Nas ir ud din ▁Chi rag h ▁De h la vi ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁spiritual ▁successor ▁of ▁N iz am ud din ▁A uli ya