His name was SayyidBadiuddin Ahmad while his teknonym was Abu Turab. He is also known as Ahmad ZindanSuf in some countries. He is referred to as Qutb-ul-Aqtab, Qutb-ul-Madar, Fard-ul-Afrad as well as Qutb-e-Wahdat among the group of Awliya while the common people call him as Madar-e-Alam, Madar-e-Do Jahan, Madar-ul-Alameen, Zinda ShahMadar, ZindaWaliMadar etc.
He was born at the dawn of 1st Shawwal 242 AD corresponding to 5th February 856 CE in a locality called Chinar in the Aleppo (Halab) city of Syria. His father’s name was SayyidQudwatuddin Ali al-Halabi and his mother’s name was Sayyida Fatima Sania known as BibiHajira.
His was a descendent of the Noble Prophet (SAWS) through ImamHasan from one side and through ImamHussain from the other hence he was a Hasani-HussainiSayyid. He himself described his family tree as follows:“I hail from Aleppo. My name is Badiuddin. I am Hasani from my mother’s side and Hussaini from my father’s side and thus my grandfather is Mustafa the king of both the worlds and the most praised.