His genealogy, according to his son Shaykh Abdu'llah, isthe following: "Shaykh Ahmad ibn-i-Zaynu'd-Din-ibn-i-Ibrahim-ibn-i-Sakhr-ibn-i-Ibrahim-ibn-i-Zahir-ibn-i-Ramadan-ibn i-Rashid-ibn-i-Dahim-ibn-i-Shimrukh-ibn-i-Sulih." (A. L. M. Nicolas' "Essai sur le Shaykhisme" I, p. 1.)