His genealogy, according to his son Shaykh 'Abdu'lláh, is the following: "Shaykh Ahmad-ibn-i-Zaynu'd-Dín-ibn-i-Ibráhím-ibn-i-Sakhr-ibn-i-Ibráhím-ibm-i-Záhir-ibn-i-Ramadán-ibn-i-Rashíd-ibn-i-Dahím-ibn-i-Shimrúkh-ibn-i-Súlih." (A. L. M. Nicolas' "Essai sur le Shaykhisme,", I, p. 1.)