Hazrat Shah Turab Ali Qalandar Kakorvi was born in the eighteenth century AD in the famous town of Kakori in Lucknow district. He belonged to a Sufi family. His father Hazrat Shah Muhammad Kazim Qalandar was a famous Sufi. Shah Turab Ali Qalandar was a man of great humility and humble disposition. In obedience to the orders of his father, he was often engaged in humble and selfless service for the sake of his disciples and devotees. He received his early education from his father along with his basic education. He also benefited from Mulla Moinuddin Bengali and Mulla Qudratullah Bilgrimi. Owing to his passion for higher education, he received the honor of learning Hadis from Mulla Hameeduddin. Qazi-ul-Qazaat, Maulana Najmuddin Ali Khan Bahadur taught him the nuances of prosody; Turab also took corrections from him from time to time. He studied jurisprudence from Maulvi Fazlullah Naivtuni. He gave immense importance to self-purification and intellectual struggle from a young age and continued to learn from his father till the time of his demise. He was fluent in Persian and Urdu. The reflection of Braj Bhasha can also be seen in his poetry. His couplets are still very popular today. In Braj Bhasha, his words unveil esoteric mysteries and lay bare the treasures of the heart. The prominent writings of Shah Turab Ali Qalandar are: Kulliyat-e-Shah Turab Ali Kakorvi, Amrit Ras, Mujahidat-ul-Awliya, etc.

Hazrat Shah Kazim Qalandar was the son of Shah Kashif Chishti. He was born on 17th Rajabul Marjjab 1158 AH in Kakori. He was very good-natured, strong-minded, high-spirited, wise and prudent, and bound by the Shari'ah. He read early books from Mulla Abdul Aziz Kakorvi and Mulla Hameed Uddin Kakorvi and later from Mulla Ghulam Yahya Bihari and Mulla Ahmadullah Sandelvi. At that time he had a penchant for the pursuit of the knowledge of Sufism. His forerunners and successors kept Sufi books in their study. Among the contemporaries, Shah Waliullah loved Muhaddis-e-Dehlvi's style of writing and his research. He was a very high ranking elder of the Qalandaria dynasty and possessed the rank of Qutbat Kabra and Wilayat-e-Azmi. Shah Kazim Qalandar is remembered as one of the most venerable Pirs of his order. His monastery plays a very important role in the history of Kazmia Kakori and even in Awadh. He was also a fine writer. Naghmat-ul-Asrar is well-known among his works, which is known as Sant Ras, which contains Hindi words, facts, and teachings. Apart from this, there are other compositions of yours. He died on 21st Rabiul Ukhra 1221 AH at the age of 62 years. Mazar Sharif is located in a beautiful dome in Khanqah Kazmia, Kakori."