Students
Pir Vilayat gave bayat (spiritual initiation) to thousands of people, teaching seminars and retreats around the world. Some of his prominent students include:
- Zia Inayat-Khan, Pir Vilayat's son and successor as Pir of the Sufi Order International
- Taj Inayat, Vice President of the Sufi Order International, mother of Zia Inayat Khan, co-facilitator of Sufi Retreats
- Gayan and Blanchefleur Macher, co-facilitators of Sufi Retreats
- Shahabuddin David Less
- Stephan Rechtschaffen, author of Timeshifting, and Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open and The Seeker's Guide, co-founders of Omega Institute
- Donald A. Sharif Graham, editor of The Complete Works of Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Aziza Scott, Head of the Retreat Program of the Sufi Order International, co-founder of The Hollow Read School
- Abul Fateh, pioneer of South Asian diplomacy and statesman. A personal friend of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan; Pir Zia Khan arranged the service following his death.
- Himayat Inayati, founder of the Raphaelite work and Universal Awakening
- Thomas Atum O'Kane, Transpersonal Psychologist and Teacher
- Saki Santorelli, author of Heal Thy Self
- Donald E. Weiner, author of Upgrading the Operating System of the Soul
- Puran Bair, author of Living from the Heart, and Susanna Bair, co-founders of the Institute for Applied Meditation
- Yakzan Hugo Valdez
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