Gesudaraz states that his 12th ancestor Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Jundi was the first to have come from Khurasan. He is said to have accompanied military campaigns against Delhi several times. Eventually he was killed and buried in the compound of a mosque in Delhi, where his family also later moved from Khurasan. Gesudaraz 's father Sayyid Yusuf Husayni (d. 731/1330) was a disciple of the Chishti saint of Delhi, Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya. He had four sons and a daughter. Gesudaraz was his second son.

A year after the foundation of the Tughlaq Dynasty, Gesudaraz was born on the 30th f July, 1321/ 4th Rajab 721 in Delhi. It was during the 14th century that Gesudaraz was born, brought up, was taught external sciences, was trained in the spiritual exercises and finally he preached.

Gesudaraz at the age of seven accompanied his parents to the new metropolis Daulatabad, where Muhammad bin Tughlaq had transferred his capital from Delhi, in the year 1327 and forced the populace to move to the Deccan. Sayyid Yusuf Husayni passed away in the year 731/ 1330 when Gesudaraz was ten years old. Five years later he returned to Delhi and finally settled down. Gesudaraz was eager to become a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya, because he had heard a lot about him through his father and other sufis in Daulatabad, but the Shaykh had already died even before Gesudaraz's immigration to the Deccan. His place was occupied by his successor Shaykh Nasir al-Din Mahmud in Delhi. On the 1st of March 1336, Gesudaraz and his eldest brother became his disciples. Twenty years later in the year 1356 when Gesudaraz was 36 years old, Shaykh Nasir al-Din Mahmud bestowed on him the permission to maintain his own circle of disciples (Khalifah), which meant that he had become capabe of being a Shaykh.

During the same year Shaykh Nasir al-Din Mahmud fell seriously illand passed away on the 18th of Ramadan 757/ 14the September 1356. Gesudaraz took charge of his preceptor's monastery three days later. Hence he worked in Delhi for the next forty four years. At the age of 80, along with his family and some disciples, he left for Daulatabad in the year 801/ 1398 just after Timur's invasion of Delhi. It took him a couple of years to reach Daulatabad having halted at several places on the way. He paid homage at his fathers shrine and probably intended to settle down there.

In the year 800/ 1397, Firuz Shah Bahmani had been crowned Sultan in Gulbarga. When he heard the arrival of Gesudaraz at Daulatabad, he formally invited him to Gulbarga and requested to settle down in the capital instead. He constructed a monastery for the saint outside the walls of the fort. The Sultan seems to have had great respect for Gesudaraz but the relationship was strained later on for some odd reason. Gesudaraz had to move out of his Monastery to another place where his tomb now stands. Gesudaraz lived in Gulbarga for 22 years till he passed away on the 16th of the Dhu al-Qadah 825/ 1st November, 1422 at the age of 105 lunar years.

His magnum opus, Tafseer Multaqat in Arabic, was compiled into one book very recently. It is unfortunate, however, that most people even within Gulbarga are unaware of this work. Little has been done to publish this and his other works on a large scale. Other books authored are: Avarif-ul-Ma`arif, Fasoos-al-Hukm, Qaseeda Amali, and Adaab-al-Mureedein.