Monday, 3 February 2014

Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani


Mir Syed Ali bin Shahab-ud-Din Hamadani (Persian: ﻣﯿﺮ ﺳﯿﺪ ﻋﻠﯽ ﺷﻬﺎﺏﺍﻟﺪﯾﻦ ﻫﻤﺪﺍﻧﯽ) (1384-1314) was a Persian Sūfī of the Kubrāwī order, a poet and a prominent Muslim scholar.[1][2] He was born on Monday, 12th Rajab 714 AH (1314 CE) in Hamadan[3] and died in 786 AH (1384 CE) inKunar and was buried in Khatlan.[4] He was very influential in spreading Islam in Kashmirand has had a major hand in shaping the culture of the Kashmir valley.[3] He was also known as "Shāh Hamadhān" ("King of Hamadhān", Iran) and as Amīr-i Kabīr ("the Great Commander"). He wrote several short works on spirituality and Sufism. He
was immortalised by poets like Allama Iqbal. His name was Ali, and titles were Amir-e-Kabir, Ali
Sa'ani, Shah-e-Hamadan and Mir. Besides them,
the Chroniclers had mentioned several other titles:
Qutub-e-Zaman, Sheikh-e-Salikan-e-Jehan, Qutub-
Ul-Aktab, Moih-Ul-Ambiya-o-Ul-Mursaleen, Afzal-Ul-
Muhaq-e-qeen-o-Akmal-Ul-Mudaq-e-qeen, Al- Sheiyookh-Ul-Kamil, Akmal-Ul-Muhaqqiq-Ul-
Hamadani etc.

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