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Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (Persian: میر سید علی همدانی; c. 1312–1385 CE) was a Sufi sunni Muslim saint of the Kubrawiya order, who played an important role in spread of Islam in the Kashmir Valley of northern India. He was born in Hamadan, Iran and preached Islam in Central Asia and South Asia.
Nurbakhsh became a disciple of Sayyid Ishaq al-Khatlani, himself a disciple of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. [3] Through his writings Nurbakhsh made an attempt to bridge the gap between the orthodox Sunni 'ism and Shi'ism and gave an Islamic Fiqh of religious moderation in his book titled Al-Fiqh al-Ahwat (Moderate Islamic Jurisprudence).
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was the refounder of the Kubrawiyyah order and expanded in parts of today's India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, and Central Asian countries in the 14th century. In Iran the Kubrawiya order was split into branches after Khwaja Ishaq Khatlani succeed the founder.
The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Sikandar Butshikan in 1395 CE in memory of the Islamic preacher Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani.In recent centuries, some have claimed it was built on top of the ruins of a Hindu Kali temple, [3] although such claims have been thoroughly investigated and refuted. [4]
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384), a Persian Sufi who spread Islam in Kashmir; Seyed Ali Seghatoleslam Arsenjani (1923–2000), Iranian Shia cleric; Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928), Indian scholar who taught at Aligarh Muslim University; Syed Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934), former Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan
Among his students were Ashraf Jahangir Semnani [3] and Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. There was disagreement in those days among ulema and Sufis about various cultural issues, most notably the distinction of Persianate Ajami Islam that was more widespread than the more puritanical Arabized forms.
Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town, [2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon. The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав). [3]
Mirwaiz (Urdu: میر واعظ, from mir, chief and waiz, preacher) is a hereditary institution of head priests that is unique to the Kashmir Valley. [1] [2] The traditional role of mirwaizes is to provide religious education in the shrines and mosques. Over time, the mirwaizes also took up social, cultural and political activities. [2] [3]