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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.
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] and on a wall still the goddess kali is worshipped. [4]
The Kubrawiya order (Arabic: سلسلة کبرویة) or Kubrawi order, [1] also known as Kubrawi Hamadani,or Hamadani Kubra, [citation needed] is a Sufi order that traces its spiritual lineage to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through Ali, Muhammad's cousin, son-in-law and the First Imam. This is in similar to most other Sufi orders that trace ...
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]
In subsequent years, through his tact and ability Shah Mir rose to prominence and became one of the most important personalities of his time. [4] Annemarie Schimmel has suggested that Shah Mir belonged to a family from Swat which accompanied the sage Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani and were associated to the Kubrawiya, a Sufi group in Kashmir. [2]
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).
Khan Jahan Ali (d. 1459) Lal Shahbaz Qalander (1177–1274) [22] Machiliwale Shah; Magtymguly Pyragy; Noor Muhammad Maharvi (1730–1791) Mahmoodullah Shah; Mahmud Hudayi; Madurai Maqbara; Mir Amjad Ibrahim Ash Shadhili; Meher Ali Shah; Mian Mir (1550–1635) [23] Mian Muhammad Bakhsh; Sayyid Ali Hamadani; Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi; Mohammad Tartusi
Self-portrait by Mir Sayyid Ali, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1550 Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian: میرسید علی, Tabriz, 1510 – 1572) was a Persian miniature painter who was a leading artist of Persian miniatures before working under the Mughal dynasty in India, where he became one of the artists responsible for developing the style of Mughal painting, under Emperor Akbar.