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Al-Gilani died in 1166 and was buried in Baghdad. His urs (death anniversary of a Sufi saint) is traditionally celebrated on 11 Rabi' al-Thani. [9] During the reign of the Safavid Shah Ismail I, Gilani's shrine was destroyed. [18] However, in 1535, the Ottoman emperor Suleiman the Magnificent had a dome built over the shrine. [19]
The saint is still revered today and his tomb is the focus of the pilgrimage of over 100,000 pilgrims yearly from all over South Asia. [3] Shah Mehmood Qureshi is the current Sajjada Nashin and custodian of the Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam. [1] The tomb was built between 1320 and 1324 CE in the pre-Mughal architectural style.
Sufi saints or wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. [1] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ...
Pope John VI (Latin: Ioannes VI; 655 – 11 January 705) was the bishop of Rome from 30 October 701 to his death. John VI was a Greek from Ephesus who reigned during the Byzantine Papacy. His papacy was noted for military and political breakthroughs on the Italian Peninsula. He was succeeded by Pope John VII after a vacancy of less than two ...
John VI of Naples (died 1120 or 1123), Duke from 1097 or 1107 to his death; John VI the Affluent, Armenian Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia (1203–1221) John VI Kantakouzenos (1292–1383), Byzantine Emperor from 1347 to 1354; John VI, Count of Harcourt (1342–1389) John VI, Duke of Brittany (1389–1442) John VI, Duke of Mecklenburg ...
This translation was a systematic account of yogic mantras and visualization practices, assimilated and incorporated into the conceptual structure of Sufi tradition, and included an account of the chakras together with the practices required to activate them, with Sufi wazifas substituted for the traditional yogic mantras.
Haggag’s descendants constitute the Haggag family, who organise the celebrations devoted to him. Ahmed Al-Hajj, the head of the Heritage Series at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, states: “Based on my background and experience working in Luxor, I can say that the annual Sufi Mawlids are unique and highly anticipated rituals for the people of Luxor.” [5]
The Greco-Turkish force prevailed and John VI entered Constantinople in triumph on 8 February 1347. [10] [9] [a] Empress Anna and John VI agreed that the latter would rule as senior emperor for ten years, after which John V would reach seniority and share power as an equal to Kantakouzenos. The formal coronation of John VI took place on 21 May ...