Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Sufi
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
میر سید علی همدانی
Hamadani as depicted on a Tajikistani banknote
Personal
Bornc. 1312 CE (712 AH)
Hamadan, Ilkhanate
(present-day Iran)
Died1385 (aged 72–73) (786 AH)
Resting placeKhatlon, Timurid Empire
(present-day Tajikistan)
ReligionIslam
ChildrenMir Muhammad Hamadani
ParentSyed Shahab Ud Din (father)
TariqaKubrawiya

Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (Persian: میر سید علی همدانی; c. 1312–1385 CE) was a Sufi Muslim saint of the Kubrawiya order, who played an important role in spread of Islam in Kashmir. He was born in Hamadan, Iran and preached Islam in Central Asia and Kashmir. He died in Swat[1] on his way from Srinagar to Mecca and was buried in Khatlan, Tajikistan in 1385 CE, aged 71–72. Hamadani was also addressed honorifically throughout his life as the Shāh-e-Hamadān ("King of Hamadan"), Amīr-i Kabīr ("the Great Commander"), and Ali Sani ("second Ali").[2]

  1. ^ Schimmel, Annemarie (1980). Islam in the Indian Subcontinent. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 90-04-06117-7. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  2. ^ Sir Walter Roper Lawrence (2005). The Valley of Kashmir. Asian Educational Services. p. 292. ISBN 978-81-206-1630-1.

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