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t. e. Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine in Mahan, Iran. Shāh Nimatullāh or Shāh Ni'matullāh Wali, ( Persian: شاه نعمت الله ولی Shāh Ne'matullāh-i Valī ), also spelled as Ne'matollah and Ni'matallah was the spiritual leader or Qutb of the Ni'matullah Order in Iran [1] from the 14th and 15th centuries. He is revered by Sunni Islam ...
Names A Persian miniature depicting Jalal al-Din Rumi showing love for his disciple Hussam al-Din Chelebi (ca. 1594). Regarding the rendering of the Arabic walī by the English "saint", prominent scholars such as Gibril Haddad have regarded this as an appropriate translation, with Haddad describing the aversion of some Muslims towards the use of "saint" for walī as "a specious objection ...
Habib al-Ajami (d. 738, buried in Basra) Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in Aden, the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world) Ahmad al-Badawi (1200–1276, buried in Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque, most popular saint in Egypt)
v. t. e. Ahmad was born on 21 February 1703 to Shah Abdur Rahim, a prominent Islamic scholar of Delhi. He later became known as Shah Waliullah because of his piety. He memorized the Qur'an by the age of seven. Soon thereafter, he mastered Arabic and Persian letters. [20] He was married at fourteen. [20]
Ziyarat. Islam portal. v. t. e. The Chishti order ( Persian: چشتی طريقة, romanized : Chishtī ṭarīqa) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after the town of Chisht where it was initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to South Asia by Mu'in al-Din Chishti in the city of Ajmer. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis ...
al-Dawla. v. t. e. Pir Dastgir, from the Mughal era. Pir ( Persian: پیر, lit. 'elder') [1] or Peer is a title for a Sufi spiritual guide. They are also referred to as a Hazrat (from Arabic: حضرة, romanized : Haḍra) and Sheikh or Shaykh, which is literally the Arabic equivalent. The title is often translated into English as "saint".
A Mughal miniature dated from the early 1620s depicting the Mughal emperor Jahangir (d. 1627) preferring an audience with Sufi saint to his contemporaries, the Ottoman Sultan and the King of England James I (d. 1625); the picture is inscribed in Persian: "Though outwardly shahs stand before him, he fixes his gazes on dervishes."
15th century. The shrine in Qajar era. The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine ( Persian: آرامگاه شاه نعمت الله ولی) is a historical complex, located in Mahan, Iran, which contains the mausoleum of Shah Nematollah Vali, the renowned Iranian mystic and poet. Shah Nematollah Vali died in 1431 aged over 100. In 1436 a shrine was ...