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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Shanein hain us zaat ki jisko kahaae sansaar ek !
Tuti ho daastan saara sau sau tarah se de sadaa,

Mustaqim Parwez

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Bruce Lawrence’s Morals for the Heart: You may not see Nizamuddin but you can hear him

Amir Hasan Sijzi came to his master Nizamuddin Auliya looking worried. It was Friday, September, 19

Meher Murshed

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qavvali mein bazabta raag hain

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ek taal ka naam bhi

Akmal Hyderabadi

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sama aur qavvali ke maujdin alag alag hain

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali mein khavatin se muqable

Akmal Hyderabadi

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barahvin sadi se unnisvin sadi tak

Akmal Hyderabadi

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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

The two couplets which go as under made the situation startling:
“Lakiren mere hathon ki yakayak Jagmagati hain,

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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khavatin ki qavvali se dilchaspi aur qavvali mein ashiqana mazamin ki ibatida

Akmal Hyderabadi

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sama ke adab o mavane se ka inahraf

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali mein adab e sama se inhiraf ka sabab

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Yaar tori Basant manai

Few minutes back, I received a video call from her from the Dargah, the qawwals singing a zesty “Hazrat Khwaja sang kheliye dhamal” celebrating Sufi Basant. I was extremely happy for her, a once upon a time stranger, now a friend. As Suman Mishra of Sufinama says, “Hum Nizam walo'n ki baat hi kuchh aur hain”
“Nijamuddīn ke darvajje par

Arun Prakash Ray

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Qawwalo'n ke Qisse-12 Farid Ayaz Qawwal ka Qissa

He was hungry, was roaming in the streets of Old Dilli. He stopped at a small

Arun Prakash Ray

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Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

Umr agar iinast chuu.n baad-e- sabaa KHawahad guzasht
Az hamaa begaanatar ii.n aashna KHawahad guzasht

Sufinama Archive

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qavvali aur amir khusrau ka mauqif

Akmal Hyderabadi

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In conversation with the Guardian saint of Delhi, and the mystic of Sindh Farid Ayaz.

Another time, I & Tuhina had attended his performance in the Dargah. He was strolling near

Arun Prakash Ray

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amir khusrau ko hazrat nizamuddin auliya ki chhoot

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

It was 1253, Saifuddin Shamsi, a Turk, was celebrating the birth of his second son in

Meher Murshed

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Rang De, Amir Khusrau’s ode to Nizamuddin Auliya, by Chand Tara Orchestra moves the heart

It was December 12, 1319, the Ulamas were getting more and more irritable. How could Nizamuddin

Meher Murshed