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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

If Baba Farid was tough, he was forgiving.
Amir Hasan once asked Nizamuddin: “Did they not perpetrate magic against Baba Farid — may God sanctify his lofty secret?” “Yes,” Nizamuddin replied. “He repelled that magic, and they apprehended the group who perpetrated it.”’

Meher Murshed

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Professor Syed Hasan Askari

8. Wikipedia posted a biographical article on Professor Syed Hasan Askari in 2019.
​About Professor Syed Hasan Askari

Ahmer Raza

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Hazrat Shah Niyaz Ahmed was a renowned saint and founder of Khanqah Niazia and the Niazi

Mustaqim Parwez

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Hazrat Maulana Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah Jafri Niazi

When that was done he called for the needy and distributed with in minutes all the

Syed Hassan Ali Shah

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Music and Musicians of the court of Shah Jahan – A. Hatim.

KHAYALISTS
Khayal as a style of music had not yet become popular; it had had few advocates

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Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

“I possess the heart of an infidel. Many a time I took it to the Ka’ba but always brought it back a Brahman”.
It is related” that when he recited this verse in the court, Shah Jahan became greatly displeased, but Brahman’s patron Afzal Khan humorously quoted the well-known verse of Saadi:

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Murshid-e-Yagana, Faiz Bakhsh-e-Zamana, Hazrat Syedna Faiz-ur-Rasool

His linage is traced back to Holy Prophet Muhammad through forty lines which are listed below

Kaleem Athar

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Shah-e-Wilayat Syed Hussain Sharfuddin: A Legacy of Spirituality and Nobility

The spiritual reach of Shah-e-Wilayat extended to the Sultan of Delhi, evident in the appointment of

Sahil Razvi

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A Faqir has no religion – there is only Haq and love, says Sain Zuhoor

The young boy told his father, a farmer in Sahiwal, Pakistan, of the dreams and visions.

Meher Murshed

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Mystics of the sayyid Lodi period (1414 AD. To 1526 AD. )- A.Halim

Maulana ‘Abd Allah alias Maulana Ilahdad was a disciple of Raji Hamid Shah of Manikpur (a

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

So till Zia Miya'n following is the order which has to be kept in mind: Prophet

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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

There is a story by the late sixteenth century historian Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah, better known

Meher Murshed

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PAANCH PIR- MUHAMMAD ENAMUL HAQ

It is very difficult to determine the personnel of the ‘Paanch Piriya’ cult with any precision

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Nizamuddin was 12 when a wandering minstrel, Abu Bakr Kharrat, came to Badaaun, to see his

Meher Murshed

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Women in Rishi Movement of Kashmir- Rashid Nazki

Sham Bibi spent the latter part of her life with Baba Latif-U-Din Rishi. She was buried in village Poshkar.
Bahat Bibi

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tazkira jani babu qavval

Akmal Hyderabadi

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

He once narrated a story of a Legendary Qawwal in Pakpattan, named Rafiq Mundriwale. Reportedly he was arrogant, even at the sacred courtyard of Baba Fariduddin Ganj-e-Shakar he shouted, ‘Aaj main aisa kalam parhun'ga, jo Baba Farid ne bhi nahin sune honge.’ Some unseen force had repelled him from the Dargah compound. He became paralytic after this incident & couldn’t sing any more.

Arun Prakash Ray

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An Apple that ravaged a Sufi’s soul

Nizamuddin Auliya was a disciple of Baba Farid. Everyone in the Khanqah was assigned various chores.

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

And minutes later, there was word from the palace: Mubarak Shah had been slaughtered. One of his favoured generals, Khusro Shah, masterminded the assassination.
Khusrau Shah, ascended the throne with the name Naseeruddin Khusrau Shah on April 15, 1320. Nizamuddin found peace. The sultan, unlike the others, left the dervish alone and even gave him money, which Nizamuddin immediately distributed among the poor.

Meher Murshed