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Women in Rishi Movement of Kashmir- Rashid Nazki

Dahat Bibi
Most historians believe that she was the sister of Bahat Bibi. Others believe that she

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khvaja meer dard aur unka jivan

Suman Mishra

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tazkira hazrat meer sayyad ali manjhan shattari rajgiri

Dr. Shamim Munemi

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What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

“He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward and He knows everything”

Islamic Culture Journal

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

In the later generation of Urdu poets Mir Taqi Mir, Khwaja Mir Dard, Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish, Mirza Ghalib, Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-jana, Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq, Dag Dehlvi, Amir Minai were followers of Tasawwuf.
While most of them strictly followed the path of Sufism and lived their life accordingly, some of them were influenced by the idea of Sufism and made it the guiding concept to express their experiences in the form of poetry.

Mustaqim Parwez

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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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Nizamuddin Auliya to Amir Khusrau: I am weary of everyone, even myself, but never of you

If the sultan Jalaluddin Khilji pampered Khusrau, Nizamuddin cradled him like a child, never letting go

Meher Murshed

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

Shah-e-Wilayat was the son of Syed Mir Ali Buzurg, a distinguished scholar, and Bibi Umme Habiba,

Sahil Razvi

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zikr e khair ha hazrat makhdum ahmad charm posh

Raiyan Abulolai

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Nizamuddin is no longer the Guest of God, he is Mahbob-e-Ilahi, Beloved of God. For he lived only for one Love.
Nothing else mattered.

Meher Murshed

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Malfuzat : An Analysis of the criticism on Anees-ul-Arwah

3.1-Regarding the manuscript of the Malfuzat of Khwaja Usman Harvani it seems that Naseeruddin Charagh-e-Dehli (disciples

Aatif Kazmi

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

The Suharwardis
The rich khanqahs of the Suharwardi Order of Multan, Uchh, and Talamba were pillaged during the successive waves of Mongol invasion. The destruction of the western part of Sultanate of Delhi during the invasion of Timur with consequential loss of human lives, and the continued invasion of the same region under the leadership of Sayurghatimsh, the Mughal governor of Kabul, practically inflicted a mortal blow upon the Suharwardia Silsilah situated as it was in the affected regions.

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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

The professional court musicians of the Dhari type were Sawad Khan of Fatehpur Jhunjhana; Wali Dhari, a musician-composer Rahimdad Dhari; Gop Chop Dhari, a musician-composer. In the list of musician composers come the names of Ghulam Muhiyuddin, who was living in Faqirullah’s time, and Bocha, brother of Sher Muhammad. The latter died of a fistula in Agra when he was between 50 and 6o years of age.
QAWWALS

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

I had met Farid Ayaz Sahab in 2012, while gatecrashing in a private concert hosted by

Arun Prakash Ray

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If rain can grow sugarcane, man can realize the Divine – the story of Sheikh Muhibullah

Are all men capable of realizing the Almighty?
If the rain can make sugarcane grow on all kinds of land, all humans can realize the Divine. But not all men are equal. They are different. The realization is thus of varying degree.

Meher Murshed

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Women’s voices in Bhakti Literature

Bahina bai writes in her autobiography,
I was now eleven years of age but 1 had not had one moment of joy (Abbot, 1929,)

Rekha Pande

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The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

Khusrau also mentions the linguistic versatility of the Indians. He says that whereas an Indian can fluently converse in any of the foreign languages, people outside India (Aqsa-e-Digar) are unable to speak ‘Indian dialects’ (Sukhan-e-Hindi).
The people of Khita, Mongols, Turks and Arabs

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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Guru Nanak’s Music of Eternal Harmony

There are millions of eyes
Millions of forms

Farhat Ehsas

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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

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

SUFIS have never been negligent towards their duty as preachers of high morals and spirituality. They

Maikash Akbarabadi