Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
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Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani[1] (Urdu: سلطان سید مخدوم اشرف جہانگیر سمنانی; (1285–1386)[2][3][4][5] was an Iranian Sufi saint from Semnan, Iran. He was the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order. He is India's third most influential Sufi saint after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.[6]
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Born | Mir Ahauddin Sayyid Ashraf 1285 CE (709 AH) Semnan (in modern Iran) |
Died | 1386 CE (28 Muharram 808 AH) |
Religion | Islam |
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Based in | Kichaucha, Northern India |
Period in office | Late 12th century to 13th century |
Predecessor | Alaul Haq Pandavi |
Successor | Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain |
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His father Sultan Ibrahim Noorbaksh was the local ruler of Semnan.[7] Semnani was claimed to be the descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through his grandson Husayn ibn Ali. His mother Bibi Khadija was said to be a descendant of the Turkic Sufi saint Ahmad Yasawi.[7]