Meher Ali Shah
Punjabi Sufi scholar and poet (1859–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pir Meher Ali Shah (Urdu: پیر مہر على شاهؓ; 14 April 1859 – May 1937), was a Punjabi Sufi scholar and mystic poet from Punjab, British India (present-day Pakistan). Belonging to the Chishti order, he is known as a Hanafi scholar who led the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He wrote several books, most notably Saif e Chishtiyai ("The Sword of the Chishti Order"), a polemical work criticizing the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.[1][2]
Pir Meher Ali Shah Golarvi | |
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Title | Pir, Syed |
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Born | (1859-04-14)14 April 1859 (1 Ramadan 1275 A.H.) |
Died | May 1937 (aged 78) |
Religion | Islam |
Children | Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani |
Parents |
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Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Order | Sufism Qadiriya Chishti Order |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Golra Sharif |
Predecessor | Sial Sharif |
Successor | Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani |
Shah was a descendant, from his father Nazr Din Shah's side, of Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 25th generation, and of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Hassan Ibn-e-Ali in the 38th generation. On the side of his mother Masuma Mawsufa, he descended from Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 24th generation and from Muhammad through Hussain Ibn-e-Ali in the 37th generation.[3]