The document provides brief biographies of 15 important saints in Islam since the beginning of Islam. It discusses their origins, places of birth, teachings and contributions to spreading Sufism across regions like Persia, Iraq, South Asia, and Central Asia between the 7th-13th centuries AD. The saints mentioned include Uwais al Qarani, Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, Pir Mangho, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Ali Hujwiri, Abdul-Qadir Gilani, Moinuddin Chishti, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Baba Fakhruddin Suharwardy, Baha-ud-din Zakariya, Khawaja Far

2. Saints in Islam In World
Since Beginning of Islam
A Report By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan

3. Beginning Of Islam
 From the early beginning of Islam, the saints
have never ceased to play an essential role in
popular piety. As an intermediary between the
believers and God, the saint is supposed to
serve, thanks to his miracles and his blessing, the
destiny of the world and to answer to the spiritual
and day-to-day needs of every Muslims, whether
kings or humble people. The cult of saints reflects
however very diverse and varied aspects due to
the influence of the cultural and geographical
milieu into which the saints has emerged.

4. Uwais al Qarani (594-657 AD)
 Uwais al-Qarani Arabic: ‫بن‬ ‫أويس‬
‫القرني‬ ‫انيس‬ ,was
an Arab, Muslim martyr, he was
a Tabi'i from Yemen. He lived
during the lifetime
of Muhammad, but never met
Muhammad personally. As
reported by Ibn Battuta, Uwais
was killed in the Battle of
Siffeen as a soldier inImam
Ali's army. Uwais's shrine where
he is buried was in al-
Raqqah, Syriabefore it was
destroyed by radical Islamists in
2013.Another shrine was
constructed in his honor
in Baykan, in the Siirt
Province of Turkey


5. Hazrat Rabi'a al-Adawiyya al-
Qaysiyya (ra) also known as Rabi'ah al-
Basri (713-801 AD)
 was a Sufi saint from Iraq
and is considered to be the
first female Sufi Saint of
Islam, the first in a long line
of female Sufi mystics. She
lived during the 8th Century
and was born in Basra, a
seaport in southern Iraq
where she spent the vast
majority of her life. Much of
her early life is narrated by
Hazrat Fariduddin Attar (ra),
a later Sufi saint and poet,
who used earlier sources.
She did not leave any written
works herself.


6. Pir Mangho (720-773 AD)
 Sheikh Hafiz Haji Hasan-al-Maroof Sultan
Manghopir or Pir Mangho (Sindhiand Urdu:
‫پير‬ ‫منگھو‬ ‫عرف‬ ‫سلطان‬ ‫سخی‬ ‫حسن‬ ‫خواجہ‬) is the popular
name for Sufi Pir Haji Syed Khawaja Hassan
Sakhi Sultan. Sakhi Sultan Manghopir
Rehmatullah Aliah's proper name is Hasan and
according to another version Kamaluddin. He
was titled a pir by Baba Farid, whose disciple he
became.
 Pir Mangho Urs is celebrated in the Islamic
month of Zil Hijjah. The settlement around his
shrine has been named Manghopir and is part
of Gadap Town inKarachi, Sindh Pakistan.
 Originally, he was an Arab and a descendant
of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He is a Hassani (descendants
of Hasan ibn Ali )from the mother's side and
Husaini (descendant of Hussain ibn Ali from
father's side. He came to India from Hijaz in the
13th century AD. That was the time of the
Tartar's invasion of Muslim lands which created
great havoc. He participated in the jihad against
them. Then he performed the Hajj, and while he
was inMedina, he had a vision of Muhammad
who directed him to go to Ajudhan (present
day Pak Patan) and meet Fariduddin
Ganjshakar

7. Abdullah Shah Ghazi (720-773 AD)
 According to historian Suhail
Zaheer Lari, he was the son
of Muhammad al-Nafs al-
Zakiyya
 was born in Medina in 720
and arrived in Sindh in 760
as a merchant and brought
with him a large number of
horses purchased from Kufa,
I raq. He died in 773 near
the sea while dressed in war
attire. He was buried atop a
hill in Karachi.

8. Ali Hujwiri (990-1077 AD)
 Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman al-Jullabi al-
Hajveri al-Ghaznawi( ‫عثمان‬ ‫بن‬ ‫علی‬ ‫ابوالحسن‬
‫الغزنوی‬ ‫الھجويری‬ ‫الجالبی‬) or Abul Hassan Ali
Hajvari (sometimes
spelled Hajvari, Hajweri,Hajveri), also
known asDaata Ganj
Bakhsh(Persian/Punjabi: ‫بخش‬ ‫گنج‬ ‫داتا‬, which
means the master who bestows treasures)
orDaata Sahib(Persian/Urdu: ‫صاحب‬ ‫داتا‬), was
a Persian Sufi and scholar in the 11th
century. He significantly contributed to the
spreading of Islam inSouth Asia.
 He was born around 990 CE near Ghazni,
present day Afghanistan, during
the Ghaznavid Empire and died in Lahore (in
present-day Punjab, Pakistan) in 1072 CE.
His most famous work is Revelation of the
Veiled (Kashf Al Mahjub) ( ‫المحجوب‬ ُ‫کشف‬),
written in thePersian language. The work,
which is one of the earliest and most
respected treatises of Sufism, debates Sufi
doctrines of the past.
 Ali Hajvari is also famous for
his mausoleum in Lahore

9. Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077-1166 AD)
 Hazrat Syed Abd al-Qadir al-
Jilani (Arabic: ‫عبدالقادر‬
‫الجيالني‬ ;Persian: ‫عبدالقادر‬
‫گيالنی‬ ,Turkish: Abdülkâdir
Geylânî, Kurdish:Evdilqadirê
Geylanî, SoraniKurdish: ‫بدوالقادری‬‫عه‬
‫يالنی‬‫گه‬[) Al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu
Muhammad Abdal Qadir Al-Jilani Al-
Hasani Wal-Hussaini (born 29 Shabaan,
470 Hijri, in the town of Na'if), district
ofGilan-e GharbThe capital city of Gilan-e
Gharb County, Kermanshah
Province, Iran.), Persia,oarGilan Al-
Mada'in, Iraq died 11 Rabi Al-Akhar 561
AH (Monday 14 February 1166 C.E),
in Baghdad,[1077–1166 CE), was a
Persian] urist and Sufi based in Baghdad.
TheQadiriyya are the Sufi order founded
by him, based on his name.


10. Moinuddin Chishti (1141 – 1236 AD)
 also known asGharīb
Nawāz(Benefactor of the Poor),
was an imam, Islamic
scholar and philosopher
from South Asia. Chishti
introduced and established
the Chishti Order of Sufism in
theIndian subcontinent. The
initial spiritual chain orsilsila of
the Chishti order in India,
comprising Chishti, Qutbuddin
Bakhtiar Kaki, Fariduddin
Ganjshakar andNizamuddin
Auliya—each successive person
being the disciple of the
previous—includes the
great Sufi saints of Indian
history. Various Mughal
emperors were followers of
Chishti.

11. Muhammad Usman Marwandi (1149–
1299 AD),
 also known as Lal
Shahbaz Qalandar(Sindhi: ‫ال‬
‫قلندر‬ ‫شھباز‬ ‫ل‬ ), was
a Sufi philosopher-poet of
present-
dayAfghanistan and Pakistan
. He belonged to
theSuhrawardi order of Sufis.
 Called Lal (Diamond ) after
his usual red
attire,Shahbaz to denote a
noble and divine spirit. Some
other famous Qalandars
include Bu Ali Shah
Qalandar and Shams Ali
Qalandar.

12. Baba Fakhruddin Suharwardy (1169-1295
AD)
 was a Sufi saint who lived in the
12th century.
 Before coming toPenukonda ,
he was a king of Sistan and
Shahpur inIran. His disciples
knew him as a true follower of
Islam who renounced the world
for the sake of Allah. His
Murshid (spiritual guide)
was Tabr-e-Aalam Baadshah
Nathar Vali, who himself was a
king who also had renounced
the world in a place
calledTiruchirapalli (Tamil
Nadu). After serving Hazarath
for several years at his
Murshid's command, Baba
Fakruddin left for Penukonda in
order to preach

13. Baha-ud-din Zakariya(1171-1262 AD)
 Baha-ud-din Zakariya(Persian: ‫زکريا‬ ‫الدين‬ ‫بہاؤ‬ )
(Friday June 1171 to Thursday 21 Dec 1262) ),
also spelled as Bahauddin Zakariya, and also
known as Baha-ul-Haq and Hazrat Bahauddin
Zakariya Multani (Rahmatullah Alaih), was
a SufiofSuhrawardiyyaorder (tariqa. His full
name wasAbu Muhammad Bahauddin
Zakariya. He was from the lineage of Hadhrat
Asad Ibn Hashim hence Hashmi.
 Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya was born at Kot
Kehror (Karor Lal Esan), a town of the Layyah
Districtnear Multan, Punjab,Pakistan, around
1170. His grandfather Shah Kamaluddin Ali Shah
Qureshi arrived in Multan from Mecca en route
toKhwarezmwhere he stayed for a short while.
 In Tariqat, he was the disciple of renowned Sufi
master Shaikh Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi who
awarded him Khilafatonly after 17 days of stay at
his Khanqah in Baghdad For fifteen years, he
travelled to different cities in order to
preach Islam and finally settled in Multan in
1222.

14. Khawaja Fariduddin Masud ( 1173-1266
AD)
 Khwaja Fariduddin
Masud
Ganjshakar(Farīduddīn
Masūd Ganjshakar),
popularly known
as Baba Farid andSheikh
Farid (1173–1266; also
spelled Fareed,Fareedudd
in Masood,Ganj-e-Shakar,
etc.), was a Sufi saint and
a Muslim missionary from
the Chishtiorder, living
in Punjab region of
the Indian subcontinent

15. Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173-1235 AD)
 Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki(Urdu ‫حضرت‬
‫کاکی‬ ‫بختيار‬ ‫الدين‬ ‫قطب‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫ّد‬‫ي‬‫س‬ ‫(خواجہ‬ )born
1173-died 1235) was a MuslimSufimystic,
saint and scholar of the Chishti
Order from Delhi in what is now India. He
was the disciple and the spiritual
successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head
of the Chishti order, and the person to
whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated.
Before him the Chishti order in India was
confined to Ajmer and Nagaur He played
a major role in establishing the order
securely in Delhi.[Hisdargahlocated
adjacent toZafar Mahal in Mehrauli and
the oldest dargah in Delhi, is also the
venue of his annual Urs festivities. The
Urs was held in high regard by many
rulers of Delhi like Qutbuddin
Aibak,Iltutmish who built a nearby step
well, Gandhak ki Baoli for him, Sher Shah
Suriwho built a grand gateway, Bahadur
ShaI who built the Moti Masjid mosque
nearby and Farrukhsiyar who added a
marble screen and a mosqu

16. Shaikh Sharafuddeen Abu Ali Qalandar Panipati also
called Bu Ali Qalandar (1209-1324 AD)
 probably born at Panipat, Haryana)
in Indiawas a Sufi saint of the Chishtī
Order who lived and taught in India.
Hisdargah (mausoleum) in the town
of Panipat is a place of pilgrimage.
 His real name was Shaykh Sharfuddin
but he is famous by the title Bu Ali Shah.
His father, Shaykh Fakhar Uddin was a
great scholar and saint of his time. He
completed his studies at an early age and
subsequently taught near the Qutub
Minar in Delhi for 20 years. He published
a collection of Persian poetry by the
name of " Diwan Hazrat Sharafuddeen
Bu Ali Qalandar” which was later
translated by Khawaja Shahudin in
Punjabi. It's a great Sufi work in Persian
language. Some other famous Qalandars
include Lal Shahbaz Qalandar andShams
Ali Qalandar.

17. Nizamuddin Auliya ( 1238-1325 AD)
 Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-
Ilahi, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed
Muhammad Nizamuddin
Auliya (1238 – 3 April 1325)
(Urdu: ‫نظام‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫ّد‬‫ي‬‫س‬ ‫خواجہ‬ ‫شيخ‬ ‫حضرت‬
‫اولياء‬ ‫ّين‬‫د‬‫ال‬ ), also known as Hazrat
Nizamuddin, was a
famous Sufi saint of theChishti
Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an
order that believed in drawing close
to God through renunciation of the
world and service to humanity. He is
one of the great saints of the Chishti
order in India.His predecessors
wereFariduddin
Ganjshakar,Bakhtiyar
Kaki andMoinuddin Chishti. In that
sequence, they constitute the initial
spiritual chain or silsila of the Chisti
order, widely prevalent in the Indian
subcontinent.

18. Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-
1273 AD)
 (Persian ‫رومی‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫الدين‬‫جالل‬ ), also known
as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad
Balkhī ( ‫محمد‬ ‫الدين‬‫جالل‬
‫بلخى‬), Mawlānā/Mevlânâ ( ‫موالنا‬," our
master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( ‫مولوی‬," my
master"), and more popularly simply
as Rumi (1207 – 17 December 1273),
was a 13th-century Persian poet,
jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian,
and Sufi mystic.[Rumi's influence
transcends national borders and ethnic
divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks,
Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims,
and the Muslims of South Asia have
greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for
the past seven centuries His poems have
been widely translated into many of the
world's languages and transposed into
various formats. Rumi has been
described as the "most popular poet" and
the "best selling poet" in the United
States.


19. Shah Rukn-e-Alam (1251-1335 AD)
 Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul
Fateh (Persian: ‫ابوالفتح‬ ‫الدين‬ ‫رکن‬)
commonly known by the title Rukn-
e-Alam (pillar of the world) orShah
Rukn-e-Alam (King Rukn-e-Alam)
(1251-1335) was an
eminent Sufi saint
from Multan, Pakistan who belonged
to SuhrawardiyyaSufi order (tariqa).
 Shah Rukn-e-Alam was the son of
Pir Sadar-Al-Din Arif. He was born in
Multan on Friday, the 9th
ofRamadan649 Hijri(26 November
1251). He was the grandson and
successor of Sheikh Baha-ud-din
Zakariya.
 Shah Rukn-e-Alam died on Friday,
the 7th of Jumada al-awwal735 Hijri
(3 January 1335). He was buried in
the mausoleum of his grandfather,
according to his own will

20. Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn
Khusrow (1253–1325 AD)
 Hindi अमीर ख़ुसरौ,
(Urdu: ‫خسرو‬ ‫الدين‬‫يمين‬ ‫ابوالحسن‬ ),
better known as Amīr Khusraw
(also Khusrow, Hazrat
Khusrow, Ameer Khusru)
Dehlawī(meaning Amir Khusrau
of Delhi) ( ‫دہلوی‬ ‫خسرو‬ ‫امير‬) was
aSufi musician, poet and
scholar. He was an iconic figure
in the cultural history of
the Indian subcontinent. He was
a mystic and a spiritual disciple
ofNizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.
He wrote poetry primarily
in Persian, but also inHindi. A
vocabulary in verse, the Ḳhāliq
Bārī, containing Arabic, Persian,
and Hindi terms is often
attributed to him

21. Hazarat Shah Jalal(1271-1346)
 Shāh Jalāl ad-Dīn al-Mujarrad
al Naqshbandi, popularly
known as Hazrat Shah
Jalal (Arabic: ‫جالل‬ ‫شاه‬
‫الدين‬ ,Bengali: শাহ জালাল),
(1271 CE - 15 March 1346 CE)
is a celebrated Sufi
Muslimfigure in Bengal. Jalal's
name is associated with
the spread of Islam into north-
eastern Bengal (Sylhet)
through Sufism, part of a long
history of travel between the
Middle East, Persia, Central
Asia and South Asia. According
to a tablet inscription found in
Amber Khana, he arrived at
Sylhet in 1303.The largest
airport in Bangladesh, Hazrat
Shahjalal International Airport, is
named after him

22. Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-e-Delhi (1274-
1356 AD)
 as a 14th-century mystic-
poet and aSufisaint of
the Chishti Order. He was
a murid(disciple) of noted
Sufi
saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin
Auliya, and later his
successor.He was the last
important Sufi of
theChishti
Order from Delhi.
 He was given the title,
"Roshan Chirag-e-Delhi",
which in Urdu, means
"Illuminated Lamp ofDelhi"

23. Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz
(1321-1422 AD)
 Syed Muhammad Hussaini,
commonly known
as (Urdu: ‫گیسو‬ ‫نواز‬ ‫بندہ‬ ‫خواجہ‬
‫دراز‬ )(13 July 1321 – 1
November 1422), was a
famous Sufi saint from India of
the Chishti Order, who
advocated understanding,
tolerance and harmony among
various religious groups.
 Gaisu Daraz was
a murid(disciple) of the noted
Sufi saint of Delhi,
HazratNasiruddin Chiragh
Dehlavi. After the death of
Chiragh Dehlavi, Gaisu Daraz
took on the mantle of the
successor (khalifa). When he
moved toDaulatabad around
1398

24. Makhdoom Ali Mahimi ( 1372 to 1431 A.D
)
 was a saint and scholar of international repute.
He lived during the time of the Tuglaq dynasty
and that of Sultan Ahmed Shah of Gujarat, and
was married to Sultan sister. He is widely
acknowledged for his scholarly treatises, liberal
views and humanist ideals. Mahimi was born
into a family ofArab travelers from Iraq who had
settled down on the island of Mahim, one of
the seven islands that later formed the city of
Bombay (nowMumbai).
 Mahimi was the first Indian scholar to write an
exegesis on the Qur'an, which gained critical
acclimation from numerous Islamic scholars
including Shah Waliullah Dehlavi. Authoring a
total of nineteen books, he was given the
moniker Qutub-e -Kokan (Kokan's Pole Star). He
was the first commentator of the Holy Quran in
India. His commentary is known throughout the
World and is called "Tafsirur Rahman." It is
Unique among all the commentary of QURAN
known to Scholars. Which is available in Al
Azhar University Cairo and Ummul-Qura
University, Makka

25. Hazrat Pir Baba (1431-1502 AD)
 (Pashto:‫بابا‬ ‫پير‬ ), Pir Baba
is/was the great Sufi
spiritual saint real name
"Hazrat Syed Ali
Shah Tirmizi of Silsila
Tariqat (Chain) of
Kabravia, Chasti Nizami.
Muqam (Martaba) Gaus,
Shahenshah Khurasan
(Rahmatullahi Allaih)" {
Birth Hijri 908 and Death
Hijri 991 }. He was born in
1431 AD and died in 1502
AD/CE.

26. Syed Muhammad Ibrahim bin Syed
Fatehullah Kirmani (1513–1575 AD )
 more popularly known
as ShaikhDaud
Bandagi
Kirmani was a
famous 16th-century
saint of
theQadiri order.

27. Baba Sain Mir Mohammed Sahib(c. 1550
– 22 August 1635 AD),
 popularly known as Mian
Mir orMiyan Mir, was a
famous SufiMuslim saint who
resided inLahore, specifically in
the town ofDharampura (in
present-dayPakistan). He was a
direct descendant
of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab.
He belonged to the Qadiriorder
of Sufism. He is famous for
being a spiritual instructor
of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son
of Mughalemperor Shah
Jahan] He is identified as the
founder of theMian Khail branch
of the Qadiri order. His younger
sister Bibi Jamal Khatun was a
disciple of his and a notable Sufi
saint in her own right

28. Khwaja Baqi Billah(1563-1603 AD)
 was a Sufisaint from Kabul.
Khawaja Baqi Billah was the
originator and pioneer of
the Naqshbandi Order in the sub-
continent. His name was Razi-ud-
Din Muhammad Baqi but he was
commonly known as Khwaja Baqi
Billah. His father Qāzī Abd as-Salām
Samarqandī was a famous scholar
and saint of Kabul. Khawaja Baqi
Billah was born in Kabul in 1563
A.D. His lineage reaches Khawja
Ubaid Ullah Ahrar through his
maternal grandfather. He was
named by his parents “Muhammad
al-Bāqī” and later became popular
with the name “Bāqī Billāh”.
Histakhallus(pen name) was
"Berang" (which literally means
colorless or transparent).[5]


29. Dara Shikoh (Hindi दारा शिकोह), (Urdu: ‫كوه‬ِ‫ش‬ ‫دارا‬ ),( Persian: ‫دارا‬
‫شكوه‬ )M 20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659 Julian/9 September
1659 Gregorian)
 was the eldest son and the heir-
apparent of the fifth Mughal
Emperor Shah Jahan. His name
‫شكوه‬ ‫دارا‬inPersian means "as
magnificent as Dara". He was
favoured as a successor by his
father shah jahan and his elder
sister Princess Jahanara Begum
Sahib, but was defeated and
later killed by his younger
brother Prince Muhiuddin (later,
the Emperor Aurangzeb) in a
bitter struggle for the imperial
throne.
 The course of the history of
the Indian subcontinent, had
Dara Shikoh prevailed over
Aurangzeb, has been a matter
of some conjecture among
historians

30. Sultan Bahoo ( 1630-1691 AD)
 Sultan Bahu (also
spelledBahoo; ca
1630–1691) an Islamic
Saint was also
aSufi mystic, poet and
scholar active mostly in
the present-
day Punjabprovince
of Pakistan. He
belonged to the Sufi
orderknown as Qadiri,
and the mystic tradition
he started has been
known asSarwari
Qadiri.

31. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( 1689-1752 AD)
 Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai(also
referred to by the
honorifics: Lakhino Latif,Latif
Ghot, Bhittai, and Bhitt Jo Shah)
(1689 – 1752) (Sindhi: ‫عبداللطيف‬ ‫شاه‬
‫ڀٽائي‬ ,Urdu: ‫بھٹائی‬ ‫عبداللطيف‬ ‫شاه‬ )was a
noted SindhiSufi scholar, mystic,
saint, and poet, widely considered to
be the greatest Muslim poet of
theSindhi language. His collected
poems were assembled in the
compilation Shah Jo Risalo, which
exists in numerous versions and has
been translated intoEnglish, Urdu,
and other languages. His work has
been compared frequently to that of
the Persian poet Rūmī.Seyyed
Hossein Nasr, Professor of Islamic
studies atGeorge Washington
University, described Shah Latif as a
"direct emanation of Rūmī's
spirituality in South Asia

32. Shah Waliulah Dehlawi (Feb 1703-1762
AD)
 Syed Quṭb ad-Dīn
Aḥmad Walī Allāh ibn
‘Abd ar-Raḥīm al-
‘Umarī ad-
Dihlawī (Arabic: ‫قطب‬
‫الرحيم‬ ‫عبد‬ ‫بن‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫ولي‬ ‫أحمد‬ ‫الدين‬
‫الدهلوي‬ ‫العمري‬ ;1703–
1762), commonly known
as Shah Waliullah
Dehlawi, was
an Islamic
scholar, muhaddith andr
eformer

33. Hazrat Imam Raza Barelvi ( (1856-1921)
 Ahmed Raza Khan
Barelvi (Urdu: ‫رضاخان‬ ‫احمد‬
‫بريلوی‬ ,Hindi: अहमद रजा खान, 14
June 1856 CE or
10Shawwal 1272 AH - 28 October
1921 CE or 25Safar 1340 AH), also
known as Imam Ahmed Raza
Khan, Imam Ahmed Raza Khan
Qadri, orAla'Hazrat, was
a Muslimscholar, Sufi, and reformer
in British India.
The Barelvimovement within Sunni
Islam is attributed to him.[3][4][5] Raza
Khan wrote on numerous topics,
including law, religion, philosophy
and the sciences. He was a prolific
writer, Mufti (jurist) producing nearly
1,000 works in his lifetime.[4]


34. Meher Ali Shah (1859-1937 AD)
 Meher Ali Shah (Urdu: ‫مہر‬ ‫پير‬
‫شاه‬ ‫على‬ )( born
1 Ramadan 1275 A.H., i.e., 14
April 1859 in Golra Sharifdied in
May 1937[was a Sufischolar
from Pakistan belonging to
the Chishtiorder. He is known as
a Hanafi scholar upholding the
position of Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi
and a leader of 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 Muslim
movement of Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad.