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 |
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Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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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 Husayn Ibn Ali in the 37th generation.[3]