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Shah Inayat Qadiri

Punjabi Sufi saint (1643–1728)

Summary

Punjabi Sufi saint (1643–1728)

Field	Value
name	Shah Inayat Qadri
native_name
native_name_lang	pa
image	Manuscript containing an autograph of Shah Inayat Qadiri, dated to 1127 A.H. (circa 1715 C.E.) 02.jpg
caption	Manuscript containing an autograph of Shah Inayat Qadri, dated to 1127 A.H. (circa 1715 C.E.)
birth_date
birth_place	Kasur, Punjab, Mughal Empire
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
death_date	(aged 84 or 85)
death_place	Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
philosophy	Sufism
resting_place	Mozang Chungi, Lahore
main_interests
influences	Baba Farid
religion	Islam
Sufi_order	Qadri Shattari
influenced	Bulleh Shah
Waris Shah

(present-day Punjab, Pakistan) (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) Waris Shah

Shah Inayat Qadri (; – 1728) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar, saint and philosopher of the Qadri Shattari silsila (lineage). He mostly wrote his philosophical works in Persian. Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.

Name

Baba is an honorific term used as a sign of respect. It is a term similar to "father" or "wise old man". Shah is another honorific referring to a king. Inayat is an Islamic first name. Qadiri and Shatari are Islamic surname for the members of the Qadiriyya and Shattariyya tariqahs, which are Sufi mystical order.{{cite book | author-link = Idries Shah

Life

Early life and education

Shah Inayat was born in Kasur in 1643 (circa), into a Muslim family belonging to the Arain tribe.

He was a Sufi scholar and activist associated with the Qadiri-Shattari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat was the son of Mawlawi Pir Mohammad of Kasur, who was an Imam.

Shah Inayat and his disciples

He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.

Persecution and migration

He used to work in Kasur, but because of the animosity of the city's ruler, Nawab Hussain Khan, he was forced to migrate to Lahore.

Work

Shah Inayat is remembered as a preacher, a religious scholar, a philosopher and a saint. A brief biographical note on him was published in 1984 in Lahore. Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian and Punjabi. His works include:

Dasturul Amal
Islahul Amal
Lataif-e-Ghaibya
Ishartul Taliban

Notes

References

Mian Akhlaq Ahmad. (1984). "Tazkera Hazrat Shah Inayat Qadiri Shattari".
Ahmed, Ishtiaq. (2023-06-16). "Pre-Partition Punjab's Contribution to Indian Cinema". Taylor & Francis.
Platts, John T. (John Thompson). ''A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English''. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.
Yarshater, Ehsan [http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/language-article5.htm Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi] {{webarchive. link. (2010-10-24 , ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989))
Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Tariqas)". Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86–96.
Kumar, Raj. (2008). "Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern". Gyan Publishing House.
Kumar, Raj. (2008). "Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern". Gyan Publishing House.

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