Sufi Saints of Kashmir

  Sufi Saints of Kashmir :
Sufi Orders of Kashmir, New,
*[A5] Paperback - 780 pages,
[3 volumes within 1 book],
by Sayid Muhammad Ashraf Shah,
Published by Partridge.

Back in Stock July 2020


Description :


An insight into the lives of the Sufi Saints of Kashmir who have performed numerous miracles and have strengthened the faith of the people in living a life of austerity which in turn has been helpful to mankind irrespective of creed, caste or colour.


Based on researched work spanning over three decades, the author has meticulously compiled this voluminous work split into 3 sections. Volume One of this book describes the unique history, the introduction of Islam into Kashmir - about seven centuries ago through various Sufi orders that spread there.


Volume Two consists of the English translation of a 150 year old persian poetry manuscript describing various subjects including the miracles performed by the Saints besides their brief biographies.


Volume Three contains more detailed biographies of the Sufi Saints of Kashmir.







Table of Contents :

Volume One :

---Dedication,
---Shariat, Tariqat, Haqiqat and Marifat,
---History of Sufism and its Introduction in Kashmir.

---[1]. The Beginning,
---[2]. The Introduction,
---[3]. Foreword by Mawlana Fitrat Kashmiri,
---[4]. Introduction of Islam in Kashmir,
---[5]. The fourteen Sufi Orders,
---[6]. Some prominent Sufi Orders of Kashmir
---[7]. History of Sufism in Kashmir,
---[8]. The Suhrawardiya Order,
---[9]. The Kubrawiya Order,
---[10]. Mir Sayyad Ali Hamdani, may Allah have mercy upon him,
---[11]. Bayhaqi Sayyads,
---[12]. The Naqshabandiya Order,
---[13]. The Qadiriya Order,
---[14]. The Rishi Order,
---[15]. The Rishi Order in Kashmir.


Volume Two : (An Extract from the complete Contents,)

---Introduction,
---Dedication,

---In praise of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---A request to the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---Desire for the vision of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him & grant him peace,
---In honour of the meraj (ascension) of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---In praise of the Khulifa-e-Rashideen,
---In praise of 'Pir-i-Roshan Zameer' ; Hadrat Shaykh Hamza, 

---Introduction,
---Shaikh Gazi ud-Din blessed with Islam,
---About Shaikh Yaqoob Chattabali,
---Shaikh Yaqoob meets a Saint in India,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Parsa,
---In contempt of the condemned people and innovators,
---Another example,
---The story of Bayazid Bastami, may Allah have mercy upon him,
---Shaikh Yaqoob saw a Jinn busy in prayer,
---The state of Shaikh Yaqoob engrossed in extreme prayers,
---About the miracles of Shaikh Yaqoob,
---The miracle in favour of the childless lady,
---The story of a Saint of Allah,
---Another miracle,
---About the death of Shaikh Yaqoob,
---About his disciple Shaikh Buddi,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Musa and his death,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Yousuf,
---The warning,
---The miracles of Shaikh Yousuf,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Husain,
---A bear watches his crops,
---The Jinns quit the Mosque,
---The miracle of the old woman travelling on a journey,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Fazil Zoonimari,
---The story of Hazrat Yousaf,
---Shaikh Fazil goes in seclusion in a cave to pray for 12 years,
---Hazrat Shaikh Hamza Makhdum visits his cave,
---Shaikh Fazil has avision of Hazrat Khizr, alayhi salaam,
---About Shaykh Sayyad 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Qadi Khan refuses to obey Shaikh Fazil and contracts leprosy,
---The story of the arrogant afghan,
---The Shaikh goes to the shrine of the relic of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---About the death of Shaikh Fazil,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Maroof,
---About Shaikh Masood,
---Shaikh Masood goes to the shrine of Hazrat Baba Shakur ud-Din,
---About Shaikh Muhammad Afzal,
---About Baba Sana-ullah - and his prayers and power,
---A crule man turns blind, then regains his vision through prayer,
---About Hazrat Shaikh Mohammad Ashraf Fatehkadli,
---The miracle of Shaikh Mohammad Ashraf,
---Baba Sana-ullah becomes his disciple,
---About Shaikh Akbar Tarabali,
---Shaikh Ahmed writes a strong letter to the maharajah,
---About his knowledge of the unknown,
---A person gets relieved from the influence of Jinns,
---Arrival of Shaikh Mohi ud-Din in Kashmir,
---The story of the fish in the River Shoor,
---A request in honour of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---About the prayers of Shaikh Salih,
---The initiation and miracles of Shaikh Muheem,
---A patient gets healed by his blowing upon him,
---About Shaikh Abd ur Rahman and his powers,
---Khurram Khans property destroyed by the curse,
---His attributes and death,
---In concluding this dialogue.


Volume Three : (An Extract from the complete Contents,)

---Foreword,
---Islam and Sufism,
---History of Sufism,
---The Sufi's of India and Pakistan,
---History of Sufism in Kashmir,
---Shajra Nasb from Hazrat Adam, alayhi salam, to Ghawth al-A'zam, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---Biography of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Hazrat Umar Farooq, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Hazrat Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Hazrat Ghawth al-A'zam, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Shajra Mubaraka Suhrawardiya, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Shahab ud-Din Umar Abu Hafs Suhrawardi, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Hazrat Baha ud-Din Zakaria Multani, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Hazrat Sadr ud-Din Arif, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Hazrat Mir Sayyad Jalal ud-Din Makhdum-i-Jahaniyan, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Hazrat Sayyad Haji Abdul Wahab Dehlavi,
---Sayyad Jamal ud-Din Bukhari,
---Mahboob al-Alam Hazrat Shaikh Hamza Makhdum,
---Shaikh Baba Dawood Khaki,
---Baba Hardi Reshi,
---Mulla Jawhar Nant,
---Abul Fuqara Baba Nasib ud-Din Gazi,
---Seha Reshi,
---Shajra Mubaraka Qadiriya, Shaziliya, Madiniya, Chishtiya and Naqshbandiya,
---Shaikh 'Abd al-Haqq Muhaddith al-Dehlawi,
---Khawaja Mawlana Haidar ibn Feroz Kashmiri,
---Shajra Mubaraka Silsila Naqshbandiya,
---Shaikh Muhammad Murad Naqshbandi,
---Asmai Sharif Mashaik-i-Muhammad Murad,
---Khawaja Muhammad Azam Dedamari,
---Shajra Nasb : Dedamari dyansty,
---Awliya-i-Zoonimar,
---Biography of Sayyad Muhammad Madani,
---Sayyad Muhammad Afzal,
---Sayyad Habibullah,
---Sayyad Shams ud-Din Nowshehri,
---Mir Khudadad,
---Shaikh ul Islam Mawlana Kabir,
---Mulla Muhammad Parsa,
---Hafiz Baghdadi,
---An incident of Shaikh Noor ud-Din Noorani,
---Wata Bibi,
---Haji Dawood Balkhi (Zoonimari),
---Khawaja Habibullah Nowshehri,
---Shaikh Gazi ud-Din.
---Shaikh Yaqoob Chattabali,
---Shaikh Moosa,
---Shaikh Muhammad Yousaf Zoonimari,
---Shaikh Mahdi,
---Shaikh Hussain Kamraji,
---Shaikh Budi,
---Shaikh Muhammad Fazil Zoonimari,
---Shaikh Muhammad Abid,
---Shaikh Hasan Kamraji,
---Shaikh Muhammad Maroof.
---Shaikh Muhammad Masood,
---Shaikh Muhammad Afzal,
---Baba Ubaidullah,
---Shaikh Sanaullah Zoonimari,
---Shaikh Zia Ullah,
---Shaikh Saif Ullah,
---Shaikh Muhammad Muqeem,
---Shaikh Moosa,
---Abdur Rasool Shaiva,
---Hasan Khoihami (historian),
---Shaikh Mohiy ud-Din,
---Hazrat Mir Sayyad Sadr ud-Din (Sayyad Hussayni),
---Nasb Nama : Abdul Ghani Zoonimari,
---Baba Muhammad Muqeem,
---Baba Muhammad Salih,
---Shaikh Muhammad Sabir,
---Shaikh Abdur Rahman Wonagami,
---Hafiz Muhammad Mukhtar,
---Mausoleum of Haji Sahib Brewara,
---Shaikh Abdul Gani Shah Sayyad Zoonimari,
---Shaikh Dawood Mishkwati,
---Baba Abdul Gafoor,
---Paternal shajra nasb of author,
---Mir Waiz dynasty,
---Shajra nasb Imam Rabbani Mujadid Alf Sani Shaikh Ahmad al-Sirhindi, may Allah be pleased with him,
---Biography of Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf Sani,
---Shaikh Sibgatullah,
---Shah Muhammad Ali Raza,
---Shaikh Abul Qasim,
---Shaikh Muhammad Ismail Ahmadi,
---Shah Inayatullah,
---Nasb nama Hafiz Muhammad Hasan,
---Hafiz Muhammad Hasan,
---Hafiz Nimatullah,
---Hafiz Muhammad Inayatullah (Gadayari),
---Hafiz Muhammad Qadiri Chishti,
---Mir Sayyad Muhammad Habibullah Qadiri (Zulfi),
---Miskin Haji Muhi ud-Din Kubrawi.

---List of Rulers & the contemporay Saints of Kashmir, [655ah to 1435ah],
---Bibliography.






More on the Sufi Saints,
Also see Akhbar al-Akhyar (Conduct of the Pious).

Homepage for Sufism.




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