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Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
Hadrat Khawaja Sayyad Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani was a Sufi Saint of the Chishti Order of Sufi.
His family originated from Semnan in Iran. He settled in Kicchocha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, and expanded the Chishti Order to a point that a branch of this order was started after him; it is known as the Ashrafee branch of Chishti Order.
In 765 Hijri he nominated his nephew Abd-ul-Razzaq Nur-ul-Ayn to be his successor.
He died in 808 Hijri and his shrine is in Kicchocha Sharif.
References
Ernst, Carl W. and Lawrence, Bruce B. (2002), Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, ISBN 1403960267
Rashid, A. (1969), Society and Culture in Medieval India, 1206-1556 A.D, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay
See Also
Sufism
Chishti Order
Ashrafi
Ashrafia
Muhammad Madani Miya Ashrafee al-Jilani
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Hadrat Khawaja Sayyad Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani was a Sufi Saint of the Chishti Order of Sufi.
His family originated from Semnan in Iran. He settled in Kicchocha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, and expanded the Chishti Order to a point that a branch of this order was started after him; it is known as the Ashrafee branch of Chishti Order.
In 765 Hijri he nominated his nephew Abd-ul-Razzaq Nur-ul-Ayn to be his successor.
He died in 808 Hijri and his shrine is in Kicchocha Sharif.
References
Ernst, Carl W. and Lawrence, Bruce B. (2002), Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, ISBN 1403960267
Rashid, A. (1969), Society and Culture in Medieval India, 1206-1556 A.D, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay
See Also
Sufism
Chishti Order
Ashrafi
Ashrafia
Muhammad Madani Miya Ashrafee al-Jilani
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashraf_Jahangir_Semnani"
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SERACH FROM THE WEB SITE WIKIPEDIA
BY
Muhammed A. Hafeez, B.COM.
H.NO. 16-11-16/1/21,
SALEEMNAGAR COLONY,
AL-MADINA COTTAGE,
FIRST FLOOR ,
AL-SULAIMAN APARTMENT
Hyderabad-36, (India)
EMAIL : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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