Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

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Mir Sayyid Ali Shahab ad-Din Hamadani (Persian: میر سید علی شهاب‌الدین همدانی‎ ) (1314-1384) was a Persian poet and a prominent Shafi'i muslim scholar^[1] ^[2]. He was born on Monday, 12th Rajab 714 AH (1314 A.C) in Hamadan^[3] and died in 786 AH/1384 in Kunar and was buried in Khatlan^[4]. He was very influential in spreading Islam in Kashmir^[5].

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Risalah Nooriyah, is a tract on contemplation ^[3].
Risalah Maktubaat, contains Amir-i-Kabir’s letter ^[3].
Dur Mu’rifati Surat wa Sirat-i-Insaan, discusses the bodily and moral features of man ^[3].
Dur Haqaa’iki Tawbah, deals with the real nature of penitence ^[3].
Hallil Nususi allal Fusus, is a commentary on Ibn-ul-‘Arabi’s Fusus-ul-Hikam ^[3].
Sharhi Qasidah Khamriyah Faridhiyah, is a commentary on the wine-qasidah of ‘Umar ibn ul-Fariz who died in 786 A.H. =1385 A.C. ^[3]
Risalatul Istalahaat, is a treatise on Sufic terms and expressions ^[3].
‘ilmul Qiyafah is on physiognomy ^[3].
Dah Qa’idah gives ten rules of contemplative life ^[3].
Kitabul Mawdah Fil Qurba, puts together traditions on affection among relatives ^[3].
Kitabus Sab’ina Fi Fadha’il Amiril Mu’minin, gives the seventy virtues of Hazrat ‘Ali. Arba’ina Amiriyah, is forty traditions on man’s future life ^[3].
Rawdhtul Firdaws, is an extract of a larger work entitled ^[3].
Firdawsul Akhyaar, by Shuja-ud-Din Shiruyah ^[3].
Manazilu Insaaliqin, is on Sufi-ism ^[3].
AWRAAD-UL-FATHIYAH, gives a conception of the unity of God and His attributes ^[3].