Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

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Mir Syed Ali bin Shahab ad-Din Hamadani (Persian: میر سید علی شهاب‌الدین همدانی) (1384-1314) 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]. He is also known as SHAH-E-HAMADAN.

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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].

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