Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was an

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and prominent Sufi shaykh of

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(present day Pakistan). Sayyad Laal Shah studied the Islamic sciences from Shaykh Ahmed Deen who was a khalifa of Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari. Afterwards, he took oath of allegiance with Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari at the khanqah Daman in

tariqah. After the death of his first shaykh, he took second oath of allegiance with Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani Naqshbandi and received Khilafat from him. He is considered one of the major Khulafa of Khwaja Damani.Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi
He died on 27 Shaban 1313 AH (29 January 1896). His shrine is in Danda Shah Bilawal and is a place often visited.

His Khulafa

:* Khwaja Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi Naqshbandi who received first Khilafat from him, and later from Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi

References

External links

Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi

Naqshbandi-Haqqani Pakistan, a website dedicated to Maulana Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirajuddin Year of birth missing 1896 deaths Sunni Muslim scholars Naqshbandi order Punjabi Sufis People of British India Sufi teachers