Siraj al-Din Abdullah Shattar () was a prominent 15th-century

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, considered to be the eponymous founder of the Shattariyya order. He brought his sufism order from

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to South Asian subcontinent, where his successors developed it further. In the late 16th-century, the order was introduced to the Haramain, and through them to

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. Abdullah studied Sufism according to the Isqiya and Bistamiya traditions, which thrived in Khorasan and

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. His master gave him the name ''Shattar'', a Persian word of Arabic-origin meaning “lightning”, which designates a code of spiritual practices that lead to a rapid state of “completion”. His learning's chain of transmission was from his master Muhammad Arif, then from Muhammad Ashiq, Khuda Quli, Abu'l Hasan al-Kharqani, Abu'l Muzaffar al-Tusi, Abu Yazid Ishqi, Muhammad al-Maghribi, from Bayazid Bistami. Abdullah went to

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to promote his order and visited many Sufi groups to introduce his method. He toured

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, Jaunpur,

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, and

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, before settling down in Mandu under the patronage of Sultan

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. Abdullah continued to stay and propagated his order until he died in India in 1485. Later on, his successors became influential over several Mughal rulers.

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Sufi religious leaders 15th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 1484 deaths People from Khorasan Shattariyya {{Islam-bio-stub

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