Syed Sharf-Ud-Din Abdul Rehman Shah (
Persian:سيٌد شرف الدٌين عبد الرٌَحمان شاه) popularly known as Bulbul Shah (
Persian: بلبل شاه ) was a 14th-century
Turkistani Sufi of
Suhrawardi order. He introduced first
Islam to
Kashmir by inviting and converting the King of Kashmir,
Rinchan
Sadruddin Shah, also known as Rinchan, was the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir. He ruled Kashmir from 1320 to 1323.
Background
Around 1313, an invader named "Du'l-Qadr"—mentioned by Jonaraja to be the commander of a ''Karmasena''—invaded Ka ...
Shah (''later named to Sadruddin Shah'') to Islam. He was from a Suhrawardi order and his mentor was Mir Syed Niymatullah who ordered him to on take Islamic missionary movement to Kashmir. Shah was mentioned by "Baba Dawood Mishkati" in ''Asrar-ul- Abrar'' and Rafi-ud- Din ''Nawadir-ul- Akhbar.''
Shrine
A shrine is dedicated to his burial place on the
Jhelum river
The Jhelum River (/dʒʰeːləm/) is a river in the northern Indian subcontinent. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to the Pakistani-administered territory of Kashmir, and the ...
which was actually a Langar, a community kitchen. In 2011 the
Archeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexand ...
rejected the proposal to make it a National Monument even after the High Court ordered the Survey to accept it. Petitioner GA Lone filed a contempt petition against the official respondents. The High Court directed the
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
Chief Secretary, Director, Archives and others to file a compliance report.
See also
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Abdul Qadir Gilani
ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, ( ar, عبدالقادر الجيلاني, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; fa, ) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusayn ...
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Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
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Nund Rishi
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Hamza Makhdoom
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Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi
Nassar-Ud-Din, popularly known as Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi ( ks, بابا نَصیٖب الدیٖن غٲزی), was a Sufi teacher, follower of Suhrawardiyya order poet and writer born in Srinagar who traveled extensively. He is also called by t ...
References
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Turkish Sufis
Muslim missionaries
History of Kashmir
14th-century Indian Muslims
Sufism
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