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A 13th-14th-century Suhrawardi Sufi said to have come from Turkestan, traditionally credited as the first Muslim missionary of Kashmir (d. 726/1327). He is said to have converted the Ladakhi Buddhist ruler Rinchan (who took the name Sadr-ud-Din) and to have founded the first khanqah and mosque in Kashmir (Wikipedia, "Bulbul Shah"; srinagarheritage.in). His tomb stands at the Bulbul Lankar khanqah on the bank of the Jhelum in Srinagar. Note: the Turkestan origin and the Rinchan conversion narrative are traditional/hagiographic, and the 726/1327 death year is a widely repeated tradition rather than a documented record; he has no Wikidata item (transparency note). The coordinate is cross-verified via OpenStreetMap and Wikimapia (agreeing within ~2 m).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 6, pp. 486-487, entry “BÜLBÜL ŞAH”
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