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Saints whose death anniversary falls this Hijri month (sourced).

Hakim Sanai of Ghazni

Hakim Abu al-Majd Majdud ibn Adam Sanai was a Persian-language poet of the Ghaznavid era and a founding figure of Persian Sufi poetry. His masterwork, the Hadiqat al-Haqiqa, is regarded as the first Persian mystical epic and influenced later poets such as Rumi. He died at Ghazni around 525 AH/1131 CE; his tomb has been a pilgrimage site for centuries (visited by Dara Shukoh and Muhammad Iqbal). (Sources: Encyclopaedia Iranica 'Sanai'; Wikipedia 'Sanai'; Wikidata Q1148049)

GazneDied 525 AHView

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Ali ibn Abi Talib (Mazar-i-Sharif — disputed)

Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first Shia Imam, assassinated in Kufa in 40 AH/661 CE. A 12th-century Afghan tradition holds that his body was secretly carried to Balkh and rests at this Mazar-i-Sharif shrine. IMPORTANT: this claim is DISPUTED; the mainstream scholarly view places Ali's grave at Najaf, Iraq. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Mausoleum of Imam Ali'; Wikidata Q138388)

Mezar-ı ŞerifDied 40 AHView

Khwaja Qutb al-Din Mawdud Chishti

Qutb al-Din Mawdud Chishti was an early master of the Chishti silsila, son and successor of his teacher Abu Yusuf ibn Saman. He was known for refusing contact with rulers and the wealthy and spent some twenty years in seclusion. He died around 527 AH/1133 CE (one tradition gives 533/1139) at Chisht-e Sharif in Herat province and was buried there. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Maudood Chishti'; Ihsan Center 'Urs Khwaja Maudood Chishti')

Çişt-i ŞerifDied 527 AHView

Nasir Khusraw

Nasir Khusraw (b. 1004) was a Persian Ismaili poet, philosopher, traveller and missionary (dai), famous for his Safarnama travelogue and Ismaili philosophical works. After a spiritual conversion around age forty he travelled to Fatimid Cairo, rose to high Ismaili rank, and around 1060 fled persecution to the remote Yamgan valley in Badakhshan. He spent his last decades there, dying after 481 AH/1088 CE, and rests in a shrine at Hazrat-e Sayyed village, still venerated by Central Asian Ismailis. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Nasir Khusraw'; Archnet 'Shrine of Nasir Khusraw'; AKDN)

YemganDied 481 AHView

Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa

Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa was a Naqshbandi spiritual leader and teacher of theology of the Timurid era, son of the famous Bukharan scholar Khwaja Muhammad Parsa. He died at Balkh in 865 AH/1461 CE. A grand mausoleum was raised over his grave by the amir Mir Mazid Arghun; now within the 'Green Mosque' complex, it is one of Balkh's most celebrated Timurid monuments. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa'; Wikidata Q6403414)

BelhDied 865 AHView

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Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine (devotional — not a tomb)

Sakhi Shah-e Mardan (Ziyarat-e Sakhi) is a Shia devotional shrine and mosque at the foot of Asmai (TV) Hill in western Kabul. IMPORTANT: this is NOT a tomb but a COMMEMORATIVE/devotional site; Ali ibn Abi Talib is not buried here (his traditional grave is Najaf). It commemorates a legendary visit by Imam Ali and the resting of the Prophet's cloak en route to Kandahar; it is a focal point for Kabul's Hazara community and the Nowruz 'Jahenda Bala' (banner-raising). (Sources: Wikipedia 'Sakhi Shrine'; GeoNames 7098055; Wikidata Q50844233)

Mirwais Khan Hotak (Mirwais Nika)

Mirwais Khan Hotak, chief of the Ghilji Pashtun Hotak clan and kalantar of Kandahar, founded the Hotak dynasty. In 1709 he led a revolt against Safavid Persia, killing the governor Gurgin Khan and winning independence for Greater Kandahar. He declined the title of king and ruled until his death in 1715; revered as a national hero, he rests in his mausoleum at Kokaran. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Mirwais Hotak'; Wikidata Q138543762 / OpenStreetMap)

KandaharDied 1127 AHView

Rabia Balkhi (semi-legendary)

Rabia bint Ka'b al-Quzdari is regarded as the first woman to compose poetry in Persian and was a contemporary of Rudaki (d. 940/41). IMPORTANT: she is SEMI-LEGENDARY, later mythologized by poets such as Attar and Jami; the famous tale has her writing her last verses in her own blood on a prison wall. Her grave in Balkh lies within the 15th-century complex of the Naqshbandi Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa and is a modest tomb (the grave attribution is a later placemaking tradition). (Sources: Wikipedia 'Rabia Balkhi'; Cambridge/IJMES 'Unearthing Rabi'a's Grave')

BelhDied 329 AHView

Khwaja Abu Muhammad Chishti

Abu Muhammad Chishti was an early Chishti saint about whose life little is known. He was a disciple of Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti and the teacher of Abu Yusuf ibn Saman (father of Mawdud Chishti), forming a link in the 'golden chain' leading to Mu'in al-Din Chishti of Ajmer. He died around 411 AH/1020 CE and was buried at Chisht. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Abu Muhammad Chishti'; Chishti silsila sources)

Çişt-i ŞerifDied 411 AHView

Khwaja Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti

Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti was a 10th-century Chishti master, disciple and successor of the order's founder Abu Ishaq Shami, who initiated and deputized him before returning to Syria. He was the teacher of Abu Muhammad Chishti and is said to have been a Sayyid whose father ruled Fergana. He died in 355 AH/966 CE at Chisht, his birthplace, and was buried there. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti'; Chishti silsila sources)

Çişt-i ŞerifDied 355 AHView

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Sultan Sharif Ali (Sultan Berkat)

A sharif from Taif descended from Hasan ibn Ali (the Qatadid sharifian line of Mecca) who married the second sultan's daughter and became Brunei's third sultan in 1425. He is credited with building Brunei's first mosque, correcting the qibla, governing by Islamic law, and adding 'Darussalam' to the country's name. Honored for his piety as 'Sultan Berkat' (the Blessed Sultan), immigrant sharifs like him were locally regarded as 'Wali Allah / Keramat'. He died in 836 AH / 1432 CE; his mausoleum at Kota Batu is a recognized heritage and reverence site. (Sources: en.wikipedia.org 'Sharif Ali'; bruneitourism.com)

Kota BatuDied 836 AHView

Habib Umar bin Sumayt

Habib Umar bin Ahmad bin Sumayt was a Sufi scholar of the Ba'Alawi sayyid lineage who served as teacher and qadi in Madagascar, Zanzibar, and the Comoros. Born in the Comoros in 1303 AH (1886), he died on 9 Safar 1396 (1976), aged 92. He is buried in Moroni in the domed tomb (qubba) of his grandfather, Habib Abu Bakr bin Sumayt. (Sources: Muwasala 'Habib Umar bin Sumayt'; Wikipedia 'Islam in the Comoros')

MoroniDied 1396 AHView

Abdullahi dan Fodio

Abdullahi dan Fodio, brother of Usman dan Fodio, was a leading scholar of the jihad movement and the first Emir of Gwandu. Born in 1766/67, he died in 1245 AH (1829; some sources give 1828). He is buried at Gwandu, Kebbi State, in the tomb known as Hubbare Abdullahi. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Abdullahi dan Fodio'; nigeriagalleria.com 'Abdullahi Fodio Tomb')

GwanduDied 1245 AHView

Mahmud al-Kashgari

An 11th-century Kara-Khanid Turkic linguist and philologist; his 'Diwan Lughat al-Turk', compiled in Baghdad in 1072-74, is the first comprehensive dictionary and ethnographic survey of the Turkic languages. Per TDV he taught for many years and died at an advanced age; his death date is genuinely disputed (TDV c. 1090, a manuscript gives AH 477 = 1084-85, other sources 1102/1105). He is traditionally said to be buried beside his madrasa in Opal (Upal) village near Kashgar — an attribution resting on local records and oral tradition rather than contemporary documentation (tomb reconstructed 1985). (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Kâşgarlı Mahmud'; en.wikipedia.org 'Mahmud al-Kashgari')

Opal (Kashgar)Died 477 AHView

Shah Jalal

A 14th-century Sufi saint, the patron saint of Sylhet, traditionally credited with leading the 1303 Muslim conquest of Sylhet and spreading Islam across northeast Bengal. Ibn Battuta, who visited him, records in his Rihla a death date of 20 Dhu al-Qa'da 746 AH (15 March 1346). His shrine in Sylhet is the most-visited religious site in Bangladesh. (Sources: Ibn Battuta, Rihla; Banglapedia 'Shah Jalal'; Wikipedia 'Shah Jalal Dargah')

SylhetDied 746 AHView

Khan Jahan Ali

A 15th-century Sufi saint, commander and administrator who spread Islam in southern Bengal and founded the UNESCO World Heritage 'Mosque City of Bagerhat' (including the Sixty Dome / Shat Gombuj Mosque). The inscription on his tombstone dates his death to 27 Dhu al-Hijja 863 AH (25 October 1459). His single-domed cut-stone mausoleum stands on the north bank of the Thakur Dighi pond. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Khan Jahan's Tomb'; UNESCO Mosque City of Bagerhat; Wikipedia 'Mausoleum of Khan Jahan Ali')

BagerhatDied 863 AHView

Shah Makhdum Ruposh

A 13th-14th century Sufi missionary associated with spreading Islam in the Varendra region of northern Bengal, said to have arrived from Baghdad and founded khanqahs. Banglapedia dates his death to 27 Rajab 713 AH (1313); a minority folk tradition cites 1592 (aged 117). The shrine was monumentalised in the Mughal period and the annual urs falls on 27 Rajab. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Shah Makhdum Rupos'; Wikipedia 'Shah Makhdum Rupos')

RajshahiDied 713 AHView

Shah Ali Baghdadi

A 15th-century Sufi saint and missionary, born in Baghdad to Mufti Fakhruddin, who settled in Bengal and carried out missionary work across the Faridpur and Dhaka regions. Wikipedia primarily dates his death to c. 1480, while other sources cite 913 AH (1507) or 1577. His shrine at Mirpur is a major pilgrimage site with a large annual urs. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Shah Ali Baghdadi (R)'; Wikipedia 'Shah Ali Baghdadi')

DhakaDied 1480View

Shah Amanat

An 18th-century Sufi saint regarded as one of the foremost saints of the Chittagong (Chattogram) region of eastern Bengal. He founded the Khanqah Amanatiya and taught within the Naqshbandi and Qadiri orders. His shrine near Laldighi draws large crowds, especially during Ramadan; Chittagong's Shah Amanat International Airport is named after him. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Shah Amanat (R)'; Wikipedia 'Shah Amanat'; Harder 2011)

ChittagongDied 1773View

Shah Paran

A 14th-century Sufi saint and scholar who took part in the final battle of the 1303 Conquest of Sylhet under his maternal uncle Shah Jalal. His birthplace is disputed in the sources (Konya in Anatolia, or Hadhramaut in Yemen). He died unmarried and without descendants and was buried beside his khanqah; a dargah complex with a mosque, eidgah, langar khana and pond grew around the grave. No precise death year is documented. (Sources: Banglapedia/Shah Jalal corpus; Wikipedia 'Shah Paran')

Bayazid Bastami (Chittagong Maqam)

NOTE - MAQAM/DISPUTED: Abu Yazid al-Bistami was a 9th-century Persian Sufi, a pioneer of the 'intoxicated' (sukr) school, who died and is buried in Bistam, Iran. Sources state plainly that the Chittagong structure is NOT his actual grave but a jawab/maqam (commemorative imitation tomb); Banglapedia records it was 'discovered' in 1831. The complex pond holds the critically endangered Bostami black softshell turtle. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Bayejid Bostami', Abdul Karim 2012; Wikipedia 'Shrine of Bayazid Bostami')

ChittagongDied 261 AHView

Shah Sultan Balkhi Mahisawar

A warrior-saint said to be the son of a ruler of Balkh (Afghanistan) who renounced his status, became a disciple of Shaikh Taufiq of Damascus, and was sent to preach in Bengal. 'Mahisawar' (fish-rider) is a hagiographic motif; tradition holds he defeated King Parshuram at Mahasthan. His death date is undocumented and even the century (14th vs 16th) is disputed; a 1685 Mughal sanad under Aurangzeb confirmed lakhiraj lands. (Sources: Banglapedia 'Shah Sultan Mahisawar (R)'; Wikipedia 'Sultan Balkhi')

Jalaluddin Tabrizi

A Tabriz-born Suhrawardi Sufi, disciple of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi, who migrated first to Delhi (under Iltutmish) then to Bengal. He is the protagonist of the Sanskrit Sekhasubhodaya and namesake of the Jaliliyya order; his 22,000-taka endowment gave his shrine the name 'Baish Hazari Dargah'. His tomb's location is disputed (Bari Dargah at Pandua, or Deotala) but both candidates lie in Malda, West Bengal, India, and he is distinct from Shah Jalal of Sylhet. The death year (623/1225 or 642/1244) is disputed. (Sources: Banglapedia; Wikipedia 'Jalaluddin Tabrizi')

Shahul Hamid

A Qadiri Sufi mystic and preacher who studied at Gwalior under Muhammad Ghaus, performed Hajj, and settled at Nagore via the Maldives and Sri Lanka. He is locally venerated as 'Nagore Andavar' (Ruler of Nagore) and credited in tradition with curing the Thanjavur ruler Achuthappa Nayak. His dargah is a noted site of Hindu-Muslim shared devotion; the 14-day Kanduri (urs) marks his death anniversary. The most-cited death year is 1570. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Nagore Dargah'; Wikidata Q3595346)

NagoreDied 1570View