Bande Nawaz

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Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesudaraz
Maturidi[1]
Main interest(s)Sufism
Muslim leader
Influenced
Bande Nawaz
NationalityIndian

Syed Muhammad ibn Yousuf al-Hussaini (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422)[

Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order
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Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint

In Delhi

Khwaja Banda Nawaz left Delhi on December 17, 1398, because the city was under siege by Timur and its fall was imminent.[4]

Works

Bande Nawaz wrote 195 books in

Suhrawardi, which made the works of these scholars accessible to Indian scholars and played a major role in influencing later mystical thought.[6]
Other books authored are Qaseeda Amali and Adaab-al-Mureedein.

Urs

Dargah of Banda Nawaz

His death anniversary takes place on 15, 16 and 17 Dhu al-Qadah at the Bande Nawaz mausoleum in Gulbarga. Several hundred thousand people from different religions gather to seek blessings.[3]

In popular culture

Indian Muslim social films revolving around the saint and his dargah have been made. These include: Sultan E Deccan: Banda Nawaz (1982) by Malik Anwar, Banda Nawaz (1988) by Saini.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nawaz, Bande. Tafseer-Al-Multaqat. Vol. 1. Maktabah Nafais al-Quran. p. 6.
  2. . Page 111.
  3. ^ a b c Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow "The Hindu", 27 November 2007.
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  5. ^ Mystical Dimensions of Islam By Annemarie Schimmel, Pg 351
  6. S2CID 220847929
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  7. ^ Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988. Screen World Publication. 1988. p. 85.

Bibliography

  • Askari, Syed Hasan, Tazkira-i Murshidi—Rare Malfuz of the 15th-Century Sufi Saint of Gulbarga. Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission (1952).
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Gisudaraz on Wahdat al-Wujud. Studies in Islam 19 (1982), pp. 233–45.
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni Gisu Daraz: On Sufism Delhi: Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1985.
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Shuhud vs. Wujud: A Study of Gisudiraz Islamic Culture 59 (1985), pp. 323–39.
  • Siddiqi, Mohd. Sulaiman, Syed Mohd. al-Husaini Gisudaraz Islamic Culture 52 (1978), pp. 173–84.
  • Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, "Gulbarga: Dargha of Hazrat Khwaja Bandanawaz Gisudaraz" in Mumtaz Currim, George Michell (Eds.), Darghas. Abodes of the Saint, Bombay, The Marg Foundation, 2004, 152 p. (ISBN 978-8-185-02665-7), p. 120-135