Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
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Hadrat Khawaja Sayyad Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani was a Sufi Saint of the Chishti Order of Sufi.
His family originated from Semnan in Iran. He settled in Kicchocha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, and expanded the Chishti Order to a point that a branch of this order was started after him; it is known as the Ashrafi branch of Chishti Order.
In 765 Hijri he nominated his nephew Abd-ul-Razzaq Nur-ul-Ayn to be his successor.
He died in 808 Hijri and his shrine is in Kicchocha Sharif.
[edit] References
- Ernst, Carl W. and Lawrence, Bruce B. (2002), Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, ISBN 1403960267
- Rashid, A. (1969), Society and Culture in Medieval India, 1206-1556 A.D, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay
