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Ali Murtaza bayabani (1261 – 1359), also known as Mahi-Shaban i Bayabani, was a Sufi born at Bhakkar , Sind , on 24 Shaban 630 H (in 660/1261 AD, according to the Tahrir al mu'taqid).1He was Bhaakri Syed and wali (Friend of Allah by birth) and appointed as Abdal by his father in his early age.2He traveled at the age of thirty to Multan, whence he moved successively to Bihar, Shaikhpura (India) and finally to the neighbourhood of Allahabad, (India) where large numbers of people became his followers and accepted the Islam.3He stayed there and made it the seat of spirituality and knowledge. He died on 3 or 13 Dhul Hijjah 760 (26 October or 5 Nov 1359 AD) at jhunsi (according to tahrir al mutaqid) and his Shrine is located in Jhunsi Allahabad.4
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Shaban ul millat Ali Murtaza bayabani was also known as Mahi-Shaban i Bayabani, was a Sufi born at Bhakkar, Sind, on 24 Shaban 630 H [in 660/1261 AD according to the Tahrir al mu'taqid]. He was Bhaakri Syed and wali (Friend of Allah by birth) and appointed as Abdal by his father in his early age. He traveled at the age of thirty to Multan, whence he moved successively to Bihar, Shaikhpura (India) and finally to the neighbourhood of Allahabad, (India) where large numbers of people became his followers and accepted the Islam. He stayed there and made it the seat of spirituality and knowledge. He died on 3 or 13 Dhul Hijjah 760/ 26 October or 5 Nov 1359 AD [at jhunsi according to tahrir al mutaqid] and his Shrine is located in Jhunsi Allahabad.
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Ali Murtaza Bayabani (1261 – 1359), also known as Mahi-Shaban i Bayabani, was a Sufi born at Bhakkar , Sind in 1261 AD. He traveled at the age of thirty to Multan , whence he moved successively to Bihar , Shaikhpura and finally to the neighbourhood of Allahabad , where large numbers of people became his followers. He died on 26 October or 5 Nov 1359 AD at Jhunsi where his shrine is located.
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known as mahi-shaban i bayabani
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sufi born at bhakkar
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