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Ghousi Shah

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned muslim sufi”. Today it says “renowned muslim sufi saint and poet from hyderabad”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Alhaj Moulana Peer”. It now reads “Indian Muslim Sufi (1893–1954) Alhaj Moulana Peer”.
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Ghousi Shah ( Persian / Urdu : حضرت مولانا غوثى شاه ) (July 1893 – June 1954) was a renowned Muslim Sufi , saint, scholar, writer and poet from the Indian subcontinent; whose poetry in Urdu andPersian is considered to be among the greatest of the modern era. Tayyabat-E-Ghousi is considered one of the famous poetric book in tasawwuf which has a collection of poems - Hamd , Naat , Manqabath, Rubaiyat . He was the most famous disciple and successor of Syed Kamalullah Shah also known as Machiliwale Shah who in turn became the spiritual master of India’s noted Sufi saints.1 He was born on 1 July 1893 A.D. in Hyderabad corresponding to 16th zil haj 1310 hejiri.2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned muslim sufi”. Today it says “renowned muslim sufi saint and poet from hyderabad”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Alhaj Moulana Peer”. It now reads “Indian Muslim Sufi (1893–1954) Alhaj Moulana Peer”. Read the current article and compare.
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renowned muslim sufi

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renowned muslim sufi saint and poet from hyderabad

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  • Spiritual history
  • Successor
  • Sayings
  • Influence
  • Khulafa
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