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Waris Pak was a Sufi saint from India .1Sarkar Waris Pak was the successor to the Qadriyya -Razzakiyya Silsila.2He was born in the 26th generation of Hazrat Imam Hussain .3The date of his birth is disputed varying from 1233 A.H. to 1238 A.H. In Maarif Warisya , the date of his birth is written as 1234 A.H. corresponding to 1809 of the Christian era . His father, Syed Qurban Ali Shah belonged to a landlord class and completed his education in Baghdad . He accepted millions of people belonging to all faith into the Warsi Silsila. During that period, Fiangi Mahal was the famous religious centre for North Indian Muslims and they too were "Qadiri people" and respected Waris Pak. Religious Scholars of Firangi Mahal regarded him as a "Kamilieen".4
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He travelled widely in the west and admitted people to his spiritual order.His shrine is situated at Dewa, India .Sufism and English literature : Chaucer to the present age : echoes and images .Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature .
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Waris Ali Shah (1817-1905) was a Sufi saint from Dewa , Barabanki , India, and was the founder of the Warsi order of Sufism. He travelled widely in the west and admitted people to his spiritual order. His shrine is situated at Dewa, India Hasan, Masoodul (2007). Sufism and English literature : Chaucer to the present age : echoes and images . Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature .
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Indian Sufi saint (1817–1905) Not to be confused with Waris Shah , the Punjabi Sufi poet.Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905) was a Sufi saint from Dewa , Barabanki , India, and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order.He traveled to many places specially Europe and the west and admitted people to his spiritual order.He belongs to the 26th generation of Hazrat Imam Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ His shrine is at Dewa, India . Sufism and English literature : Chaucer to the present age : echoes and images . Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature .
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Indian Sufi saint (1817–1905) Not to be confused with Waris Shah , the Punjabi Sufi poet. Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905) was a Sufi saint from Dewa , Barabanki , India, and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order. He traveled to many places specially Europe and the west and admitted people to his spiritual order. He is claimed to belong to the 26th generation of Hazrat Imam Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ His shrine is at Dewa, India . Sufism and English literature : Chaucer to the present age : echoes and images . Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature .
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sufi saint from india
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sufi saint from dewa
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