Akhund Darweza

Akhund Darweza
آخوند درویزہ
Personal
Born1533
Died1638(1638-00-00) (aged 104–105)
Resting placePeshawar
33°59′47″N 71°35′37″E / 33.9964637°N 71.5935475°E / 33.9964637; 71.5935475
ReligionIslam
ProfessionSufi
Islamic scholar
Senior posting
Disciple ofPir Baba
ProfessionSufi
Islamic scholar

Akhund Darweza Baba (1533 - 1638) was a Tajik[1] Sufi and Islamic scholar and one of the caliphs of Sayyid Ali Tirmizi.[2]

Darweza's mother Abida Faqir Qarari was the great-grand-daughter of Sultan Qiran Gibari, a Sultan of Swat belonging to Swati tribe.[3]

  1. ^ Olivier Roy (1990). Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-521-39700-1.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Akhund Darweza was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Tazkira tul-Abrar val-Ashrar". Retrieved 27 May 2021.