Ali Sher Bengali

Ali Sher Bengali
আলী শের বাঙ্গালী
Personal
Born
Ali Sher

Died23 Safar
Resting placeKocharab, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
ReligionIslam
Flourished16th century
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Other namesAli Sher Bangali
RelativesNurul Huda Abul Karamat (ancestor)
Organization
OrderShattari
Muslim leader
TeacherMuhammad Ghawth
Based inAhmedabad

Shaykh 'Ali Shīr al-Ḥanafī al-Bangālī (Arabic: علي شير الحنفي البنغالي; d. 1570s), or simply Ali Sher Bengali (Bengali: আলী শের বাঙ্গালী), was a 16th-century Bengali author, teacher and Sufi pir of the Shattari order.[1][2] He was one of the three khalifahs (successors) of Muhammad Ghawth Shattari.[3]

  1. ^ Chattopadhyay, Bhaskar (1988). Culture of Bengal Through the Ages: Some Aspects. University of Burdwan. p. 211.
  2. ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1965). হজরত শাহ জালাল ও সিলেটের ইতিহাস [Hazrat Shah Jalal and the History of Sylhet] (in Bengali). Dhaka: University Press. pp. 17–22.
  3. ^ Ghazi, Syed Abdullah Shah, Hazrat Shah Muhammad Ghous Gwalior, India