Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesudaraz | |||||
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Born | Syed Muhammad al-Hussaini 7 August 1321 | ||||
Died | 1 November 1422 (aged 101) | ||||
Religion | Islam | ||||
Era | Islamic golden age | ||||
Denomination | Sunni | ||||
Jurisprudence | Hanafi | ||||
Creed | Maturidi[1] | ||||
Main interest(s) | Sufism | ||||
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Syed Muhammad ibn Yousuf al-Hussaini (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422)[citation needed], commonly known as Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesudaraz, was a Hanafi Maturidi scholar and Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order.
Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi. When he moved to Daulatabad around 1400, owing to the attack of Timur on Delhi, he took the Chishti Order to South India.[2] He finally settled down in Gulbarga, at the invitation of Bahmani Sultan, Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah.[3]