Jamaat Ali Shah

Ameer-e-Millat, Sayyid
Pir Syed Jamaat Ali Shah
پیر جماعت علی شاہ
Personal
Born1834
Alipur Sharif, Sikh Empire, (present-day Narowal, Pakistan)
Died1951
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi movement
All India Sunni Conference
Pakistan Movement
TariqaNaqshbandi
Muslim leader
Period in officeBritish India
PostPresident, All India Sunni Conference

Pir Syed Jamaat Ali Shah (1834 – 1951) was a Pakistani author, Islamic scholar and Sufi saint of the Naqshbandi Order. He presided over the All India Sunni Conference and led the Movement for Shaheed Ganj Mosque. He was a contemporary of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, the founder of Barelvi movement.[1]

He was among the scholars who led the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He was a leader of the Pakistan Movement.[2][3][4] He gave personal donations to Anjuman Hizbul Ahnaf, a Madrasa founded by Syed Deedar Ali Shah Alwari to propagate the true Islam to the people.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TNI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gilmartin, David (1979). "Religious Leadership and the Pakistan Movement in the Punjab". Modern Asian Studies. 13 (3): 485–517. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00007228. JSTOR 312311. S2CID 144573384.
  3. ^ THE RELIGIOUS AND REFORMATIVE SERVICES OF RENOWNED SUFIS OF SILSILA-E-NAQSHBANDIA MUJADIDIA (1841-2000) Hussain, Mehrban (2008) PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi
  4. ^ "Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan". google.co.in. 2001.
  5. ^ Zahoor, Bilal; Rumi, Raza (23 September 2020). Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st Century Perspective. Anthem Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-1-78527-493-0.