Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan

**Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān**
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān
Personal
Born	11th Ramadan, 1111 A.H/ 13 March 1699; Mughal Empire
Died	10th Muharram, 1195 A.H/ 6 January 1781 (aged 81)
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Tariqa	Naqshbandi
Profession	Islamic scholar, Sufi
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Bahauddin Naqshband, Hazrat Ishaan, Ahmad Sirhindi, Abu Hanifa, Twelve Imams;
	Influenced Shah Ghulam Ali Dahlavi, Qadi Thanaullah Panipati, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Ibn Abidin, Sayyid Mir Jan;
Profession	Islamic scholar, Sufi

Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān (Urdu: مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں), also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh (13 March 1699 – 6 January 1781), was a renowned Hanafi Maturidi Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Delhi, distinguished as one of the "four pillars of Urdu poetry."^[1] He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and imitation of the Sunnah.^[1]

^ ^a ^b And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic piety, by Annemarie Schimmel (Chappel hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985)

[His_Messenger_1985-1] And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic piety, by Annemarie Schimmel (Chappel hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985)

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Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān

Personal
Born	11th Ramadan, 1111 A.H/ 13 March 1699 Mughal Empire
Died	10th Muharram, 1195 A.H/ 6 January 1781 (aged 81)
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Tariqa	Naqshbandi
Profession	Islamic scholar, Sufi
Muslim leader
Influenced by Bahauddin Naqshband, Hazrat Ishaan, Ahmad Sirhindi, Abu Hanifa, Twelve Imams
Influenced Shah Ghulam Ali Dahlavi, Qadi Thanaullah Panipati, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Ibn Abidin, Sayyid Mir Jan
Profession	Islamic scholar, Sufi