Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan

**Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān**
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān
Born	11th Ramadan, 1111 A.H/ 13 March 1699; Mughal Empire
Died	10th Muharram, 1195 A.H/ 6 January 1781 (aged 81)
Region	Islamic scholar /Sufi
School	Islam, Hanafi, Maturidi, Sufi
Notable ideas	Acceptance of Hindus as Ahl-i Kitab, unflinching adherence to the Sunnah

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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]

He established the Naqshbandī suborder Mazhariyya Shamsiyya.

^ ^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

Born	11th Ramadan, 1111 A.H/ 13 March 1699 Mughal Empire
Died	10th Muharram, 1195 A.H/ 6 January 1781 (aged 81)

Region	Islamic scholar /Sufi
School	Islam, Hanafi, Maturidi, Sufi
Notable ideas	Acceptance of Hindus as Ahl-i Kitab, unflinching adherence to the Sunnah