Muhammad Ghawth

Muhammad Ghawth
Personal
Born
Muhammad Ghawth Gwaliyari

1500 (1500)
Died1562 (aged 61–62)
Gwalior
OccupationMaster of Suffism, author, musician
RelativesAttar of Nishapur (ancestor)
Senior posting
SuccessorAli Sher Bengali
Students
Muhammad Ghawth
MonumentsTomb of Mohammad Guaz (ASI N-MP-147)

Muhammad Ghawth (Ghouse,[1] Ghaus or Gwath[2][3]) Gwaliyari (1500–1562) was a 16th-century Sufi master of the Shattari order and Sufi saint, a musician,[4] and the author of Jawahir-i Khams (Arabic: al-Jawahir al-Khams, The Five Jewels). The book mentioning the life and miracles of Gaus named " Heaven's witness" was written by Kugle.[5]

  1. ^ Shattari
  2. ^ Idries Shah, The Sufis ISBN 0-86304-020-9 Octagon Press 1989 pp 335, 367
  3. ^ Idries Shah, Tales of the Dervishes ISBN 0-900860-47-2 Octagon Press 1993 pp 111-112
  4. ^ Wade, Bonnie C. (1998). Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology). University of Chicago Press. pp. 113–115. ISBN 0-226-86840-0. See google book search.
  5. ^ A. Azfar, Moin. The millennial sovereign : sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam.