Shah Paran

Shah Paran
শাহ পরান
Tomb of Shah Paran
Personal
Born
Konya, Sultanate of Rum, (now in Turkey) or Hadhramaut, Yemen (disputed)
Died
Sylhet, Bangladesh
ReligionIslam
Parent
  • Mohammad (father)
DenominationSufism
Muslim leader
Based inSylhet
Period in office13th century to early 14th century
PredecessorShah Jalal
PostScholar and Sufi mystic
Plaza in front of Shah Paran's dargah.

Shah Paran (Bengali: শাহ পরান, romanized: Shah Poran) was a 14th-century Sufi saint of the Sylhet region.[1] In 1303, he took part in the final battle of the Conquest of Sylhet led by his maternal uncle Shah Jalal.[2]

  1. ^ Kānunago, Sunīti Bhūshaṇa (1988). A History of Chittagong. Dipankar Qanungo. p. 476. OCLC 20170473.
  2. ^ East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. East Pakistan Government Press. 1970. p. 116.