Akhi `Uthmān Sirāj ad-Dīn Āinā-e-Hind | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | c. 1258 |
| Died | c. 1357 (aged 98–99) |
| Resting place | Pirana Pir Dargah, Sadullahpur, Malda, West Bengal |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Flourished | 13th-14th century |
| Denomination | Hanafi |
| Relatives | Alaul Haq (son-in-law) Nur Qutb Alam (grandson) |
| Organization | |
| Order | Chishti Order |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Fakhruddin Zarradi, Ruknuddin, Nizamuddin Auliya |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Uthman عثمان |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Akhi Siraj أخ سراج |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Siraj ad-Din سراج الدين |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Bangali البنغالي Gauri/Al-Ghawri گوڑی/الغوري |
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ʿUthmān Sirāj ad-Dīn al-Bangālī (Arabic: عثمان سراج الدين البنغالي; 1258-1357), known affectionately by followers as Akhi Siraj (Bengali: আখি সিরাজ), was a 14th-century Bengali Muslim scholar. He was a Sufi belonging to the Chishti Order and was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. As one of the senior disciples of Nizāmuddīn Auliyā, he spent long years with him in Delhi and earned the sobriquet of Āinā-e-Hind (Persian: آینه هند Mirror of India).[1] His shrine, the Pirana Pir Dargah in Gaur, West Bengal, attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees every year.[2] Siraj and his successor, Alaul Haq, are credited with the rise to prominence of the Chishti order in Bengal.[3]
- ^ "Biography of Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind Sufi from Gour Lakhnauti". www.akhisirajuddin.simplesite.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Gaur". bharatonline.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ Mudassar, MHK (ed.), حیات قطب عالمؒ [Life of Qutb Alam] (in Urdu)