Waris Ali Shah

Waris Ali Shah
TitleImam-ul-Aulia, Ashraful Alameen, Waris-e-Panjtan, Aalam Panaah Waris
Personal
Born
Mitthan Miya.[1]

16 July 1817 AD / 1 Ramzan ul Mubarak, 1232 Hijri
Died7 April 1905 AD /1 safar, 1323 Hijri
Dewa, Barabanki, India
Resting placeDewa, Barabanki, India
ReligionIslam
EraEarly 19th century
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaChishti Qadri

Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905) was a Sufi saint from Dewa, Barabanki, India, and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order. He traveled to many places specially Europe and the west and admitted people to his spiritual order. He belongs to the 26th generation of Hazrat Imam Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ[2] His shrine is at Dewa, India.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Hasan, Masoodul (2007). Sufism and English literature : Chaucer to the present age : echoes and images. New Delhi, India: Adam Publishers & Distributors. pp. 5, 183. ISBN 9788174355232.
  3. ^ Hadi, Nabi (1994). Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature. Janpath, New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. p. 554. ISBN 9788170173113.
  4. ^ Prasad, Rajendra (2010). India divided. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 44. ISBN 9780143414155.