Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind

Shaykh Khwaja Sirajuddin or Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind , was a 14th-century Bengali Sufi saint of the Chishti mystic tradition, disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. His shrine in Gaur, West Bengal, India, attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees every year. [1]

Akhi Siraj earned the title of Āainae-Hind, translating to "Mirror of India", from Nizāmuddīn Auliyā(1238 – 3 April 1325), a legendary Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent. As one of the first disciples of Nizāmuddīn Auliyā, he spent long years with him. [2]

His successor Alaul Haq Pandavi is credited with the rise to prominence of the Chishti order in Bengal.

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  1. ↑ "Gaur". bharatonline.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind". dailytubef4you.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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