Husām ad-Dīn Mānikpūrī ( fa, ) was a 15th-century Islamic scholar of

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. He belonged to the

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order, following his teacher

Nur Qutb Alam Nūr Quṭb ʿĀlam ( ar, , bn, নূর কুতুব আলম) was a 14th-century Bengali Islamic scholar, author and poet. Based in the erstwhile Bengali capital Hazrat Pandua, he was the son and successor of Alaul Haq, a senior scholar ...

of Bengal.

Life

Manikpuri was a descendant of Mir Syed Shahabuddin of the Gardēzī Sadaat family, who had settled in Manikpur during the reign of

Iltutmish Shams ud-Din Iltutmish ( fa, شمس الدین ایلتتمش; died 30 April 1236, ) was the third of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Mamluk kings who ruled the former Ghurid Empire, Ghurid territories in northern India. He was the first Muslim sove ...

(r. 1211–1236). He travelled to the Bengal Sultanate, where he studied under

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. Following his studies, he fasted for seven years.

Death

There is a debate on the date of his death. According to Ghulam Sarwar Lahori, he died on in 882 AH (1477-1478 CE). On the other hand, Hasan Askari asserts that Manikpuri died on 15 Ramadan 853 AH (9 November 1449 CE). Presently, his followers commemorate his annual

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(death anniversary) on 11 March. He is buried in Garhi Manikpur, Pratapgarh,

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Writings

*''Anīs al-ʿĀshiqīn'' *''Rafīq al-ʿĀrifīn'', compiled by his disciple Farid bin Salar *''Khulastul Awraad '' *''Risal e Mahvia'' *''Maktoobat-e-Mānikpūr''

Life

Death

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