Inayat ( bn, এনায়েত, ur, عنایت) is a unisex first name in

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

and

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...

. It may refer to: ;''People'' * Enayat Khan,

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

and surbahar player. *

Fazal Inayat-Khan Fazal Inayat-Khan ( ur, فضل عنایت خان ) (July 20, 1942 – September 26, 1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, was a psychotherapist and poet who led the Inayati Order from 1968 to 1982. He was the author of ''Old Thinking, New Thinkin ...

, grandson of Inayat Khan. *

Hidayat Inayat Khan Hidayat Inayat Khan ( ur, ; 6 August 1917 – 12 September 2016) was a British-French classical composer, conductor and Representative-General of the Inayati Order. Biography Hidayat was born in London to Sufi Master Inayat Khan and Pirani Ame ...

, son of Inayat Khan. *

Inayat Hussain Khan Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919) was an Indian classical vocalist, and the founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. Early life Career He first married the daughter of Haddu Khan of the Gwalior gharana. His singing style has influences of the ...

Indian classical Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

vocalist. * Inayat Khan,

Universal Sufism Western Sufism, sometimes identified with Universal Sufism, Neo-Sufism, and Global Sufism, consists of a spectrum of Western European and North American manifestations and adaptations of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam. Sufism flourished ...

and founder of the

Sufi Order International The Inayati Order (Inayatiyya), is an international organization dedicated to spreading the Sufi teachings of Inayat Khan, a musician and mystic who first introduced Sufism to the modern Western world in 1910. The Inayati Order operates internati ...

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Inayat Ollah Khan Niazi Maj Gen Inayat Ollah Khan Niazi (''sitara-e-imtiaz'') (born August 14, 1940) is a retired officer of the Pakistan Army and a bureaucrat. A recipient of Sitara-i-Imtiaz, he served in the Pakistan Army from 1958 to 1997. On his retirement in 1997, ...

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

officer. *

Noor Inayat Khan Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of S ...

, daughter of Inayat Khan. *

Vilayat Inayat Khan Vilayat Inayat Khan (19 June 1916 17 June 2004) was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Sufi order of Sufism. His teaching derived from the tradition of his father, Inayat Khan, founder of The Sufi Order ...

, son of Inayat Khan. * Zia Inayat Khan, grandson of Inayat Khan. * Inayat Bunglawala is media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. *

Shah Inayat Qadiri Baba Shah Inayat Qadiri Shatari ( pa, شاه عنایت قادري , also called ''Enayat Shah'' (1643–1728) was a Sufi scholar and saint of the Qadiri-Shatari ''silsila'' (lineage). Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide ...

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

saint of

Qadiriyyah The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

Silsilah ;''Places'' *

Inayatabad Inayatabad ( ur, عنایت آباد ) is a village and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the north of the district capital ...

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