Noor Muhammad Maharvi ( pa, ; born 2 April 1746, died 3 August 1793) was a

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 Chishti Order in

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Early life

Maharvi was born in 1746 at Chhotala near Bahawalnagar of the Sikh Empire.A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West ..., Volume 1
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Panwar Kharal, many native tribes in

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and

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became Muslim due to his teachings. The dargah of Maharvi is located in

, Pakistan.

Life and Teachings

Maharvi received his spiritual initiation in the Chishti Order at the hands of Molana Fakhruddin Jehan Dehlvi of Dehli. He was designated his successor and later returned to Punjab, where he propagated and disseminated the religious traditions associated with Chishti mysticism. Maharvi was known to travel to the shrine of

Fariduddin Ganjshakar Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar ( ; – 7 May 1266) was a 13th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic, who was one of the most revered and distinguished Muslim mystics of the medieval period. He is known reverentially as B ...

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every Friday for Jum'ah prayers, he was15th khalifa of baba farid and tradition records that he would make the journey by foot. To his followers he was venerated by the honorific title 'Qibla Alam', signifying an elevated spiritual status within the Islamic mystical tradition.

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A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West ..., Volume 1
1746 births 1793 deaths Punjabi Sufi saints People from Bahawalnagar District Punjabi people Sufi mystics Sufi poets Mystic poets Chishti Order Burials in India Indian Sufi saints {{Sufism-stub