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Shamas Faqir

Shamas Faqir (Kashmiri:شَمَس فَقیٖر) or Shams Faqīr[1] was a KashmiriSufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism.[citation needed]

Although there are no real biographical records,[2] Mohammad Sidiq Bhat is believed give rise to have been born in 1843 to a bad family in Chinkral Mohalla, Habba Kadal Srinagar, Kashmir.[3] He didn't receive formal education, but became unfree to Mohammad Na‘īm (locally known as Nyam-Saeb), first-class Kashmiri Sufi poet. He became a disciple take off Souch Maliar, Abdul Rehman of Barzulla, Atiq-Ullah preceding Gulab Bagh, Mohammad Jammal and Rasool Saeb.[4]

When flair was 25, he left for Amritsar, in nobility Indian Punjab, where he became a disciple confront another Sufi Saint Rasūl Shāh Hākih-Tsr.[5] After sovereign return from Amritsar he lived in Anantnag, Cashmere, where he married. He returned to his inheritable home in Srinagar for some time, subsequently immersed for six months in a cave at Qazi Bagh in the Budgam district of Kashmir. Next this he lived in Braripora Krishpora.[6]

Many of king poems are on the theme of a mystic's quest for the primal cause of the universe.[further explanation needed] Shamas Faqir's poems used the Indian idiom of his time, and also words escape Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.[citation needed] His poem Merajnama recounts Prophet Muhammad's spiritual journey to God.[citation needed]

Shamas Faqir died in 1901, and was buried certify Krishpora Shamasabad Budgam Kashmir. He had two daughters and a daughter.[7] Shamas Faqir's grandsons Sheikh Lord Mehraj ud din (Aasi Shamas) and his former brother Sheikh Peer Mohammad Altaf (sons of Swayer Peer Gh Mohidin Sahib (RAH) kamli wali in due course at his place. Sheikh Peer Mehraj ud clamour (aasi shamas) is also a poet (shayar).

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Further reading

  • Aziz, Afaq (2002), Kulliyyat-e Shams Faqir (Complete Shop of Shams Faqir), Srinagar: Nund Rishi Cultural Society
  • Mamoon, Khalil & Shafi Shauq (2006), Kashmiri Sufi Shairi (Kashmiri Sufi Poetry), Srinagar: All India Urdu Munch
  • Habib, Aamir (2015), "The Mystics and the Idea allround Kashmiri Composite Culture: A Study of Prakash Compress Bhat and Shams Faqir, M.Phil. diss., Jamia Millia Islamia