Mir Sayyid Ali Hamdani's (1314-1384) commonly known as Shah Hamadan, was born in Hamadan, Iran and died at the age of seventy-two in 786 A H.=1384 A.C. and is buried at Khatlan in Turkistan. Shah Hamadan by his three visits to the Valley of Kashmir helped in the spread of Islam by preaching and persuasion, gave impetus to arts and crafts and promoted learning in the latter part of the fourteenth century. His son Mir Muhammad built the Khanqah-i-Maula, Srinagar, now known as the Mosque and Shrine of Shah Hamadan. Mir Sayyid ‘Ali earned his living by sewing caps, was a poet, and wrote on religion, ethics and politics. The present ziyarat or shrine of Shah Hamadan on the Vitasta is said to have been erected in 798 a.h.=1395 a.o. on the spot where one of the two trials with the priests took place. The verse mentioned above is from the mosque attached to Khanqah. The abode of Shah e Hamadan was later versified and added. This ziyarat first built by Sultan Qutb-ud-Din, therefore, really represents the great Sayyid's chilla-khaana or the place of retreat and devotion, and not his tomb, which is in Khatlan. It is constructed chiefly of the wood of the deodar pine, and is equipped with, a pyramidal steeple of timber capped with brass. When Shah-e-Hamdan came to Kashmir, after escaping the tyranny of Timurids, it was the reign of Sultan Qutub-ud-Din Shahmiri. The Sultan greatly revered the Sufi saint and had such great regard to a cap given to him by the Saint that he always wore it under his crown. This cap passed on to the succeeding Sultans and was buried with the body of Sultan Fath Shah as his last will. More in the comments. Photo: @KashmirThroughMyLens Reference: Sufi, G. M. D. Kashir: being a history of Kashmir : from the earliest times to our own. 2015. #KashmirHistoryMonth #KashmirHistoryProject #sufism #sufiquotes #sufisozluk #sufishrine #shahehamdan #Kashmir https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbc5x0sWEw/?utm_medium=tumblr
