Wajihuddin Alvi | |
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 Theshrine of Wajihuddin Alvi in Ahmedabad | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1490s |
| Died | 1580 (aged 89–90) |
| Resting place | Wajihuddin's Tomb |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Shattari |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Muhammad Ghous |
| Successor | Hashim Pir Dastagir |
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Shah Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati (Persian:شاه وجیه الدین علوی گجراتی), also known theepithetHaider Ali Saani (Persian:حیدر علی ثانی), was an Islamic scholar andSufi in theShattari order.
Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati was born inAhmedabad in 1504 into a family of Sufi scholars and jurists. In 1528 he founded the Alvi Madrasa which was Ahmedbad's most notable Islamic learning center for over a century and a half.[1][2] He was made a member of theShattariyya order byMuhammad Ghous. Under his leadership, Ahmedabad became a major centre of Islamic studies, attracting students from all over India, and many of his disciples became prominent figures, including Syed Sibghatallah al-Barwaji, who moved toMedina and established theShattari tradition in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, who settled inUjjain, and Sheikh Abu Turab, who moved toLahore, and students fromBengal such as Usman and Yusuf, who contributed to Islamic education in medieval Hindustan.[1][2] He died in his madrasa in 1590.[3]
Wajihuddin Alvi is reported to have written books inArabic andPersian:[4]
He died in 1580 CE.[5] He is buried ina memorial tomb in Khanpur, Ahmedabad, built by his discipleSyed Murtuza Khan Bukhari, the eleventh (1606–1609) governor of Ahmedabad during the reign ofJahangir.[6][7][8]
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