Shamas Faqir
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Shamas Faqeer R.A. | |
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| Title | Shamas Faqir. |
| Personal | |
| Born | Sheikh Mohammad Sidiq 1843 Chinkral Mohalla near Habba Kadal Srinagar |
| Died | 1901 |
| Resting place | Braripora Krishpora, Khan Saheb, Budgam, Kashmir. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | 19th century |
| Region | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Denomination | Ishq, (Sufi) |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism, Tasawuf |
| Notable work(s) | Sufi poetry |
| Tariqa | Qadiriyya. |
| Other names | Shamas Seab, |
Shamas Faqir ( شمس فقیر) was a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism.[citation needed]
Shamas Faqir was born Sheikh Mohammad Sidiq in 1843, to a poor family in Chinkral Mohalla, Habba kadalSrinagar, Kashmir.[citation needed] He didn't receive formal education, but became apprenticed to Niama Saeb, a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He became a disciple of Souch Maliar, Abdul Rehman of Burzalla, Atiq-Ullah of Gulab Bagh, Mohammad Jammal and Rasool Saeb.[citation needed]
When aged 25 he left for Amritsar, in the Indian Punjab, where he became a disciple of another Sufi Saint.[who?] After his return from Amritsar he lived in Anantnag, Kashmir, where he married. He returned to his ancestral home in Srinagar for some time, subsequently meditating for six months in a cave at Qazi Bagh in the Budgam district of Kashmir. Following this he lived in Braripora Krishpora.[citation needed]
Many of his 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 Kashmiri idiom of his time, and also words from Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.[citation needed] His poem Merajnama recounts Mohammed's spiritual journey to God.[citation needed]
Shamas Faqir died in 1901, and was buried at Krishpora in Kashmir. He had two sons and a daughter.[1] Shamas Faqir's grand sons sheikh Peer Mehraj ud din ( aasi shamas) and his younger brother sheikh peer Mohd Altaf (sons of sheikh Peer Gh Mohidin Sahib (RAH)kamli wali presently at his place.Sheikh Peer Mehraj ud din (aasi shamas) also a poet (shayar).
References
- ^ Kashir Sufi Shayiree, Volume 1 Published by Jammu & Kashmir Academy Of Art Culture And Languages, Srinagar 1985 pages 460-461.
Further reading
- Aziz, Afaq (2002), Kulliyyat-e Shams Faqir (Complete Works 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 of Kashmiri Composite Culture: A Study of Prakash Ram Bhat and Shams Faqir, M.Phil. diss., Jamia Millia Islamia
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