Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Mir Syed Ali bin Shahab-ud-Din Hamadani (Persian: میر سید علی ابن شہاب الدین ہمدانی; 1314–1384) was a Persian Sūfī of the Kubrāwī order, a poet and a prominent Shafi'i Muslim scholar. He was born on Monday, 12th Rajab 714 AH (1314 A.C) in Hamadan and died in 786 AH/1384 in Kunar,Hazara Division,KPK Province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and was buried in Khatlan. He was very influential in spreading Islam in Kashmir and has had a huge influence on the culture of the Kashmir valley. He was also known as "Shāh Hamadhān" ("King of Hamadhān", Iran) and as Amīr-i Kabīr ("the Great Commander"). He wrote several short works on spirituality and Sufism. He had a lot of influence on the works of his contemporary in Kashmir, the female Śaiva poet Lallēśvārī.

Works

• Risalah Nooriyah, is a tract on contemplation.
• Risalah Maktubaat, contains Amir-i-Kabir’s letter.
• Dur Mu’rifati Surat wa Sirat-i-Insaan, discusses the bodily and moral features of man.
• Dur Haqaa’iki Tawbah, deals with the real nature of penitence.
• Hallil Nususi allal Fusus, is a commentary on Ibn-ul-‘Arabi’s Fusus-ul-Hikam.
• Sharhi Qasidah Khamriyah Faridhiyah, is a commentary on the wine-qasidah of ‘Umar ibn ul-Fariz who died in 786 A.H. =1385 A.C.
• Risalatul Istalahaat, is a treatise on Sufic terms and expressions.
• ‘ilmul Qiyafah is on physiognomy.
• Dah Qa’idah gives ten rules of contemplative life.
• Kitabul Mawdah Fil Qurba, puts together traditions on affection among relatives.
• Kitabus Sab’ina Fi Fadha’il Amiril Mu’minin, gives the seventy virtues of Hazrat ‘Ali. Arba’ina Amiriyah, is forty traditions on man’s future life.
• Rawdhtul Firdaws, is an extract of a larger work entitled.
• Firdawsul Akhyaar, by Shuja-ud-Din Shiruyah.
• Manazilu Insaaliqin, is on Sufi-ism.
• AWRAAD-UL-FATHIYAH, gives a conception of the unity of God and His attributes.

Bibliography

• John Renard, Historical Dictionary of Sufism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements, 58), ISBN 0810853426, 2005
• S. Naqi Abbas (Kaify), Nigāhī Be ‘Dhakhīrat-ul-Mulūk’ Tālīf-i Mīr Sayyed ‘Alī Hamedānī (نگاهی به «ذخیرةالملوک» تألیف میر سیدعلی همدانی), Published in Qand-i Pārsī, Special Issue on Kashmīr And Mīr Sayyid ‘Alī Hamedānī, Issue No. 47-48, pp. 691-695, Persian Research Centre, Iran Culture House, New Delhi, 2010

External links

• long biography
• Tajik banknotes - includes picture of 10 Somoni note with Hamadani's face.