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Ali Hujwiri, Sufi of Lahore

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ScholarSufi of Lahore

Ali Hujwiriعلی ہجویری

Approximate dateLahore

A Sufi from Ghazni whose Kashf al-Mahjub is the oldest Sufi treatise in Persian.

After long travels through the Muslim lands he settled in Lahore. Kashf al-Mahjub, 'the Unveiling of the Veiled', explains the Sufi path and insists that it must keep to the Sharia.

What grew out of it?

His shrine in Lahore, Data Darbar, is one of the busiest in South Asia.

Who else is linked?

LahoreGhaznavids

Who lived at the same time?

Hisham IIITughril BegAl-QaimMahmud of GhaznaAl-QadirAl-Hakim bi-Amr AllahAl-Mustansir BillahAlp Arslan

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