Hudschwīrī
Abū l-Hasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān Hudschwīrī ( Persian ابو الحسن علي بن عثمان هجويري, DMG Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUṯmān Huǧwīrī ; born around 990 in Huǧwīr near Ġaznā / Ġaznī; died 1071 or 1077 in Lahore / Lāhaur, the Indian capital of the Ghaznavids ) was a Persian Sufi writer, theologian and mystic . He is the author of several works on Islamic mysticism , a. a. of Kashf al-Mahdschub ("Kašf al-maḥǧūb"; "The Unveiling of the Veiled One"), the oldest Persian manual on Islamic mysticism, which was translated into English by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911).
Hudschwīrī, known as Data Ganj Bachsch, was instrumental in spreading Islam in South Asia. He spent many years of his life traveling, including to Iran, Iraq and Syria, where he met many respected mystics. He was a student of Abu'l-Fadl Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Chuttali .
His mausoleum , the shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bachsch , is located in Lahore , Pakistan, and is an important pilgrimage site that is venerated by Muslims, Hindus , Sikhs and Christians.
Works
- Kashf al-mahjub (English translation by Reynold A. Nicholson in the EJW Gibb Memorial Series 17, digitized version )
- Dīwān
- Kitāb al-bayān li-ahl al-iyān
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literature
- Jürgen W. Frembgen : Journey to God. Sufis and dervishes in Islam. CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2000.
- Hidayet Hosain: Art. "Hu dj wīrī" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. III, p. 546.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hudschwīrī |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hudschwīrī, Abū l-Hasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān (full name); ابو الحسن علي بن عثمان هجويري (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huǧwīr at Ġaznā |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1071 or 1077 |
| Place of death | Lahore |