Pir Sadrudin

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Pīr Sadrudin ( صدر الدين Pīr Ṣadr ad-Dīn ) was an Ismaili missionary ( dāʿī ) and Sufi master in the 14th and early 15th centuries. He came from Persia and was active in India (Sindh) among the Chodschas . His main work is his Ginan Das Avatar . His shrine is located near Uceh .

Aga Khan Case

In the Aga Khan Case he served as a key figure in the connection between the (then) Aga Khan and the Chodschas .

Judge Joseph Arnold's judgment in 1866 states:

"On the one hand says the learned judge:" The relators and plaintiffs contend that Pir Sadruddin (whom both sides admit to have originally converted the Khojas from Hinduism to some form of Muhammadanism) was a Sunni that the Khoja community has ever since its first conversion been and now is, Sunni and that no persons calling themselves Khojas who are not Sunnis, are entitled to be considered member of the Khoja community, or to have any share or interest in the public property of the Khoja community or to have any share or interest in the public property of the Khoja community or any voice in the management thereof. On the other side, it is maintained by the first defendant ie, Aga Khani and by the other defendants who are in the same interest with him, that Pir Sadruddin was not a Sunni but a Shia of the Imami Ismaili persuasion; that he was a "Da'i or missionary of one of the direct lineal ancestors of the first defendant the Imam or spiritual chief for the time then being of the I mamie Ismailis; that from the time of the first conversion till now the Khoja community has been and still is (with the exception of the relators and plaintiffs and those comparatively few families among the Bombay Khojas who adhere to them), of the Shia Imamie Ismaili persuasion; that the said community (except as aforesaid) always has been bound in close ties of spiritual allegiance to the ancestors of first defendants, Aga Khan, the hereditary chiefs Imams of the Ismailis, whom the Khoja community always have regarded and (except as above) still regard as their Murshid or spiritual head. "

Arnold emphatically emphasizes:

"That conclusion is that the preponderating tradition of the Khoja community is substantially correct. that Pir Sadruddin was a Da'i or missionary of the hereditary Imams of the Ismailis (probably of Shah Islamshah) and that he converted the first Khojas to the Shi'a Imami Ismaili form of Muhammadanism. "

The work The Avatar also played a role in the 2nd Aga Khan Case (1908).

Khojki script

According to the popular Ismaili tradition, he is considered the inventor of the Khojki script .

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References and footnotes

  1. ^ Iis.ac.uk: Pir Sadardin
  2. ↑ On the ginans , cf. ismaili.net
  3. ↑ Teena Purohit, p. 40:

    "In this history, Pir Sadrudin served as they key connecting figure between the Aga Khan and the Khojas. [...] The Aga Khan authority was likely legitimized through the connection to Sadrudin [.] "

  4. ↑ quoted from ismaili.net: The Heritage Society Presents Pir Sadardin - accessed on July 15, 2014
  5. ↑ quoted from ismaili.net: The Heritage Society Presents Pir Sadardin - accessed on July 15, 2014
  6. ↑ Anshuman Pandey: Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO / IEC 10646. (PDF; 3.0 MB) 2009, p. 1 (proposal for coding the Khojki script in ISO / IEC 10646):

    "Popular Ismaili tradition states that the script was invented by Pir Sadruddin, an Ismaili missionary actively working with the Hindu Lohana community of Sind. Khojki is one of two mercantile Landa scripts that were transformed into literary scripts in order to serve the purposes of religious communities; the other is Gurmukhi. "

Pir Sadrudin (alternative names of the lemma)
Pīr Ṣadr ad-Dīn; Pir Ṣadr-al-Din; Pir Sadardin; Pir Sadruddin; Pir Sadrudin; Haji Sadar Shah; Pir Sadr al Din
personal data
SURNAME Sadrudin, Pir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sadrudin; Ad-Dīn, Pīr Ṣadr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ismaili missionary (dāʿī) and Sufi master
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 14th century or 15th century