Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was a <a href="/facts/Sufi/2NVoELdX">Sufi</a> saint of the <a href="/facts/Kubrawiya/RHLlQHEV">Kubrawiya</a> order, who played an important role in the <a href="/facts/Spread_of_Islam/Y1vyMC7p">spread of Islam</a> in the <a href="/facts/Kashmir_Valley/uWtAwEdx">Kashmir Valley</a>. He was born in <a href="/facts/Hamadan/oKCzyFga">Hamadan</a>, <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>, and preached <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a> in <a href="/facts/Central_Asia/rB8k0CyT">Central Asia</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Asia/7gTqe3hY">South Asia</a>. He died in <a href="/facts/Swat_District/FwPeLTxl">Swat</a> on his way from Srinagar to Mecca and was buried in <a href="/facts/Khatlon_Region/LvuswfUt">Khatlan</a>, <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a>, in 1385 CE, aged 71–72. Hamadani was also addressed honorifically throughout his life as the Shāh-e-Hamadān ("King of Hamadan"), <a href="/facts/Emir/8zsf4AGp">Amīr-i Kabīr</a> ("the Great Commander"), and Ali Sani ("second <a href="/facts/Ali/YwM7b73C">Ali</a>").

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Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani