![]() ![]() His book, Tohmat-ul-Asfiya, is the biography of Waris Ali Shah. ![]() He collected the sayings of his spiritual guide Malfūzāt-i-Hāji Wāris 'Ali Shāh. Shaiq Khuda Bakhsh was a follower of Waris Ali Shah. Haji Waris Ali Shah was the Pir of Mushir Husain Kidwai of Gadia, a zamindar, barrister and pan-Islamist politician from Barabanki. Hazrat Baba Sufi Syed Diwana Shah Warsi(R.A) (Jagatdal,West Bengal).Thakur Grur Mohan Singh, Zamindar (Bhagalpur).Raja Udyat Narayan Sing (Suratgunj, Oudh).His numerous disciples, which include both Muslims and Hindus. He had many prominent followers from several faiths. When he was a small boy, Waris Ali attached himself to Haji Khadim Ali Shah, a sufi dervish of Golaganj, Lucknow, and remained with him until his death in 1832-33 when Waris Ali was 16 years old. He was initiated in the traditional Chishtiyya Sufi order, but he adopted more liberal view and permitted his followers to remain in their own religion. Waris Ali Shah belonged to the Qadiriyya and Chishtiyya schools of Sufism. He died on 13 Muharram 1323 AH (6 April 1905 CE). He also travelled to England and had an audience with Queen Victoria. During his extensive travels in Europe, he visited the Sultan of Turkey and Bismarck of Berlin. He went to Mecca for pilgrimage many times. Haji Waris Ali Shah at a very early age showed an extraordinary inclination for a religious life: even in his extreme boyhood, he was regarded as amazingly proficient in his knowledge and practice of religion. His father's name was Qurban Ali Shah whose tomb too is located in Dewa. ![]()
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