Hujwiri
Also called: Data Ganj Bakhsh, Ali bin Usman Hujwiri · Topic: Bhakti and Sufi Traditions · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 2 "Bhakti-Sufi Traditions"
Meaning
Ali bin Usman al-Hujwiri was an early sufi from Hujwir, near Ghazni in Afghanistan. Turkish troops captured him and brought him to Lahore, and he died there c. 1071–73. He wrote the Kashf-ul-Mahjub ("Unveiling of the Veiled") in Persian. It is a treatise, meaning a guidebook to sufi ideas and practice. The book shows how sufi traditions from outside the subcontinent shaped Indian Sufism. He came well before the Chishtis, who arrived in the late 12th century.
Example
His tomb in Lahore is called Data Darbar, and devotees honour him as Data Ganj Bakhsh ("the master who gives treasure"). It is still one of the best-known sufi shrines in the region.
Don't confuse with
- Muinuddin Chishti: He is the founder of the Chishti order in India and died in 1235 at Ajmer. Hujwiri lived more than a century earlier and did not belong to the Chishti order.
Related concepts
- Chishti silsila
- Muinuddin Chishti
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
- Nizamuddin Auliya
- Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Dehli
- Baba Farid
- Shaikh Salim Chishti
- Gesu Daraz
- Langar
- Sama