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{{Infobox saint
|name = '''Sultan Syed Shah Mutaharuddin Suhrawardi'''
|titles = '''Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar''' '''Tabal-e-Aalam Baadshah''' '''Nathar Shah Wali''' '''Mardaan-e-Ghaib''' '''Baba-e-Nathar Sarmast Dhool Samandar'''
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|image_size = 250px
|caption = A small hill where Nathar Shah is said to have lived for years in a cave
|birth_date = 969 [[Common Era|CE]]
|birth_place =[[Anatolia]]
|death_date = 1038 [[Common Era|CE]]
|death_place = [[Tiruchirapalli]], India
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|major_shrine = [[Tiruchirapalli]]
| parents = Ahmed Kabeer (father) Fathima Bano (mother)
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|issues= Syeda Halima Sadia (adopted daughter)
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|influenced = Abdur Rahman Siddiqi [[Baba Fakruddin|Syed Baba Fakhruddin]] [[Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal|Syed Shah Hayder Wali]] [[Nagore Shahul Hamid|Syed Shah Khadir Wali]] Syed Rahmatullah Baba
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| venerated_in = By all those [[Sunni Muslim]]s who venerate saints, especially by those in the [[Indian subcontinent]]; some [[Shia]] [[Muslim]]s come to his shrine too
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[[File:footview.jpg|thumb|Nathar Vali's holy foot impressions]]
'''Sultan Syed Shah Mutaharuddin Suhrawardi''' (969–1039),<ref>{{cite book|title=The Preaching of Islam|page=267|first=T. W.|last=Arnold|publisher=Charles Scribner and Sons|year=1896}}</ref> also called '''Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar''' or '''Nathar Wali''' or '''Nadir Shah''', was a [[Muslim]] [[Mysticism|mystic]] and [[preacher]] from the [[Middle East]] who migrated to [[Tamil Nadu]] in the 11th-century, where he travelled from area to area to preach the faith of Islam to the locals.<ref name="Khan1985">{{cite book|author=Shafique Ali Khan|title=Two Nation Theory: As a Concept, Strategy and Ideology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9ggAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=15 September 2013|year=1985|publisher=Royal Book Company|page=70}} - ''Nathar Wali (died in 1039) is supposed to be the earliest Muslim Sufi who dedicated his life to Islam in the south''.</ref> He came to [[Trichy]] in the 11th century; his shrine is located in [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref name="Bayly2004" /><ref name="India1962">{{cite book| author = Numismatic Society of India| title = The journal of the Numismatic Society of India| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qERmAAAAMAAJ| accessdate = 4 May 2011| year = 1962| publisher = Numismatic Society of India, P.O. Hindu University. }}</ref> which according to legend is atop the grave of the three-headed Hindu demon [[Tiriasuran]] whom Dada killed.<ref name="Bayly2004">{{cite book| author = Susan Bayly| title = Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700–1900| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Fxqtx8SflEsC&pg=PA137| accessdate = 4 May 2011| date = 22 April 2004| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-89103-5| pages = 137– }}</ref>

== Early life ==
According to the sources Tabl-e-Aalam Badshah was born as Syed Mutaharuddin in [[Anatolia]] region to the King of Bahanasa King Ahmed Kabeer and Syeda Fathimunnisa (Descendants of Prophet [[Muhammad]] through [[Ali]] and [[Husayn ibn Ali]]). He had an younger brother Syed Jalaluddin who became the King after he left the Kingdom for the journey of Sufism.

== Life in Tiruchirapalli ==
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Nathar Wali left his comfortable life in search of ''[[Murshid]]'' (spiritual preceptor).<ref name="Bayly2004" /><ref name="Bayly2004-p117">{{cite book|author=Susan Baylyy|title=Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700–1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fxqtx8SflEsC&pg=PA117|accessdate=15 September 2013|date=22 April 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89103-5|pages=117–}}</ref>He was a [[Qalandar (title)|Qalandar]] (unmarried saint) came to India along with 900 Qalandars to spread Islam, before coming to India he became the ''[[Mureed]]'' (Student) to Ibrahim Garamseel near [[Pakistan]] region, then after he travelled his journey towards different parts of India and at last he reached to [[Trichy]] and settled there. During this time, he is said to have performed miracles. Along with his qalandars, he came to Tiruchirapuram, which is now known as [[Tiruchirappalli]], and led a religious life with his qalandars in a flower garden there.

== Disciples of Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar ==

* Syed Shamsuddin "Shams Goya"
* Syed Shamsullah "Shams Farrah"
* [[Baba Fakruddin|Syed Baba Fakhruddin]]
* [[Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal|Syed Shah Hayder Wali]]
* [[Nagore Shahul Hamid|Syed Shah Khadir Wali]] "Shahul Hamid"
* Syed Abdur Rahman Siddiqi
* Syed Rahmatullah Baba

== Death ==
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He died in Tiruchirappalli in 1039 and was buried in the city and a mosque constructed at the spot. Long after his death, Tiruchirappalli is still referred to by his followers as "Natharnagar". Nathar Vali died on the 15th of the month of Ramadan. This date is commemorated as his ''[[urs]]'' (death-day), and the first 17 days of Ramadan are celebrated in his honor, by Muslims, Christians, and Hindus, one the eve of the Kanduri festival, where they seek his blessings.

== References ==
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