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{{Short description|Sufi Spiritual leader in Jammu and Kashmir}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Islam]]
| name = Sayyid Meerak Shah Kashani
| background = Green
| honorific prefix = Sufi
| honorific suffix = Spiritual Leader
| native_name = سید میرک شاہ کاشأنی
| native_name_lang = ks
| title = '''Faqir-e-Milat'''
| birth_date = 6 September 1895
| birth_place = Saraf Kadal, Srinagar
| parents = Sayyid Ahmad Shah Kashani
| main interests =
| Sufi_order = [[Qadiriyya]], [[Kubrawiyya]], [[Naqshbandi]], [[Suhrawardiyya]], [[Chisti]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iuafAAAAMAAJ|pages=148|title=The Kashmiri Mussulman|last1=Khan |first1=Ghulam Hassan |year=1973 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://menafn.com/1102216790/Sayyid-Mirak-Shah-KashaniKashmir8217-s-Spiritual-Glory-Prophesied-In-Lahore|title=Sayyid Mirak Shah Kashani:Kashmir' s Spiritual Glory ... | MENAFN.COM|website=menafn.com|accessdate=29 March 2023}}</ref>
| pen_name = Mirak~
| death_date = 13 December 1971 (24th Shawwal)
| death_place = Shalimar Srinagar
| resting_place = Khanqah-i-Kashani Shalimar
| alma_mater = Anjuman Tableeg Ul Islam, Madinat Ul Uloum
| founder = Anjuman Tableeg Ul Islam
| influenced = Allama Shah Bukhari, [[Peer Yaseen Sahib]](Syed Mohammad Yaseen Shah),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailygoodmorningkashmir.com/faqeer-e-milat-jinab-peer-yaseen-sahib-ra-one-of-the-dearest-khalifas-of-syed-mirak-shah-kashani-ra/|title=Faqeer –e- Milat Jinab Peer Mohammad Yaseen Sahib (RA) - One of the Dearest Khalifa's of Syed Mirak Shah Kashani RA|first=Haroon Rashid|last=Bhat|date=7 October 2022}}</ref> Molvi Abdul Kabir <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thekashmirhorizon.com/2021/09/30/sayel-pandithporileast-published-poet-of-his-generation/|title=Sayel Pandithpori,Least Published Poet Of His Generation|accessdate=29 March 2023}}</ref>
| influences = [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]]
| image =
| nationality = [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
}}

'''Sayyid Meerakh Shah Kashani''' (Urdu: سید میرک شاہ کاشانی; 6 September 1895 – 13 December 1971), also known as '''Faqir-i-Milat''', was a [[Sufism|Kashmiri Sufi]] poet and spiritual teacher active during the late nineteenth centuries. He was associated with Sufi teaching and community service in Kashmir.

Kashani was known for his poetry, religious instruction, and spiritual leadership. His teachings addressed themes of devotion, ethics, and spiritual discipline, he attracted follows within Kashmir and beyond. He was regarded by his followers as a respected Sufi saint, and his work influenced aspects of the region's religious and cultural life.

== Early life and education ==
Mirakh Shah Kashani was born on 6 September 1895 in Saraf Kadal, [[Srinagar]], Jammu and Kashmir, to Sayyid Ahmed Shah Naqash. His mother died when he was two years old, and his father died three years later. He did not receive formal secular education beyond instruction in the [[Quran|Qur'an]], [[Hadith]], and some [[Persian literature]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-05 |title=Sayyid Mirak Kashani: Kashmir's Spiritual Glory Prophesied In Lahore |url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2021/06/05/sayyid-mirak-shah-kashanikashmirs-spiritual-glory-prophesied-in-lahore/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=[[Kashmir Observer]] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to some accounts, when further formal education was proposed, he declined and instead spent time in the company of [[fakir]]s, [[saint]]s and [[Qalandar (title)|Qalandar]]s.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

It is reported that his ancestor, Sayyid Habibullah Kashani, migrated from [[Kashan]], a city in [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]]. Family tradition traces his lineage to the Prophet [[Muhammad]] صلى الله تعالى عليه وآله وسلم through [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]] رحمه الله.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}[[File:Sayyid_Meerakh_Shah_Kashani.jpg|thumb|Shrine of Sayyid Meerakh Shah Kashani at Shalimar Srinagar.]]

Kashani later engaged in the [[Islamic calligraphy|calligraphy]] of [[Quran|Qur'an]]ic verses, which he used as a means of financial suport for himself and his disciples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syed Meerak Shah Saheb Kashani (R.A) |url=https://www.kashmirdinbhar.in/2020/03/syed-meerak-shah-saheb-kashani-ra.html |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=[[Kashmir Dinbhar]] |language=en-gb|date=12 March 2020}}</ref>

The shrine of Sayyid Meerakh Shan Kashani is located at Shalimar in Srinagar.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

==Death and burial==
Sayyid Meerakh Shah Kashani died on 13 December 1971 (24 [[Shawwal]] 1391 AH), three days before the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, at the age of 76. He was buried at [[Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar]], at a site known as Khanqah-i-Kashaniyah, near the graves of his predecessors, Abdul Qadoos and Laal Shah Sahib.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Sayyid Mirak Shah Kashani : Kashmir's spiritual glory prophesied in Lahore |url=https://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=103890 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir}}</ref>

His annual [[urs]] is observed on 24 Shawwal in accordance with the Islamic calender.<ref>{{Cite news |last=GKNN |title=Urs of Hazrat Mirak Shah Kashani (RA), Hazrat Mian Nizamuddin Kiyanawi (RA) |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/urs-of-hazrat-mirak-shah-kashani-ra-hazrat-mian-nizamuddin-kiyanawi-ra |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Asia's Premier News Agency - India News, Business & Political, National & International, Bollywood, Sports {{!}} ANI News |url=https://www.aninews.in/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=www.aninews.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Works ==
[[File:Jaam e Irfan (Goblet Of Knowledge) written by Sayyid Meerakh Shah Kashani, Shalimar Srinagar.jpg|Jaam e Irfan written by Sayyid Meerakh Shah Kashani.|center|frameless|258x258px]]• '''Jaam-e-Irfan''' (Goblet Of Knowledge), a poetry collection published by Khanqah-i-Kashaniyah; its second edition was published in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sayyid Mirak Shah Kashani : Kashmir's spiritual glory prophesied in Lahore - Scoop News Jammu Kashmir |url=https://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=103890 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.scoopnews.in}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Abdul Qadir Gilani]]
* [[Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari]]
* [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:20th-century Islamic religious leaders]]
[[Category:Islam in Kashmir]]
[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Srinagar]]
[[Category:Sufi poets]]

Sayyid Meerak Shah Kashani - Revision history

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