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===Hazratbal Shrine=== | ===Hazratbal Shrine=== | ||
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The [[Hazratbal Shrine]] ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|حضرت بل}}}}, literally: ''Majestic Place''), also named Hazratbal, Assar-e-Sharief, or simply Dargah Sharif,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.koausa.org/SamsarChandKoul/dal.html|title=Srinagar and its Environs|access-date=30 December 2009}}</ref> is a [[Muslim]] shrine situated on the left bank of the Dal and is considered to be [[Kashmir]]'s holiest [[Islamic|Muslim]] shrine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houseboatskashmir.com/pilgrimage.html|title=Pilgrimate Tours|access-date=3 April 2010|publisher=House Boats, Kashmir|quote= The shrine is situated on the left bank of the Dal Lake, Srinagar and is considered to be Kashmir's holiest Muslim shrine}}</ref> It contains a relic believed by many Kashmiri Muslims to be the ''Moi-e-Muqqadas'', a hair from the head of the [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. According to legend, the relic was first brought to India by Syed Abdullah, a descendant of Muhammad who left [[Medina]] and settled in [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]], near [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in 1635. When Syed Abdullah died, his son, Syed Hamid, inherited the relic. Following the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] conquest of the region, Syed Hamid was stripped of his family estates. Finding himself unable to care for the relic, he gave it as the most precious gift to his close ''Mureed'' and a wealthy [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] businessman, Khwaja Nur-ud-Din Ishbari. | The [[Hazratbal Shrine]] ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|حضرت بل}}}}, literally: ''Majestic Place''), also named Hazratbal, Assar-e-Sharief, or simply Dargah Sharif,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.koausa.org/SamsarChandKoul/dal.html|title=Srinagar and its Environs|access-date=30 December 2009}}</ref> is a [[Muslim]] shrine situated on the left bank of the Dal and is considered to be [[Kashmir]]'s holiest [[Islamic|Muslim]] shrine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houseboatskashmir.com/pilgrimage.html|title=Pilgrimate Tours|access-date=3 April 2010|publisher=House Boats, Kashmir|quote= The shrine is situated on the left bank of the Dal Lake, Srinagar and is considered to be Kashmir's holiest Muslim shrine}}</ref> It contains a relic believed by many Kashmiri Muslims to be the ''Moi-e-Muqqadas'', a hair from the head of the [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. According to legend, the relic was first brought to India by Syed Abdullah, a descendant of Muhammad who left [[Medina]] and settled in [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]], near [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in 1635. When Syed Abdullah died, his son, Syed Hamid, inherited the relic. Following the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] conquest of the region, Syed Hamid was stripped of his family estates. Finding himself unable to care for the relic, he gave it as the most precious gift to his close ''Mureed'' and a wealthy [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] businessman, Khwaja Nur-ud-Din Ishbari. | ||