Sufi
1274 |
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (b.1177), born as Seyyed Shah Hussain Marandi in Marand (near the city of Tabriz) in Azerbaijan (then part of Iran), died in Sindh (later part of Pakistan). He had migrated to Sindh and settled in Sehwan and was buried there. He is also known as Shaikh Hussain Marandi. He was a Shia Sufi in the regions that lie in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Links: Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Sufi ![]() |
1837 |
Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787-1860), an Algeria-born mendicant founded the Sanusi, a Sufi order, in Mecca. Beida, Libya, later became the seat of the Sanusi. Links: Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sufi ![]() |
1843 |
Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi returned to North Africa from Mecca, settling in Jabal Akhdar in Cyrenaica (Libya). In the mountainous fastness of the area he founded a center of operations at al-Beida with the organization of the al-Sanusi Sufi lodge and built the Zawiya al-Baida (White Monastery). Links: Libya, Islam, Sufi ![]() |
1968 |
Baba Hassan Din, English convert to Sufism, died in Lahore, Pakistan. In the 1950’s he had adopted a boy named Hafiz Iqbal, and raised him to be a scholar. Both were later recognized as Sufi saints. Links: Britain, Pakistan, Sufi ![]() |
2001 |
Hafiz Iqbal, a Sufi gnostic and street sweeper in Lahore, died. He was later recognized as a Sufi saint. Links: Pakistan, Sufi ![]() |
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