Muslim saints
This is a list of patron Muslim saints of places by nation, and other regional countries, in the Islamic world.
Traditional Non-Christian saints
| Region | Muslim saint |
|---|---|
 Bangladesh
|
 Shah Jalal[1] |
 India
|
 Sai Baba of Shirdi[2][3] |
 Pakistan
|
 Fariduddin Ganjshakar[4] |
Muslim Saints Media
A 1552 Persian miniature of the saint Ahmad Ghazali (d. 1123, brother of al-Ghazali) talking to a disciple.
A Mughal miniature dated from the early 1620s depicting the Mughal emperor Jahangir (d. 1627) preferring a Sufi saint to his contemporary, the King of England James I (d. 1625); the picture is inscribed: "Though outwardly kings stand before him, he fixes his gazes on saints."
Detail from an Indian miniature depicting the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh (d. 1659) seeking the advice of a local saint named Mian Mir (d. 1635), undated but perhaps from the late seventeenth-century
A drawing of The Two Poet Saints Hafez and Saadi Shirazi (ca. 17th century), thought to be executed by Muhammad Qāsim
The shrine of Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325) in Delhi, India, where he is honored as an Awliya Allah of the city; the shrine is the most popular site of Muslim pilgrimage in the Indian subcontinent
The shrine of Aḥmad Yesewī (d. 1166) in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, where he is honored as an Awliya Allah of the country; the shrine was commissioned by Timur in 1389
References
- ↑ Hussain, M Sahul. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (2014)Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ Sri Sai Satcharitra
- ↑ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 102, Issues 1-22 (1981)Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press, 1981. Retrieved 4 Jan 2017.
- ↑ National Saint of Pakistan is ________________________ (4 May 2018).
