Bahauddin Zakariya

Bahauddin Zakariya
TitleHadrat, Sheikh (Ghous-ul-Aalamin)
Personal life
Born1161 or 1182
Kut Karur, Punjab (present-day Pakistan)
Died21 December 1262
Multan, Delhi Sultanate
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni, specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Muslim leader
Based inMultan, Punjab
Period in office12th/13th century
PredecessorShihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi
SuccessorVarious, including Lal Shahbaz Qalander, Fakhr ud din Iraqi, Jalaluddin Rumi

Bahauddin Zakariya (c.1170 – 1262), also known as Baha-ul-Haq, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, saint and poet who established the Suhrawardiyya order of Baghdad in medieval South Asia, later becoming one of the most influential spiritual leaders of his era.

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