Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
Ashraf Jahangir Semnani | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Mir Ahauddin Sayyid Ashraf 1289 CE (688 AH) Semnan (in modern Iran) |
| Died | 1425 CE (28 Muharram 808 AH) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Kichaucha, Northern India |
| Period in office | Late 12th century to 13th century |
| Predecessor | Alaul Haq Pandavi |
| Successor | Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain |
Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (Urdu: سلطان سید مخدوم اشرف جہانگیر سمنانی; (1285–1386) was an Iranian Sufi saint from Semnan, Iran. He was the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order. He is India's third most influential Sufi saint after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.
His father Sultan Ibrahim Noorbaksh was the local ruler of Semnan. Semnani was claimed to be the descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through his grandson Husayn ibn Ali. His mother Bibi Khadija was said to be a descendant of the Turkic Sufi saint Ahmad Yasawi.
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