Mohiuddin Mahdi
Mohiuddin Mahdi | |
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মহিউদ্দীন মাহদী | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1676 |
| Resting place | Jhunjhuni Shah Mazar |
| Other names | Jhunjhuni Shah |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Lineage | Abdul Qadir Jilani |
| Tariqa | Qadiri |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Godagari |
| Post | Sufi mystic |
Influenced by | |
Influenced | |
| Islam in Bangladesh |
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Sirāj as-Sālikīn Sayyid Muḥyī ad-Dīn Mahdī (Bengali: মহিউদ্দীন মাহদী; died 1676), popularly referred to as Jhunjhuni Shah (Bengali: ঝুনঝুনি শাহ) or Jhunjhuni Baba (Bengali: ঝুনঝুনি বাবা), a 17th-century Sufi saint and Islamic preacher based in the region of Varendra in Bengal. After his death, the Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan ordered the construction of a mazar in his memory.