RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ali Hujwiri

1009 - 1072

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman al-Jullabi al-Hujwiri (Persian: ابو الحسن علی بن عثمان الجلابی الھجویری, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī; c. 1009-1072/77), known reverentially as Data Sahib (Persian: داتا صاحب, romanized: Dātā Ṣaḥib), was an Islamic scholar and mystic who authored Kashf al-Mahjub, the earliest treatise on Sufism in the Persian language. Born in the Ghaznavid Empire, al-Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching. Al-Hujwiri is venerated as the primary saint of Lahore, Pakistan by the Sufis of the area and his tomb-shrine, known as the Data Darbar, is one of the most frequented shrines in South Asia. Currently, it is Pakistan's largest shrine "in numbers of annual visitors and in the size of the shrine complex," and, having been nationalized in 1960, is managed today by the Department of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of the Punjab. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Hujwiri is the 1,181st most popular religious figure (up from 2,130th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 89th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ali Hujwiri ranks 1,181 out of 3,187. Before him are Henry, Caesarius of Arles, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Jayadeva, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Yahdun-Lim. After him are Lillian Asplund, Ermengarde of Tours, Vincent of Lérins, Aristides of Athens, Nicanor the Deacon, and Mayta Cápac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1009, Ali Hujwiri ranks 5. Before him are Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Adela of France, Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and Peter Delyan. After him are Emperor Go-Suzaku, Al-Sarakhsi, García Sánchez of Castile, and George the Hagiorite. Among people deceased in 1072, Ali Hujwiri ranks 7. Before him are Alp Arslan, Romanos IV Diogenes, Peter Damian, Sancho II of Castile and León, Ouyang Xiu, and Antipope Honorius II. After him are Bagrat IV of Georgia, Al-Qushayri, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, and Hereward the Wake.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ali Hujwiri ranks 51 out of 177. Before him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), and Tahir ibn Husayn (776). After him are Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), and Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Afghanistan

Among religious figures born in Afghanistan, Ali Hujwiri ranks 3. Before him are Abu Dawood (817), and Ibrahim ibn Adham (718). After him are Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), and Abdul Rahman (1965).

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