Bahauddin Zakariya
Baha-ud-din Zakariya (Urdu and Persian: بہاءُ الدین زکریا) (c.1170 – 1262), also spelled Bahauddin Zakariya, and also known as Baha-ul-Haq and Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, 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.
Baha-ud-Din Zakariya بہاءُ الدین زکریا | |
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| Born | 1161 or 1182 Kut Karur, Punjab, (present-day Pakistan) |
| Died | 21 December 1262 Multan, Delhi Sultanate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni, specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Multan, Punjab |
| Period in office | 12th/13th century |
| Predecessor | Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi |
| Successor | Various, including Lal Shahbaz Qalander, Fakhr ud din Iraqi, Jalaluddin Rumi and Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari |
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