Jamaat Ali Shah

Pir Syed Jamaat Ali Shah (1834 1951) was a Pakistani author, Islamic scholar and Sufi saint of the Naqshbandi Order. He presided over the All India Sunni Conference and led the Movement for Shaheed Ganj Mosque. He was a contemporary of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, the founder of Barelvi movement.

Ameer-e-Millat, Sayyid
Pir Syed Jamaat Ali Shah
پیر جماعت علی شاہ
Personal
Born1834
Alipur Sharif, Sikh Empire, (present-day Pakistan)
Died1951
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi movement
All India Sunni Conference
Pakistan Movement
TariqaNaqshbandi
Muslim leader
Period in officeBritish India
PostPresident, All India Sunni Conference

He was among the scholars who led the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He was a leader of the Pakistan Movement. He gave personal donations to Anjuman Hizbul Ahnaf, a Madrasa founded by Syed Deedar Ali Shah Alwari to propagate the true Islam to the people.

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