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Ghiyath ad-Din
Awliya
Ghiyath ad-Din Awliya
Personal
Born	Tabriz, Iran
Died	1388 (aged 194–195)
Resting place	Barmaqam, Hajo, Assam, India
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sufi
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Other names	Ghiyasuddin
Muslim leader
Based in	Hajo
Period in office	14th century

Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Awliyā (Assamese: গিয়াচুদ্দিন আউলিয়া, romanized: Giyasuddin Auliya, Arabic: غياث الدين أولياء) is a celebrated Sufi Muslim figure in Assam. His name is often associated with the spread of Islam into the region, part of a long history of interactions between the Middle East and South Asia.

was one among the many Sufis who spread Islam in eastern India.^[1] Saint received an honorifics as a Dakhini as he was the resident of Deccan.^[2]^[3]

Biography

In the 14th century, a group of walis led by Ghiyath ad-Din Awliya, a Sufi from Baghdad, arrived in the region. They established a khanqah atop the Garurachala Hills in Hajo. Claiming to have brought a lump of soil from Makkah with him, the building came to be known as the Barmaqam Powa-Makkah. Ghiyathuddin died in 1388 and a mazar (mausoleum) was built there.^[4]

Legacy

Even after the state-sponsored expulsion of Mughals in 1682, King Sukhrungphaa of the Tungkhungia dynasty was said to have continued to pay great attention to the Powa-Makkah Mosque in Hajo.

References

^ SAIDUL.), MD NAZRUL ISLAM ISLAM (MD; Islam, Nazrul (20 March 2020). Islam and Democracy in South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-42909-6.
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^ Ahmed, Rafiuddin (1996). The Bengal Muslims, 1871-1906: A Quest for Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-563919-3.
^ Mumtaz, Nahida (2020). SUFIS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF MEDIEVAL ASSAM IN 16-17"' CENTURY. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 83–88.

[1] SAIDUL.), MD NAZRUL ISLAM ISLAM (MD; Islam, Nazrul (20 March 2020). Islam and Democracy in South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-42909-6.

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[3] Ahmed, Rafiuddin (1996). The Bengal Muslims, 1871-1906: A Quest for Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-563919-3.

[AMU-4] Mumtaz, Nahida (2020). SUFIS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF MEDIEVAL ASSAM IN 16-17"' CENTURY. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 83–88.

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