#khuldabad #maharashtra #aurangabad #rajuqattal #sufism #sufisaint #chishti #insearchofthedivine – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Mon, 15 May 2023 19:12:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #khuldabad #maharashtra #aurangabad #rajuqattal #sufism #sufisaint #chishti #insearchofthedivine – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Dargah of Sheikh Raju Qattal in Khuldabad, Maharashtra https://ranasafvi.com/dargah-of-sheikh-raju-qattal-in-khuldabad-maharashtra/ https://ranasafvi.com/dargah-of-sheikh-raju-qattal-in-khuldabad-maharashtra/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 19:12:02 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38648 When Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq gave orders for the shifting of the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, he ordered Sufi saints to shift as well.
One of them was Hazrat Syed Shah Yusuf Hussaini, popularly known as Hazrat Shah Raju Qattal a Sayyid fromKhurasan, who had become a disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya.
The title Qattal was given because he slayed worldly desires through severe penance .
He reached Khuldabad in 1328 and left this world, three years later in 1331. He remains buried in a simple tomb within the compound of his house.
Malik Ambar the famous Abysinnian general is buried close to this Dargah.

Shah Raja Qattal is father of Banda Nawaz Hazrat Gesu daraz.

He is buried in Khuldabad near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. His tomb was made by Tana Shah, his disciple the last Qutb Shahi king of Golcunda.

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/dargah-of-sheikh-raju-qattal-in-khuldabad-maharashtra/feed/ 0 38648 The Red Fort of Delhi : A talk in Boston University https://ranasafvi.com/the-red-fort-of-delhi-a-talk-in-boston-university/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:53:55 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/the-red-fort-of-delhi-a-talk-in-boston-university/ Very good response to my talk on Red Fort at Boston University today. Mostly attended by professors and research scholars on art & architecture

Arranged by two Circles dot net as part of my lecture tour of USA.

https://www.bu.edu/asian/2019/01/23/red-fort-of-delhi-from-1857-until-today-apr-3-2019/

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