lbn Battutah

lbn Battutah

(1304-1377 AD)

Great traveler, explorer, geographer and contemporary of Marco Polo, known by his alias name Ihn Battutah, Abu Ahdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Lawati al-Tanli was born on 24th February, 1304 AD in Tangier, Morocco and died in 1377 AD. The greatest Arab fraveller and the author of one of

the most famous travel books, the RilwIa (Travels) 107

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which describes his extensive travels covering some I 75,000 miles (more than 120,000 km), which is more

than the voyages of Marco Polo; during a span of thirty years, in trips to almost all the Muslim countries of Middle East, North Africa, central Africa, Spain, Central Asia and western and eastern Europe.

love of God became the whole basis of his life. Contrafy to general Muslim practice, Rumi gave music and dance an important place in religious exprussion.The best known of Rumi’s works are (1) Diwan-e-5}-tams Tabriz (The Poems of Shams Tabrjzi. Because Rumi considered tfiat when he wrote poetry it was Shams’ writing through him that’s why he

• called it Diwan-e-Shan-,.s Tabrizi) (2) Mathnawj (The Poems in Rhyming Couplets) which comprises 26,600 couplets and is divided into six volumes, (3) Fih ma

• Fih in prose (What is within is within).

He died and was buried in Qoñya in 672 AH/ December 17, 1273 AD at the age of 66 years.

Shaikh Sa’di Shirazj (R.A)

(1184-1291 AD)

Persian poet, one of the greatest figures in classical Persian literature, •Abu Abdullah Sharfuddin bin Muslihuddin, famously known as Sa’di Shirazi was born in Shiraz (Iran) in 580 AH/1184 AD. He received his education from the Academy of Nizamiyah Baghdad. Sa’di took his nom de plume from the name of the local Atbeg, or prince, Sa’d bin Zangi. His best known works are the (1) Bustan-eSa’di: The Orchard (1257 AD)and (2) Gulistan-e-Sa’di The Rose Garden (1258 AD).

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Amir Khosrow (R.A)

(1253-1324 AD)

Amir Khosrow bin Amir Saifuddin Mahmud Dahlavi was born in 650 AH/1253 AD at Patiyali, a small town near Kanuj in Uttar Pardesh. During his youth, he became a dedicated follower of the saint of the Delhi, Khuwaja Muhammad Nizamüddin Awilya of the Chjshti dervish order. Amir Khosrow was a man of manifold and versatile taste. He was a renowned poet, a great musician, a noted linguist, an eminent historian, a brave soldier; a• far-sighted statesman, a famous astrologer, a religious scholar, a devoted mystic and author of 92 books. Sometimes known as “the parrot of India” (Tooti-e-Hind), he had composed verses with an amazing ease and speed and wrote nearly half a million verses. He died on 18°’ Shawwal, 725 AH/1324 AD at Delhi and was buried next to his Murshid (Spiritual guide) Khuwaja Nizamuddin Awliya in Delhi.

Hafiz Shirazi

(1320-1389 AD)

One of the finest lyric poets of Persian language Muhanm-tad Shamsuddin bin Bahauddin Shirazi was born in 720 AH/1320 AD and died in 792 AH/1389 AD in Shiraz, Iran. He was Hafiz-e-Qura’an (learned the Qura’an by heart) and wrote commenlaries on religious classics, But he is famous for his Chazals (lyrics) which are the major part of his Diwan.

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