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Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi

sufi Scholar

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ110472821 ↗
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Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi (1902–1975, Urdu: پیر غلام محی الدین غزنوی ) was a Sufi scholar and first custodian of Nerian Sharif.

He was born in 1902 in Ghazni, Afghanistan. His father's name was Mohammad Akbar Khan. He died on Friday 11 April 1975 after the Jummah prayer. He was 73 years old.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902, 1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1902-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ghulam, Mohi-ud-Din and Ghaznavi providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.