Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi
Sufi saint
Mir Syed Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Arāqi (Persian: میر شمس الدین محمد عراقی; c. 1440–1515) was an Iranian wali (Sufi saint). Araqi was part of the order of Noorbakshia Islam in Jammu and Kashmir who greatly influenced the social fabric of the Kashmir Valley and its surrounding regions.
Early life
Araqi was born in Kundala, a village near Suliqan, to Darvish Ibrahim and Firuza Khatun. Darvish was a Sufi dedicated to Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani while Firuza was descended from a Sayyid family from Qazvin. As an adolescent, Araqi first encountered Nurbakhsh when the latter arrived in Suliqan but was told by Nurbakhsh himself not to engage in Sufi devotions due to family responsibilities. Soon after Nurbaksh's death around 1464, Araqi visited his grave and chose to follow the Noorbakshia path.
Career in Herat
Soon after deciding to join the Noorbakshia order, Araqi spent nineteen years traveling and studying under various khanqah masters throughout Iran and Iraq. He eventually rose in the order's hierarchy and became settled in Durusht near Tehran under master Qasim Fayzbakhsh.
When Timurid Sultan Husayn Bayqara invited Qasim to join his court at Herat, Araqi accompanied him. In Herat, Araqi apparently undertook a mission for Bayqara to investigate if a king from Iraq was planning to conquer parts of Khurasan under Timurid control.
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