page_title: Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
section_title: Travels
hierarchical_section_title: Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani / Travels
caption_attribution_description: Mausoleum of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani in Kulob, Tajikistan
context_page_description: Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was a Persian Sūfī of the Kubrawiya order, a poet and a Muslim scholar. He was born in Hamadan, and was buried in Khatlan Tajikistan. He was known as Shāh-e-Hamadān, Amīr-i Kabīr, and Ali Sani.
context_section_description: Sayyid Ali Hamadani traveled widely – it is said he traversed the known world from East to West three times. In 774 AH/1372 AD Hamadani lived in Kashmir. After Sharaf-ud-Din Abdul Rehman Bulbul Shah, he was the second important Muslim to visit Kashmir. Hamadani went to Mecca, and returned to Kashmir in 781/1379, stayed for two and a half years, and then went to Turkistan by way of Ladakh. He returned to Kashmir for a third time in 785/1383 and left because of ill health. Hamadani is regarded as having brought various crafts and industries from Iran into Kashmir; it is said that he brought with him 700 followers. The growth of the textile industry in Kashmir increased its demand for fine wool, which in turn meant that Kashmiri Muslim groups settled in Ladakh, bringing with them crafts such as minting and writing.
  Hamadani traveled and preached Islam in different parts of the world such as Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, Syria, and Turkestan.
  Hamadani died on his way back to Central Asia at a site close to present day Mansehra town in North-West Pakistan.  His body was carried by his disciples to Khatlan, Tajikistan, where his shrine is located.
caption: Mausoleum of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani in Tajikistan
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