predecessor religion successor birth_place death_date death_place location title birth_date image article_title name
hazrat khawaja shams-ud-din sialvi islam , specifically the chishti sufi order pir syed ghulam mohiyyud din gillani golra -rrb- sharif , british india -lrb- present day pakistan may 1937 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- golra sharif , british india golra sharif pir 14 april 1859 pir meher ali.jpg meher ali shah
 pir meher ali shah
meher ali shah

pir meher ali shah -lrb- urdu : پیر م ﮩ رعلى شاه -rrb- was a sufi scholar , known to his followers as a saint , who was born on 14 april 1859 -lrb- 1 ramadan , 1275 a.h. -rrb- in golra sharif , which is located midway between rawalpindi and islamabad , in present-day pakistan .
he is known as a sufi saint , a hanafi scholar upholding the position of abdul-haqq dehlavi , and a leader of the anti-ahmadiyya movement .
he wrote several books , most notably `` saif e chishtiyai '' , -lrb- the sword of the chishtis -rrb- , a polemical work regarding the unorthodoxy and the heresy of the ahmadiyya movement of mirza ghulam ahmad .
