Shah Amanat Khan, was an 18th-century Sufi Muslim figure in South Asia.
14 Facts About Shah Amanat
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Shah Amanat is regarded as one of the most prominent saints of Chittagong, in eastern Bengal.
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Shah Amanat was born into a Muslim family of Iraqi Arab origin.
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Shah Amanat's forefathers migrated from Baghdad to Bihar; they were descendants of Abdul Qadir Gilani.
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In Murshidabad, Shah Amanat became a disciple of and pledged bay'ah to a Kashmiri Sufi scholar by the name of Shah Abdur Rahim Rizvi, for a number of years.
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Shah Amanat travelled across the subcontinent to learn about Islam in places such as Delhi, Lucknow and Kashmir.
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Shah Amanat built himself a small cottage in a forest area in Chittagong to live in.
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Shah Amanat managed to get a job as a punkah wallah at the Chittagong Judge Court, and preferred a simple lifestyle without attracting much attention.
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Shah Amanat would attend prayers at Nawab Yasin Khan's Qadam Mubarak mosque.
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However, after people realised his true identity, Shah Amanat began dedicating more of his public life towards religious propagation.
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Shah Amanat established Khanqah Amanatiya to preach Islam and Naqshbandiya, Mujaddedia, Qadirriyya, Chishtiya and Madariya Sufi order.
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Shah Amanat had numerous disciples spread across the Indian Subcontinent.
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Shah Amanat Khan left his Sufi dynasty to his only son Anwar Khan, known as Shahzada Muhammad Anwar Khan.
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In Halishahar, there is a school named after Shah Amanat called the Shah Amanat Shishu Niketan.