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Inayat Khan
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founder of the Sufi Order in the West in 1914 and teacher of Universal Sufism
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Inayat Khan, born in 1882 in Vadodara, was a male writer, philosopher, teacher, and musician who practiced Sufism. He was a citizen of the British Raj and spoke English, Hindi, and Urdu. His native name was Hazrat Inayat Khan. He began his work period in 1914 and authored 36 works, including *All about Parotid Gland*, *Perle Dall'oceano Invisibile*, *Bowl of Saki Life of Samuel L. Lewis*, *The Woman Who Dressed As a Man*, and *La vida interior*.
Khan had three children: Vilayat Inayat Khan, Hidayat Inayat Khan, and Noor Inayat Khan. He died in New Delhi on February 5, 1927. He is associated with the area of India.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 36
Top works
- All about Parotid Gland
- Perle Dall'oceano Invisibile
- Bowl of Saki Life of Samuel L. Lewis
- The Woman Who Dressed As a Man
- La vida interior
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 154
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Key facts
- Title
- Pir-o-Murshid Shaikh al-Mashaikh Tansen Zamanihal Yüzkhan Bakhshi Shah Mir-Khayl
- Born
- Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan , ( 1882-07-05 ) July 5, 1882, Baroda , Bombay Presidency , British India
- Died
- February 5, 1927 (1927-02-05) (aged 44), New Delhi, British India
- Spouse
- Pirani Ameena Begum
- Children
- Vilayat ; Hidayat ; Noor ; Khair-un-Nisa Inayat Khan
- Religion
- Islam
- Denomination
- Sunni
- Jurisprudence
- Hanafi
- Creed
- Sufism
- Profession
- Musician, Pir , Musicologist
- Successor
- Vilayat
- Venerated in
- Inayatiyya ; Western Sufism
- Major shrine
- Dargah in Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi
- Influences
- Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani
- Influenced
- Universal Sufism
- Tradition or genre
- Chishti , and other major Sufi tariqa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Vadodara
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Child
- Noor Inayat Khan
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Urdu
- Religion
- Sufism
- Image
- Hazrat Inayat Khan 002.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1882-07-05
- date of death
- 1927-02-05
- Commons category
- Inayat Khan
- Commons gallery
- Inayat Khan
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- name in native language
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Commons Creator page
- Inayat Khan
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Encyclopedic overview
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan (Urdu: عنایت خان رحمت خان; 5 July 1882 – 5 February 1927), was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the sarasvati vina, poet, philosopher, writer, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. At the urging of his students, and on the basis of his ancestral Sufi tradition and four-fold training and authorisation at the hands of Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani (d. 1907) of Hyderabad, he established an order of Sufism (The Sufi Order) in London in 1914. By the time of his death in 1927, centers had been established throughout Europe and North America, and multiple volumes of his teachings had been published.
Early life
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