𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬

Shaikh Nur-ud-din (RA) was born in a village called Qaimoh (old name Katimusha) [District 'KULGAM'], (which is 60 km South east of Srinagar, in 779 A.H. = 1377 A.C, on the day of the Eid al-Adha. His father's name was Shaikh Salar-ud-din his mother Sadra, was called Sadra Moji or Sadra Deddi. In Kashmir, Moji means 'mother' and Deddi denotes 'elderly.' Both the parents were well known for their piety. It was a period when Kashmir was ruled by the sultans Qutub-ud-Din, Sikandar, Ali Shah, and Zain-ul-Abidin.His parents became Muslims through the great Islamic saint Hazrat Mir Syed Simnania (R.A),whose shrine is located in Kulgam town.

When Nur-ud-din (RA) grew up, his stepbrothers began to trouble him. They were rogues, while he was saintly. Once or twice he accompanied them to find work but felt that he could not be happy with them. He was then apprenticed to a couple of traders, one after the other. There, too, he felt disgusted with the ways of the world, and, deciding upon renunciation, retired to caves for meditation at the age of thirty. It is said that he lived for twelve years in the wilderness. Hence, perhaps, kaimuh is given the derivation of kai-wan (or ban, a forest) in rustic belief. The actual cave of contemplation is shown in kaimuh and is about 10 feet deep. In his last days, the saint sustained life on one cup of milk daily. Finally, he reduced himself to water alone, and died at the age of 63, in the reign of sultan Zain-ul-Abidin, in 842 A. H. = 1438 A.C. Shams-ul-Arifin or 'the sun of the pious' is the chronogram which gives the date of his death. The Sultan accompanied his bier to the grave. The burial prayers were led by a great divine or 'Alim of the age, Makhdum Baba Usman Uchchap Ganai. The tomb of Shaikh Nur-ud-din at Charari Sharief, a small town perched on a dry bare hill, 20 miles south west of Srinagar, is visited by thousands of people to the present day.

The biggest event that occurred in the Sheikh's childhood was the coming of another Muslim preacher, Amir Kabir Mir Syed Hamadani, to Kashmir. Shah Hamadan, as he was popularly called, came to Kashmir in September 1372 CE, 1379 CE and the third time in the year 1383 CE.

▫️𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 ;

Sheikh-ul-Alam is supposed to have loved Kashmir and its people very intensely and was a revolutionary himself.

Sheikh Nur al-Din Wali is one of the most prominent scholars and Du'ah of Kashmir. He used his poetry as tool to spread the true knowledge of Islam. His poetry is commonly known as Shrukhs. Tawhid, Risala, Ma'ad, human lust etc. are main subjects of his poetry. He vehemently criticizes the so called Mullas and other pseudo-scholars of Islam.

He was a man of innate foresight and intuitive knowledge. One of his most famous and oft quoted couplets is (Kashmiri:"Ann poshi teli yeli wann poshi") meaning 'Food will last as long as forests last'[3] Lal Ded the famous Shaivite poetess of Kashmir was his contemporary. She had a great impact on his spiritual growth. He has in one of his poems prayed to God to grant him the same level of spiritual achievement as God had bestowed on Lal Ded.

🔹𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 ;

His sayings are preserved in the Nur-nama, commonly available in Kashmir. The Nur-nama also gives the life of the saint. It was written by Baba Nasib-ud-din Ghazi in Persian about two centuries after the death of Shaikh Nur-ud-din.

Anecdotes of the life of this 'chief of the Rishis' are on the lips of the people throughout the valley.

University of Kashmir is having a great honour to have Shaikh-ul-Alam Chair in his name.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗲:

"𝗕𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶; 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲- 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱."

"𝗕𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀".