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Azan
Fakir,
born Shah
Miran,
also
known
asAjan
Pir, Hazrat
Shah
Miran,
and Shah
Milan
(presumably
from Miran),
was
a Sufi Syed,
poet,
Muslim
preacher
and
saint
from
the
17th
century who
came
from Baghdad to
settle
in
the Sibsagar area
of Assam in
the
north-eastern
part
of
India,
where
he
helped
to
unify
the
people
of
the Brahmaputra valley,
and
to
reform,
reinforce
and
stabilise Islam in
the
region
of
Assam. The
nickname Azancame
from
his
habit
of
calling azan.
He
came
to
Assam
in
about
1630
from
Iraq,
that
is,
approximately
200
years
after
the
birth
of
Srimanta
Sankardeva.
According
to
one
version
his
name
was
"Hazarat
Shah
Syed
Mainuddin".
He
is
particularly
known
for
his
Zikr
and
Zari,
two
forms
of
devotional
songs,
that
draw
from
local
musical
traditions
and
have
striking
similarities
with borgeets of
Srimanta
Sankardeva,
the
16th-century
saint-scholar
from
Assam.
In
addition,
the
late
renowned
author
and
Sahitya
Akademi
award
winner
Syed
Abdul
Malik
states
that
Azan
Fakir
was
a
preacher
with
profound
mastery
over
the Qur’an,
the Hadith and Islamic
philosophy.
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