Moulana Sahvi Shah
Moulana Sahvi Shah | |
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Photo of Moulana Sahvi Shah | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Friday, 23 February 1923, 6th Rajjab 1345H. Hyderabad, India |
| Died | Tuesday 15 May 1979, 18th Jamadi-Us-Sani 1399 Hijri |
| Notable work(s) | Founder of Conference of World Religions, Editor for Urdu Weeklies "Jhalkian", "Inquilab" and "Al-Noor" Newspaper |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Sect | Sunni Hanafi |
| Profession | Author |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Hyderabad, India |
| Predecessor | Hazrath Peer Ghousi Shah |
| Successor | Moulana Ghousavi Shah |
| Website | ghousavishah |
Moulana Sahvi Shah (Persian/Urdu:مولانا صحوى شاه; 1923–1979) was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint, scholar, writer and poet from the Indian subcontinent. Moulana Sahvi Shah was born in 1923 in the city of Hyderabad. His father, Ghousi Shah named him after Shaikh-E-Akbar Ibn-E-Arabi as he saw the great saint in a vision before the birth of his son.