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Abdul Quddus Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi (1456–1537) bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh Safi
He was a Sufi poet and leading Chisti shaykh.[1] He was among the most prominent Sufi Shaykhs of
In his early youth, ‘Abd al-Quddus wrote a treatise, Rushd-nama (The Book of Piety), that seeks to reconcile the
In 1491 he moved to Shahbad in Haryana.[citation needed] Thirty years later, he moved to Gangoh (Saharanpur district),
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One of Abdul Quddus' notable works was his Rushanama, which drew parallels between Sufi practices