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إِسْمَاعِيل الشِّرْوَانِي

Ismāʿīl ash-Shirwānī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 1264 AH / 1848

his portrait is written, not drawn

The successor who carried the Khalidi path into the Caucasus, first of its masters among the peoples of Daghestan and Shirwan.

stationWalī
returned1264 AH
days keptTwo

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Birth of Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani7 Dhū al-QaʿdaUrs Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani10 Dhū al-Ḥijja

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.