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خَاص مُحَمَّد الشِّرْوَانِي

Khāṣ Muḥammad ash-Shirwānī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 1844

his portrait is written, not drawn

A master of the Caucasus who passed the trust to Muhammad al-Yaraghi in the years of great trial for his people.

stationWalī
returned1844
day keptOne

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

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Birth of Khas Muhammad ash-Shirwani1 Muḥarram

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