Ajan Fakir

Ajan Fakir

Ajan Fakir (17th century), also Hazrat Shah Miran, was a Sufi saint and poet who came from Baghdad and settled in the Sibsagar area of Assam to reform and reinforce Islam in the region. He is particularly known for his "Zikir" 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. His "dargah" is at Sahaguri Chapari near Sibsagar town.

External links

* " [http://www.assamtimes.org/index.php?news=296 Ajan Fakir Saheb] ", an Assamese film.

References

* Citation
last=Bora
first=Utpala
contribution=Zikir and Zari: Sufi songs of Assam
title=Posoowa
url=http://www.posoowa.org/2006/05/26/305/
date=May, 2006


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