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<div>{{Short description|Sufi Muslim spiritual teacher based in Kashmir (1494–1576)}}<br />
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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| name = Hamza Makhdoom Kashmiri<br />
| native_name = {{nq| شیخ حمزہ مُخدوم کشمیریؒ }}<br />
| birth_date = 1494 CE (900 AH)<br />
| birth_name = Hamza<br />
| birth_place = Tujjar, [[Sopore, Kashmir]]<br />
| death_date = 1576 CE (984 [[Hegira|AH]])<br />
| death_place = [[Hari Parbat, Srinagar]], Kashmir<br />
| era = [[Shah Mir dynasty|Shah Mir era]]<br />
| notable_works = <br />
| region = [[Kashmir]]<br />
| influenced = [[Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari]]<br />
| image = Sheikh Hamza Makhdum Shrine2.JPG<br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| parents = Baba Osman<br />
| honorific prefix = Wali/Sufi<br />
}}<br />
'''Hamza Makhdoom''' ({{nq|حمزہ مُخدوم کشمیری}}), popularly known as '''Makhdoom Sahib''' ({{nq|مخدوم صٲب}}) (c. 1494 – c. 1576), was a [[Sufi]] [[mysticism|mystic]] living in [[Kashmir]].<ref name="Svabhinava">{{cite web| url=http://www.svabhinava.org/abhinava/YoginderSikand/RishisCrusaders.php| title=The Muslim Rishis of Kashmir: Crusaders for Love and Justice| author=Yoginder Sikand| access-date=2015-01-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Makhdoom Sahib|url=https://nation.com.pk/05-Feb-2020/makhdoom-sahib|access-date=2021-11-28|website=The Nation|language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2021}} He is sometimes referred to as '''Mehboob-ul-Alam''' (literally, "loved by all") and '''Sultan-ul-Arifeen''' (literally, "king among those who know God").<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2019-12-05|title=Sufi Literature as an Effective Tool for Harmonization in the World: A Case Study of Sultan-ul-Arifeen Sultan Bahoo|journal=ILLHSS-19, ICIIT-19, IABMS-19 Dec. 5-6, 2019 Istanbul (Turkey)|publisher=Universal Researchers|doi=10.17758/uruae8.uh12194022|isbn=9788194340317|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Hamza Makhdoom was born in the village of Tujjar near [[Sopore]] in [[Baramulla district]]. His father was called [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]] Usman and came from a [[Chandravanshi]] [[Rajput]] family.<ref name="Svabhinava" /> According to tradition, teenage Hamza Makhdoom studied in the [[Shamsi Chak]] monastery for a year, and later studied [[jurisprudence]], tradition, [[philosophy]], logics, ethics and [[mysticism]] in a [[madrasa]] founded by Ismail Kubrawi.<ref name="Svabhinava" /><br />
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==Teachings==<br />
A prolific scholar and spiritual preacher, Hamza Makhdoom adhered to the tradition of [[Jalaluddin Bukhari]].<ref name="Svabhinava" /> He directed his teachings specifically to the followers of Islam, and under his influence a part of Kashmir's population trully followed the [[Hanafi]].<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at an age of 82 in year 1576 in [[Srinagar]]. His [[shrine]], located on the southern slope of [[Hari Parbat]] Hill and popularly called Makhdoom Sahib and Hazrat Sultan,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.makemytrip.com/travel-guide/srinagar/makhdoom-sahib-religious.html| title=Makhdoom Sahib in Srinagar| access-date=2015-01-03 }}</ref> is an important [[pilgrimage]] centre in Kashmir.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Nund Rishi]]<br />
*[[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1494 births]]<br />
[[Category:1576 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sufism in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Sufi mystics]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]<br />
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