Shamas Faqir

Shamas Faqeer R.A.

Title| Shamas Faqir.
Other names| Shamas Seab,
Personal
Born|

Sheikh Mohammad Sidiq

1843

Habba Kadal Srinagar

Died| 1901
Resting place| Braripora Krishpora, Khan Saheb, Budgam, Kashmir.
Religion| Islam
Ethnicity| Kashmiris
Era| 19th century
Region| Jammu and Kashmir
Denomination| Ishq, (Sufi)
Main interest(s)| Sufism, Tasawuf
Notable work(s)| Sufi poetry
Tariqa| Qadiriyya.
Other names| Shamas Seab,

Shamas Faqir (  شمس فقیر) was a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism.

Shamas Faqir was born Sheikh Mohammad Sidiq in 1843, to a poor family in Chinkral Mohalla, Habba kadalSrinagar, Kashmir. He didn't receive formal education, but became apprenticed to Niama Saeb, a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He became a disciple of Souch Maliar, Abdul Rehman of Burzalla, Atiq-Ullah of Gulab Bagh, Mohammad Jammal and Rasool Saeb.

When aged 25 he left for Amritsar, in the Indian Punjab, where he became a disciple of another Sufi Saint. After his return from Amritsar he lived in Anantnag, Kashmir, where he married. He returned to his ancestral home in Srinagar for some time, subsequently meditating for six months in a cave at Qazi Bagh in the Budgam district of Kashmir. Following this he lived in Braripora Krishpora.

Many of his poems are on the theme of a mystic's quest for the primal cause of the universe. Shamas Faqir's poems used the Kashmiri idiom of his time, and also words from Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. His poem Merajnama recounts Mohammed's spiritual journey to God.

Shamas Faqir died in 1901, and was buried at Krishpora in Kashmir. He had two sons and a daughter.[1] Shamas Faqir's grand sons sheikh Peer Mehraj ud din ( aasi shamas) and his younger brother sheikh peer Mohd Altaf (sons of sheikh Peer Gh Mohidin Sahib (RAH)kamli wali presently at his place.Sheikh Peer Mehraj ud din (aasi shamas) also a poet (shayar).

## References

1. ↑ Kashir Sufi Shayiree, Volume 1 Published by Jammu & Kashmir Academy Of Art Culture And Languages, Srinagar 1985 pages 460-461.

## Further reading

* Aziz, Afaq (2002), Kulliyyat-e Shams Faqir (Complete Works of Shams Faqir), Srinagar: Nund Rishi Cultural Society
* Mamoon, Khalil & Shafi Shauq (2006), Kashmiri Sufi Shairi (Kashmiri Sufi Poetry), Srinagar: All India Urdu Munch
* Habib, Aamir (2015), "The Mystics and the Idea of Kashmiri Composite Culture: A Study of Prakash Ram Bhat and Shams Faqir, M.Phil. diss., Jamia Millia Islamia

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