Ala ud-Daula Simnani

Ala ud-Daula Simnani (Persian: علاءالدوله سمنانی, full name Shaikh Abu-Al-Makarim Rukn-ud-Din Ala ud-Daula Ahmed Bin Muhammad Bin Ahmed Bayabanki Simnani; 1261-1336) was a Persian Sūfī of the Kubrāwī order,[1][2] a writer and a teacher of Sufism. He was born in Semnan, Iran. He studied the tradition of Sufism from Abud al- Rahman Asfariyeni.[3] He also wrote many books on Sufism[4] and Islam. Among his students were Ashraf Jahangir Semnani[5][6] and Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani.

Further reading
  • Jamal J. Elias. The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of 'Ala' ad-dawla as-Simnani. SUNY Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2612-2

References
  1. J. C. Heesterman (1989). India and Indonesia: General Perspectives. E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08365-3.
  2. 'Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani(1975), Second Edition(2017) ISBN 978-93-85295-54-6, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India.
  3. Ehsan Yarshater (September 1996). Encyclopaedia Iranica. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-1-56859-028-8.
  4. Malika Mohammada (1 January 2007). The Foundations of the Composite Culture in India. Aakar Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-81-89833-18-3.
  5. ‘'MUQADDEMA-E- LATĀIF-E-ASHRAFI' Book in PERSIAN, Published by Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
  6. 'Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani(1975), Second Edition(2017) ISBN 978-93-85295-54-6, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India.
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