Pir Yemeni

Shaykh Malik (Arabic: شَيْخ مَلِك‎, Bengali: শেখ মালেক), popularly known as Pir Yemeni (Bengali: পীর ইয়েমেনি) was a pir who lived in Bengal.[1]

Pir Yemeni
Other namesShaykh Malik, Malek Shah
Personal
Born
Yemen
Died1509
Bengal
Resting placeMazar-e-Pir Yameni, Abdul Ghani Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ReligionIslam
NationalityYemeni
Other namesShaykh Malik, Malek Shah
Muslim leader
PostSufi saint

Biography

Yemeni decided to leave his home country of Yemen to propagate Islam in the Indian subcontinent.

It has been claimed that he met Shah Jalal at the khanqah of Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi and then took part alongside him in the 1303 Conquest of Sylhet.[1] Following the successful conquest, Yemeni and Shah Balkhi were sent to preach Islam in Dhaka by Shah Jalal. The two men established a khanqah in Dhaka. It was situated in close proximity to the present Secretariat Buildings of the Government of Bangladesh.[1]

However, it has been noted in Yemeni's mazar (mausoleum) that he died in 915 Hijri which corresponds to 1509-1510, roughly two hundred years after the conquest in the Sylhet region. A mosque was built near his tomb. The establishments are situated on the northeastern side of Osmani Udyan on Abdul Ghani road.[1] The nearby "Pir Yameni Market" (also known as Pir Yemini Market) has been named after him.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Bhuiya, Mossarraf Hussain (2012). "Pir Yemeni". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. "এক ছাঁটের পাঞ্জাবির সঙ্গে জিন্স ফ্যাশন ছেলেদের". Samakal (in Bengali). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 4 Jan 2020.
  3. "ফুটপাতে সস্তা, মার্কেটে চড়া". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 26 Jun 2016. Retrieved 4 Jan 2020.
  4. "লেপ-তোশক তৈরি তো!". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 26 Nov 2018. Retrieved 4 Jan 2020.
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