Syed Shah Murshed Ali Alquadri Al Jilani

Syed Shah Murshed Ali Al-Quadri Al-Jilani, commonly known as Maula Pak and Huzur Purnoor, was an Indian Sufi saint of the Quaderia order in Bengal.

Syed Shah Murshed Ali Al-Quadri Al-Jilani was born on Shab-e-Qadr night[1] Friday, the 27th of Ramadan, 1268 A.H /16 July 1852 AD at the Khanqah Sharif of Piyardanga (now West Midnapore).

[2] He was the eldest son and Sajjada nashin Syed Shah Mehr Ali Alquadri Al Baghdadi.

At a very early age he mastered the commentaries of the Quran, Hadith, principles of Fiqah and Islamic Jurisprudence, Logic, and other subjects.

His second wife bore him one daughter Syeda Saghira Khatun and a son Syed Shah Khurshid Ali Al-Quadri.