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  "ar": "وارث علي شاه",
  "en": "Waris Ali Shah",
  "ur": "وارث علی شاہ"
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  "ar": "متصوف هندي (1817–1905) من ديوا في بره بنكي، مؤسس الطريقة الوارثية. بايع في صباه الشيخ خادم علي شاه ولازمه حتى وفاته، ثم أجاز الناس في طريقته على مذهب متسامح أبقى أتباعه على أديانهم، وسافر إلى مكة وأوروبا فقابل سلطان العثمانيين وبسمارك، وضريحه في ديوا مزار مشهور.",
  "en": "Indian Sufi (1817–1905) of Dewa in Barabanki, founder of the Warsi Sufi order. As a boy he became the disciple of Khadim Ali Shah and remained with him until the latter's death; he then admitted people of several faiths to his order without requiring them to change their religion, travelled repeatedly to Mecca and through Europe, where he met the Ottoman sultan and Bismarck, and his shrine at Dewa remains a major place of devotion.",
  "ur": "ہندوستانی صوفی بزرگ (1817ء–1905ء) جن کا تعلق دیوا، بارہ بنکی سے تھا اور جو سلسلہ وارثیہ کے بانی تھے۔ لڑکپن میں خادم علی شاہ کے مرید ہوئے اور ان کی وفات تک ان کے مرید و خلیفہ رہے، پھر اپنے سلسلے میں لوگوں کو داخل کیا اور پیروکاروں کو ان کے اپنے مذہب پر قائم رہنے کی اجازت دی؛ بارہا مکہ گئے اور یورپ کے سفر میں عثمانی سلطان اور بسمارک سے ملاقات کی، اور دیوا میں ان کا مزار مشہور ہے۔"
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   "note": "Born in 1817 at Dewa Sharif, Barabanki district (English article; the Urdu article gives 1232 AH, corresponding to 1817, and Wikidata gives 1817). The lane queue's 1823 is not supported by any consulted source and is not followed. Dewa has no place entity, so no born_in edge is written.",
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   "edtf": "1905-04-07",
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   "note": "The English article dates his death to 7 April 1905, which it equates with 1 Safar 1323 AH, and the record follows it; the Urdu article gives 29 Muharram 1323 AH, corresponding to 5 April 1905. Both traditions agree on the Hijri year 1323 and on Dewa as the place; the day is therefore debated. Dewa has no place entity, so no died_in edge is written.",
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    "value": "Sayed Waris Ali Shah",
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    "value": "سيد وارث علي شاه",
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    "value": "Haji Waris Ali Shah",
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    "value": "حاجی وارث علی شاہ",
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   "note": "The English article dates his death to 7 April 1905, which it equates with 1 Safar 1323 AH, and the record follows it; the Urdu article gives 29 Muharram 1323 AH, corresponding to 5 April 1905. Both traditions agree on the Hijri year 1323 and on Dewa as the place; the day is therefore debated. Dewa has no place entity, so no died_in edge is written.",
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    "note": "Two independent texts state his personal Sufi discipleship and his founding of an order, which is the lane's test for a sufi segment. The English text states that he was the founder of the Warsi Sufi order, that as a boy he attached himself to Khadim Ali Shah, a dervish of Golaganj, Lucknow, and remained with him until the latter's death, and that he admitted people to his spiritual order. The Urdu text, independently written, states that he founded the Warsiyya silsila, that in boyhood he became the murid of Khadim Ali Shah and remained his murid and khalifa until the latter's death, and that his affiliation was with the Qadiri and Chishti schools of Sufism. No source names a madhhab for him, so no second segment is recorded; Wikidata's religion value is Islam in general.",
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "هذه المقالة مكتوبة من المصدرين الإنجليزي والأردي؛ إذ لا توجد مقالة عربية في ويكيبيديا عن وارث علي شاه. سيد وارث علي شاه (1817–1905) متصوف هندي من ديوا في بره بنكي، ومؤسس الطريقة الصوفية الوارثية.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وتذكر المقالة الأردية مولده سنة 1232 هـ الموافقة 1817 م في ديوا شريف، وأنه مؤسس السلسلة الوارثية.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نشأته",
     "markdown": "والده سيد قربان علي شاه، وقبره أيضًا في ديوا.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وأظهر منذ صغره ميلًا إلى الحياة الدينية، وتصفه المقالة الأردية بأنه كان في صباه ذا فهم غير عادي في أمور الدين.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تتلمذه وطريقته",
     "markdown": "لازم في صباه خادم علي شاه، درويش غولاغنج في لكهنؤ، وبقي معه حتى وفاة الشيخ سنة 1832–33 وكان عمره ست عشرة سنة.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وتصيغ المقالة الأردية العلاقة بصورتها الكاملة: صار في صباه مريدًا لخادم علي شاه وبقي مريده وخليفته حتى وفاته، وكان ارتباطه بالمدرستين القادرية والجشتية في التصوف، واقفًا في السلسلة الجشتية التقليدية.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} وسافر كثيرًا، ولا سيما إلى أوروبا والغرب، وأدخل الناس في طريقته الروحية؛ وكان ذا نظرة متسامحة، فأذن لأتباعه أن يسلكوا التصوف دون تغيير أسمائهم أو دينهم.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وكان أتباعه من أديان عدة، ومن تلاميذه المشهورين الشاعر بيدم شاه الوارثي والمصلح السياسي مشير حسين قدوائي.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وجمع أتباعه أقواله في «الملفوظات»، وكتب تابعه خودا بخش شيخ سيرته في «تحفة الأصفياء».{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "أسفاره",
     "markdown": "حجّ إلى مكة مرات كثيرة.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} وفي أسفاره الأوروبية زار سلطان تركيا وأوتو فون بسمارك في برلين، وربما سافر إلى إنجلترا وقابل الملكة فكتوريا.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته وأثره",
     "markdown": "توفي سنة 1905 في ديوا — في 7 نيسان عند المقالة الإنجليزية، التي تجعله أول صفر 1323 هـ، وفي 29 محرم 1323 هـ (5 نيسان 1905) عند المقالة الأردية — وضريحه في ديوا.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} ويُحتفل بذكرى وفاة والده، المعروفة بـ«ديوا ميلا»، في تشرين الأول وتشرين الثاني ويحضرها نحو مليون مسلم وهندوسي، ويُقام مهرجان سنوي آخر عند قبره في أول صفر.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-waris-ali-shah}}"
    }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Sayed Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905) was an Indian Sufi saint of Dewa, Barabanki, and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} The Urdu article gives his birth in 1232 AH (1817) at Dewa Sharif and likewise names him founder of the Warsiyya silsila.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life",
     "markdown": "His father was Sayed Qurban Ali Shah, whose tomb is also at Dewa.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} From an early age he showed an inclination for a religious life, and the Urdu article describes him as a child of unusual understanding in religious matters.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Discipleship and the Warsi order",
     "markdown": "As a boy he attached himself to Khadim Ali Shah, a dervish of Golaganj, Lucknow, and remained with him until the latter's death in 1832–33, when Waris Ali Shah was sixteen years old.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} The Urdu article states the relationship in its full form: he became Khadim Ali Shah's murid in boyhood and remained his murid and khalifa until the shaykh's death, and his own affiliation was with the Qadiri and Chishti schools of Sufism, standing in the traditional Chishti silsila.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} He travelled widely, especially to Europe and the West, and admitted people to his spiritual order; he had a liberal view and permitted his followers to follow Sufism without changing their names or their religion on accepting his guidance.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} His followers were drawn from several faiths, and among his disciples the articles name the poet Bedam Shah Warsi and the Barabanki landowner and pan-Islamist politician Mushir Husain Qidwai.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} His sayings were collected by his follower Khuda Bakhsh Sheikh in the Malfuzat, and the same follower's Tohmat-ul-Asfiya is his biography.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Travels",
     "markdown": "He went to Mecca for pilgrimage many times.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} During his travels in Europe he visited the Sultan of Turkey and Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, and he may also have travelled to England and had an audience with Queen Victoria.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death and legacy",
     "markdown": "He died in 1905 at Dewa — on 7 April 1905 by the English article, which equates it with 1 Safar 1323 AH, and on 29 Muharram 1323 AH (5 April 1905) by the Urdu article — and his shrine is at Dewa.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} The death anniversary of his father, the Dewa Mela, is observed in October–November and attended by nearly a million Muslims and Hindus, and another annual fair is held at his own tomb on 1 Safar.{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} Wikidata records his birth in 1817 and death in 1905 at Dewa.{cite:wikidata-waris-ali-shah}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-waris-ali-shah}}"
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    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "حاجی حافظ سید وارث علی شاہ (1817ء–1905ء) دیوا، بارہ بنکی سے تعلق رکھنے والے صوفی بزرگ اور تصوف کے وارثیہ سلسلے کے بانی تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} انھوں نے زیادہ تر مغرب کا سفر کیا اور بہتیرے لوگ ان کے صوفی سلسلے میں داخل ہوئے، اور ان کا مزار دیوا، بھارت میں واقع ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ابتدائی زندگی",
     "markdown": "ان کی ولادت 1232ھ بمطابق 1817ء کو دیوا شریف (موجودہ ضلع بارہ بنکی، اتر پردیش) میں ہوئی، اور ان کے والد کا نام سید قربان علی شاہ تھا جن کا مزار بھی دیوا میں واقع ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} نہایت چھوٹی عمر میں انھوں نے مذہبی زندگی اختیار کرنا شروع کر دی اور لوگ انھیں غیر معمولی عقل رکھنے والا بچہ کہتے تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "بیعت اور سلسلہ وارثیہ",
     "markdown": "ان کا تعلق تصوف کے قادریہ اور چشتیہ مکاتبِ فکر سے تھا؛ وہ روایتی چشتیہ سلسلے میں تھے، لیکن انھوں نے آزاد خیال نظریات اپنائے اور اپنے پیروکاروں کو ان کے اپنے مذہب پر قائم رہنے کی چھوٹ دی۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} وہ چھوٹی عمر میں گولہ گنج، لکھنؤ کے صوفی بزرگ سید خادم علی شاہ کے مرید ہو گئے اور ان کی وفات تک ان کے مرید و خلیفہ رہے؛ ان کی وفات کے وقت وارث شاہ کی عمر محض سولہ برس تھی۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur} ان کے مریدوں میں کئی مذاہب کے لوگ شامل تھے، اور انگریزی مضمون ان کے مشہور مریدوں میں بیدم شاہ وارثی اور مشیر حسین قدوائی کا نام لیتا ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "اسفار",
     "markdown": "وہ حج کے لیے کئی دفعہ مکہ گئے؛ اپنے یورپ کے وسیع اسفار کے دوران انھوں نے اس وقت کے عثمانی سلطان اور برلن کے بسمارک سے ملاقات کی، اور انگلستان کا سفر کر کے ملکہ وکٹوریہ سے بھی رسمی ملاقات کی۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وصال اور ورثہ",
     "markdown": "اردو مضمون کے مطابق ان کا وصال 29 محرم الحرام 1323ھ بمطابق 5 اپریل 1905ء کو ہوا، جبکہ انگریزی مضمون 7 اپریل 1905ء (1 صفر 1323ھ) بتاتا ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en} ان کے والد کی برسی، جو «دیوا میلہ» کہلاتی ہے، اکتوبر–نومبر میں منائی جاتی ہے اور اس میں لگ بھگ دس لاکھ مسلم و ہندو شریک ہوتے ہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}"
    },
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     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-waris-ali-shah-en}} {{cite:wikidata-waris-ali-shah}}"
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