Encyclopaedia Iranica — Badaḵšī, Mollā Shah

Hamid Algar's Encyclopaedia Iranica entry 'Badaḵšī, Mollā Shah'; it gives his birth in 990/1582 at Araksa in the Rostaq area of Badakhshan, his Qadiri affiliation and discipleship under Mian Mir, the discipleship of Dara Shikoh and Jahanara, and his death at Lahore three years after Aurangzeb's accession (1658) — i.e. 1661 — and burial beside Mian Mir.

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