Adam Khaki
{{Short description|14th-century South Asian Sufi figure}}
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| alias = Shah Adom Khaki
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| period = Early 14th century
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| post = Companion of Shah Jalal
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| death_place = Deorail, Badarpur, Karimganj
| resting_place = Deorail, Badarpur, Karimganj
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Ādam Khākī ({{langx|bn|আদম খাকী|Adom Khākī}}, {{langx|ar|{{Nastaliq|آدم خاكي}}}}), also known as Khaki Pir,{{cite book |title=District Census Handbook, Assam, Volume 1 |year=1964 |page=7 |publisher=Tribune Press, Superintendent of Census Operations |location=Assam}} was a 14th-century Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region.{{cite book |language=bn |last=Basu |first=Shibtapan |year=2004 |page=133 |title=Barak Upatyakar Muslim Samaj}} In 1303, he took part in the final battle of the Conquest of Sylhet led by Shah Jalal.{{cite book |last=Tamizi |first=Mohammad Yahya |page=86 |title=Sufi Movements in Eastern India |publisher=Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli |year=1992}} His shrine has become a popular tourist site.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
Legacy
It is unclear how and what year he died, but he was buried in a dargah in Badarpur, Karimganj, in close proximity to the modern-day Badarpur railway station.{{cite book |title=Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sileter Itihas |author=Syed Murtaza Ali |language=bn |year=1970 |page=36}} A mosque was built within the complex, and it became a notable site in Badarpur attracting Muslims and Hindus alike.{{cite news |script-title=bn:পবিত্র কোরআনের খেদমতে আল্লামা ছাহেব কিবলা ফুলতলী (রহঃ)'র অবদান |language=bn |url=https://sangbadmail24.com/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2/ |website=Sangbad Mail |author=Ahsan al-Mahbub Zakir |date=17 May 2018}} Those attached to the maqam of Adam Khaki were given Pirmuttara land grants.{{cite book |title=Land System and Management in the Colonial Period: A Study of Barak Valley |last=Roy |first=Suparna |chapter=Features of Revenue Systems |pages=72–73 |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=2007}}{{cite book |last=Dey |first=Ratna |page=16 |title=Land Revenue Administration Cachar |location=Kolkata |year=2001}} by Ariyan Choudhury
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Category:People from Karimganj district
Category:14th-century Indian Muslims