Nathar Shah

{{Short description|Muslim mystic and preacher (969–1038)}}

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{{Infobox saint

|name = Sultan Syed Shah Mutaharuddin Suhrawardi

|titles = {{Ubl

| Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar

| Tabal-e-Aalam Baadshah

| Nathar Shah Wali

| Baba-e-Nathar Sarmast Dhool Samandar

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|caption = Cave atop small hill where Hazrat Baba Fakhruddin, successor of Natahr Wali had prayed

|birth_name = {{resize|Syed Shah Mutaharuddin}}

|birth_date = 969 CE

|birth_place =Anatolia

|death_date = 1038 CE (aged 69)

|death_place = Tiruchirapalli, Chola Empire

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|major_shrine = Tiruchirapalli

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|issues= Halimah Saadiya (adopted daughter)

|tradition =Hanafism

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|influenced = {{Ubl

| Abdur Rahman Siddiqi

| Sultan Syed Baba Fakhruddin

| Syed Shah Hayder Wali

| Syed Shah Khadir Wali

| Syed Rahmatullah Baba

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| venerated_in = Islam, especially in the Indian subcontinent

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Sultan Syed Shah Mutaharuddin Suhrawardi (969–1039),{{cite book|title=The Preaching of Islam|page=267|first=T. W.|last=Arnold|publisher=Charles Scribner and Sons|year=1896}} also called Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar or Nathar Wali or Nadir Shah, was a Muslim preacher and mystic from Anatolia who in the 9th-10th century moved to Tamil Nadu, India, where he travelled about preaching Islam.{{cite book|author=Shafique Ali Khan|title=Two Nation Theory: As a Concept, Strategy and Ideology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9ggAAAAMAAJ|access-date=15 September 2013|year=1985|publisher=Royal Book Company|page=70}} - Nathar Wali (died in 1039) is supposed to be the earliest Muslim Sufi who dedicated his life to Islam in the south. He went to Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, {{cite book| author = Numismatic Society of India| title = The journal of the Numismatic Society of India| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qERmAAAAMAAJ| access-date = 4 May 2011| year = 1962| publisher = Numismatic Society of India, P.O. Hindu University. }} The Tamil Warrior tribe converted by his preaching are known as Ravuttars in Tamil Nadu and Kerala are one of the earliest Muslim communities in the region.{{Cite book |last=Pandian |first=Soorian Kasi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B90uj14NHjMC&dq=tiruchirapalli+Ravuttans&pg=PA49 |title=India, That Is, Sidd |date=1996 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-561-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hiltebeitel |first=Alf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VncomfRVVhoC&dq=Nathar+shah+tiruchirapalli&pg=PA102 |title=The Cult of Draupadī: Mythologies: from Gingee to Kurukṣetra |date=1991 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-1000-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Indira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHYeAAAAMAAJ&q=tiruchirapalli+Ravuttans |title=Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Speaks on Foreign Policy, 1981 |date=1981 |publisher=External Publicity Division, Ministry of External Affairs, [Government of India |language=en}} The most important Islamic building in the city is Nathar Shah's Mosque, which contains the tomb of the saint Sultan Nathar Shah.{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Colin |title=General view of Nathar Shah's Tomb, Tiruchchirappalli |url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/019pho000001003u02476000.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=www.bl.uk}} According to legend it is atop the grave of the three-headed Hindu demon Tiriasuran whom Dada killed.{{cite book| author = Susan Bayly| title = Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700–1900| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Fxqtx8SflEsC&pg=PA137| access-date = 4 May 2011| date = 22 April 2004| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-89103-5| pages = 137– }}