Ajan Pir Dargah — Attraction in Assam

Azan Fakir, born Shah Miran, also known asAjan Pir, Hazrat Shah Miran, and Shah Milan (presumably from Miran), was a Sufi Syed, poet, Muslim preacher and saint from the 17th century who came from Baghdad to settle in the Sibsagar area of Assam in the north-eastern part of India, where he helped to unify the people of the Brahmaputra valley, and to reform, reinforce and stabilise Islam in the region of Assam. The nickname Azancame from his habit of calling azan. He came to Assam in about 1630 from Iraq, that is, approximately 200 years after the birth of Srimanta Sankardeva.

According to one version his name was "Hazarat Shah Syed Mainuddin". He is particularly known for his Zikr and Zari, two forms of devotional songs, that draw from local musical traditions and have striking similarities with borgeets of Srimanta Sankardeva, the 16th-century saint-scholar from Assam. In addition, the late renowned author and Sahitya Akademi award winner Syed Abdul Malik states that Azan Fakir was a preacher with profound mastery over the Qur’an,...

It is a lesser known place of Assam, which reminds the story of the 17th century- Sufi saint Shah Milan or Shah Miran, popularly known as Azan or Ajan Phakir. He allegedly came from Baghdad, and dwelled at Sibsagar. He composed Zikir and Zari songs in Assamese, religious songs of Islam. The former emphasizes on bhakti, and shares thematic similarities with Bargeet, the Vaishnava bhakti songs of Assam. The latter tells the story of Karbala. The Ahom king of Assam, despite his initial hostility to the Pir, later bestowed a land grant near the confluence of the river Dikhow with the mighty Brahmaputra. The abode of the Pir was Saraguri Chapari. One of the Zikir describes, "দিখৌ নৈৰ কাষৰি শৰাগুৰি চাপৰি ফকীৰে সজালে মঠ। ছকুৰি ভকতে লয় আল্লাৰ নাম মাদুৰি বনৰে কঠ।।" When I visited the place last week, it was submerged under flood water. The place should be immediately preserved as representative of communal harmony. It should be developed into an attractive...

Azan Fakir, born Shah Miran, also known as Ajan Pir,  SHAH MILAN(presumably from MIRAN), was a sufi syed,poet, Muslim preacher and saint from the 17th century who came from BAGHDAD to settle in the SIBSAGAR area of ASSAM in the north-eastern part of India, where he helped to unify the people of the  BRAHMAPUTRA  valley, and to reform, reinforce and stabilise ISLAM in the region of Assam. The nickname Azan came from his habit of calling Azan. He came to Assam in about 1630 from Iraq, that is, approximately 200 years after the birth of Srimanta Sankardeva. Azan Fakir was a preacher with profound mastery over the QUR’AN, the  HADITH  and ...