Appendix

Plate 1 (a). Plicard on white marble on the wall in one side of the grave of Sultan Sadru-ud-Din (Rinchan Shah)

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Plate 1 (b). Grave of Sultan Sadru-ud-Din located on the left side of River Jhelum at Bulbul Lankar, between Ali Kadal and Nawa-Kadal Srinagar

Plate 2 (a). Tomb of Hazart Sayid Abdur Rehman Bulbul Shah on the east of River Jhelum at Bulbul Langar Srinagar

Source: Ghulam Nabi Dar and Sheikh Farooq Ahmad, Reyaz-ul-Abrar, Hazratbal Srinagar, 2008, p. 27

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Plate 2 (b). Under construction shrine of Hazart Sayid Abdur Rehman Bulbul Shah on the east of River Jhelum at Bulbul Langar Srinagar

Plate 2 (c). The grave of Hazrat Bulbul Shah and his companion and disciple Hazrat Allama Mullah Ahmad in the interior of the shrine of the first Sufi saint in Kashmir

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Plate 3 (a). A view of the Shah Hamadan Mosque or Khanqah-i-Mualla located on the right bank of the river Jhelum at Srinagar

Plat 3 (b). A view of the Khanqah-i-Ala or the exalted shrine also called Khanqh-i-Mir Sayyid Ali or Khanqah-i-Faiz-Panah at Tral.

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Plate 3 (c). Ziarat-i-Shah Hamdan or Khanqah at Sopore located on the left side of the River Jhelum at Sopore in the Baramulla district.

Plate 4 (a). External outlook of the Jami Masjid a historical mosque

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Plate 4 (b). A view of the water tank for making ablution purposes in the court yard of the Jami Masjid in Srinagar

Plate 4 (c). Farman of the Shah Jahan inscribed on the black marble on the main entrance gate-wall of the Jami Masjid Srinagar.

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Plate 4 (d). A view of the wooden pillars in the inner side of the Jami Mosque at Srinagar

Plate 4 (e). A view of the four main pillars in front of the Mehrab.

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Plate 4 (f). A view of the Mehrab of the Jami Mosque made up of the black marble inscribed with the 99 Holy names of the Almighty Allah. The imam leads prayers as a Muslim Religious leader.

Plate 5. A view of the Pathar Masjid built by Nur Jahan located on the bank of River Jhelum at Srinagar

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Plate 6 (a). A view of the old Hazratbal shrine at Hazratbal Srinagar

Plate 6 (b). An outlook of the Hazratbal Mosque constructed in white marble located on the western bank of the Dal Lake in Srinagar.

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Plate 6 (c). Display of Mo-i-Mukaddas in one of the public gatherings at Hazratbal shrine Hazratbal Srinagar.

Plate 7 (a). A view of the ruined Mulla Akhuwand Mosque built by Dara Shukoh in 1649 for his religious preceptor, Sufi Mullah Shah Badakshani in the slopes of Hariparbat or Koh-i-maran, Srinagar.

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Plate 7 (b). A general view of the chambers connected to the Akhwand Mullah Shah Mosque were used for inmates and for the people who studied in the madarsa connected to it in the slopes of Hariparbat or Koh-i-maran in Srinagar.

Plate 8. A view of the ruined building of the Pari Mahal, built by Dara Shukoh in 1650 A.D as a residential School of Sufism for his Sufi teacher Akhwand Mullah Shah Badakshani near the Chasma Shahi Srinagar.

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Plate 9 (a). Shaikh Noor-ud-din Noorani also called Shaikh-ul-Alam or Nund Rishi, was the founder of Rishi silsila in Kashmir, was born in 779 A.H./ 1377 A.C.

Courtesy: G.M.D. Sufi, Kashir, Being a History of Kashmir from the

Earliest Times to Our Own, Vol. I, New Delhi, 1974.

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Plate 9 (b). An outlook of the tomb of Shaikh Noor-ud-Din Wali (RA) at Charar-i-Sharif in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Plate 10 (a). The Khanqah-i-Hazrat Zain-ud-Din on the bank of River Chinab at

Bandarkoot in Kastiwar district of Jammu.

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Plate 10 (b). Zairat of Baba Sakhi Zain-ud-Din Wali Rishi at Aish-Maqam on the Anantnag-Pahalgam road on the mountain hill, some 20 kilometers from Pahalgam.

Plate 10 (c). The cave where Baba Sakhi Zain-ud-Din Wali Rishi used to perform chilla or worship at Aish-Mukam.

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Plate 11 (a). An outlook of the tomb of Shams-ud-Din Iraqi in the Chadura Tehsil of Budgam district of Kashmir.

Plate 11 (b). A view of the under construction shrine over the old tomb of Mir Shams-ud-Din Iraqi in the Chadura Tehsil of Budgam district of Kashmir.

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Plate 12. A view of the tomb of Hazrat Sayyid Ahmad Kirmani a Sufi of the Suhrawardi order of the 16th century, located at Narwara (Malkha Mohalla), Srinagar.

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Plate 13 (a). Shaikh Hamza Makhdumi a great Sufi of Kashmir, born in 900 A.H/ 1494 A.C. and died in 984 A.H. / 1576 A.C.

Source: G.M.D. Sufi, Kashir, Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own, Vol. I, New Delhi, 1974.

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Plate 13 (b). An outlook of Ziarat of Shaikh Hamza Makhdumi also called as Makhdum Sahib shrine located at the Koh-i-Maran or Hariparbat hill.

Plate 14. A general view of the Ziarat of Shaikh Yaqub Sarfi (R.A) located at

Zainakadal Srinagar.

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Plate 15. The outlook of the shrine of Dastigeer Sahib at Khanyar Srinagar

Plate 16. A general view of the outlook of tomb of Baba Abdullah Guzriali at Guzrial Village 4 to 5 kilometers from the Kralpora bloack of modern Kupwara district of Kashmir

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Plate 17 (a) Shrine of Zati Shah or Shahwali Mukam Drugmulla in the Kupwara

district of Kashmir.

Plate 17 (b). The interior of the mausoleum of Zati Shah and the other grave in front of his grave is the grave of his brother Masud Chak.

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Plate 18 (a) Shah Muhammad Farid-ud-Din Baghdadi Qadiri, born 1000 A.H/ 1554 A.C reached in Kishtwar at the age 75 to preach Islam and converted the Rajput ruler of the Valley of Kishtwar to Islam.

Source: G.M.D. Sufi, Kashir, Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own, Vol. I, New Delhi, 1974

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Plate 18 (b). A view of the Ziarat of Shah Muhammad Farid-ud-Din Baghdadi Qadiri located at Kishtwar district of Jammu

Plate 19 (a). An outlook of the Panj-Pir Zirat located on the national high way from Rajouri to Jammu in Rajouri district of Jammu.

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Plate 19 (b). A general view of the six graves in a single line covered with white marble in the inner side of the Panj-Pir Ziarat located in Rajouri district of Jammu.

Plate 20 (a). A view of the Dargah of Hazrat Baba Ghulam Shah Badash located at Shahhadra Sharief some thirty kilometers from Rajouri district of Jammu.

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Plate 20 (b). A general outlook of the under-construction Dargah of Hazrat Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah located at Shahhadra Sharief some thirty kilometers from Rajouri district of Jammu