Bahauddin Zakariya

**Baha-ud-Din Zakariya**
بہاءُ الدین زکریا
Baha-ud-Din Zakariya ; بہاءُ الدین زکریا
Personal
Born	1161 or 1182; Kut Karur, Punjab, (present-day Pakistan)
Died	21 December 1262; Multan, Delhi Sultanate
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni, specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Muslim leader
Based in	Multan, Punjab
Period in office	12th/13th century
Predecessor	Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi
Successor	Various, including Lal Shahbaz Qalander, Fakhr ud din Iraqi, Jalaluddin Rumi and Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

Baha-ud-din Zakariya (Urdu and Persian: بہاءُ الدین زکریا) (c.1170 – 1262), also spelled Bahauddin Zakariya, and also known as Baha-ul-Haq and Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, was a Sunni^[1] Muslim scholar saint and poet who established the Suhrawardiyya order of Baghdad in medieval South Asia, later becoming one of the most influential spiritual leaders of his era.^[2]

^ Qamar al-huda (8 August 2005). Striving for Divine union: The Spiritual exercises of the Suhrawardi Sufis. Routledge Sufi. ISBN 0700716874.
^ Karīma, Ānoẏārula (1980). The Bauls of Bangladesh: A Study of an Obscure Religious Cult. Lalan Academy.

[1] Qamar al-huda (8 August 2005). Striving for Divine union: The Spiritual exercises of the Suhrawardi Sufis. Routledge Sufi. ISBN 0700716874.

[2] Karīma, Ānoẏārula (1980). The Bauls of Bangladesh: A Study of an Obscure Religious Cult. Lalan Academy.

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Baha-ud-Din Zakariya بہاءُ الدین زکریا

Personal
Born	1161 or 1182 Kut Karur, Punjab, (present-day Pakistan)
Died	21 December 1262 Multan, Delhi Sultanate
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni, specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Muslim leader
Based in	Multan, Punjab
Period in office	12th/13th century
Predecessor	Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi
Successor	Various, including Lal Shahbaz Qalander, Fakhr ud din Iraqi, Jalaluddin Rumi and Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari