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Hazarat Aan (R) alias Shah Milan.

Shah Milan, better know as Hazarat Azan pir (R) (Meaning a great saint) came from Bagdad an ancient seat of Islamic Learning, He studied the Holy Quran, The Hadith and Islamic philosophy there in Bagdad. The students after completion of of learning, had to go to different parts of the world with a view to propogating Islam. Hazarat Azan Saheb and some of his companions most probably in the early years of the 17th century, came to India.

It is belived that he built a masque at Sonpura, near the Ahom capital Gargaon and chanted 'Azan', the calling for 'Namaz' for which people called him Azan pir, Popular belief is that he and his campanions came to India on foot and entered the country through the khaibor. He stayed at the Dargah of khwaja Mainuddin Sisty at Ajmer. Then he came to Dargah of saint Nizamuddin in Delhi. No historical evidence regarding his entrence in Assam is available ; but popular belief is that he came to Hajo through Koch Behar.

The name of his parents are still shrouded with mystery ; the Zikirs ( a kind of spritual song) bears the reference to his only brothers Hazarat Nabi Saheb. It can be guessed he married some local girl at Sonpura . The Name of his wife is referred as Siddaqua in certain documents. He was the father of four sons and a daughter. The sons were Shah khuwaz, Shah Mir Kasim, Shah Masum and Shah Kutub ; but the name of the daughter is unknown. She is said to have been given to marriage to Pir Hazarat Khondakar who came along with Hazarat Azan Pir Sahib.

The Unique Zikirs Composed by Hazarat Aazan Saheb :

Tradition goes on that Hazarat Aazan Saheb started composing Zikirs at Sonpura, Gargaon and he did with a blassing to the king. "The Gargaon town is in the Ahom kingdom Zikir is translated in to Assamese I wish eternal life of the king and welfare of the subjects, till stones float and boats go under water."

Zikir is an Arabic word, its root is Zikir, the meaning is repeated chanting of Allah's names. The word Zikir appears more than 31 (Thirty first ) times in the Holy Quran and they have different meanings in deffarent contexts. Aazan Saheb also says that he had composed the Zikirs taking the essence of the Holy Quran, and Zikirs would survive till the end of the earth. Some others names such as Chandkha, Sheikh Farid, Munia Dewan, Bandar Fakir, Maznudil Fakir, Syed Martuza, Ghulam Hussain, Bethai Gowal, Haridas Kumar are found as writers of Zikir. It is belived that Aazan Pir Saheb composed 160 ( Aath Kuri meaning 8X20 = 160) Zikirs, but only 90 ( Ninety ) are found







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