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Khoje Digar: Naqshabandiyya tradition of Kashmiri Muslims

Khoje Digar Every year, Kashmiris gather at the Khanqah-i-Naqshbandiya in Srinagar to mark the urs (death anniversary) of Khwaja Baha-ud-Din Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. After Asr prayers, they perform Khoje Digar, a centuries-old mass prayer that continues unbroken to this day. The Naqshbandi path first reached Kashmir during the reign of Sultan Sikandar (1389–1413) through Saiyid Hilal, a disciple of Khwaja Naqshband. His only Kashmiri disciple was Sayyid Muhammad Amin Uvaysi, also known as Baba Mir Uvays (d. 1484). Born into royal privilege as an adopted son of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin, he chose solitude over power. A mystic poet, Baba Mir, often entered states of istighraq (superconsciousness). Visitors were admitted only if his gateman announced “Mir ba khud ast” (“Mir is with himself”). If he said “Mir ba Khuda ast” (“Mir is with God”), no one was allowed entry. Though offered the throne, Baba Mir refused. In 1484, he was assassinated at home with fifteen family members by nobles resentful of the Baihaqi Sayyids. A chronogram remembered him as “Shaheed-i Kashmir” (“Martyr of Kashmir”). Before his death, he wrote on his wall in blood: I am that world-wandering reveller of Messianic Breath.I deem the two worlds not worth even a straw.If my head be lost in Thy love, so be it.I shall never reveal Thy hidden secret to anyone. I am carefree about the affairs of the worldly wise;be sure that I am innocently slain.Now come and recite elegies at my grave,so the cruel tyrants are put to shame. After his martyrdom, the Naqshbandiyya fell silent in Kashmir, until Khwaja Khawand Mahmud revitalised it in the late 16th c. He later settled in Lahore, sending his son Khwaja Moin-ud-Din to Srinagar, where he is buried beside his wife (Aurangzeb’s daughter) and their sons. Today, Khoje Digar remains a living tradition with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq leading the sermon as has been the case for a century, linking Kashmiris to a 400-year-old spiritual lineage. 📷: ‪@FifthFrameMedia‬ Join this channel to get access to exclusive content and community:    / @museumofkashmir   Follow us on Instagram   / museumofkashmir   Follow our podcasts on Spotify: https://bit.ly/mikpodcast Follow our podcasts on iTunes: https://bit.ly/madeinkashmir Follow our Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/mikgoogle