Makhdoom Yahya Maneri
Overview
India
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n Sufi saint
Saint
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of 13th century. His tomb
Tomb
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lies in courtyard of a mosque
Mosque
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, located in Maner
Maner
Maner is a city and a notified area in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Demographics: India census, Maner had a population of 26,912. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Maner has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male...
, 29 km from Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
His complete name is Kamaaluddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri. He was son of Makhdoom Israil son of Hazrat Imam Taj Faquih Hashmi(also called Sheikh Al Hind). His family settled in Maner which was later also called Maner Sharif
Maner Sharif
Maner Sharif is located west of Patna on NH 30. It is also called Maner . It is a popular medieval site and a notified area in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar...
. He studied Islamic law at Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad was one the first Islamic universities, established in July of 1091 when Nizam al-Mulk appointed the 33-year-old Al-Ghazali as a professor of the school....
Academy.
