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Sufism of Chishti Order: A Bridge between Herat and Ajmer
Two days in Herat on the Chishti Sufis — from Chisht, the cradle of the order, to Ajmer — with scholars from India and Afghanistan.
Day 1 of 2
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Marmar Hall, Arg Hotel, Herat
Inauguration
Recitation from the Quran National Anthems of India and Afghanistan
Remarks of the Guest of Honour: Mr. Hamid Tahzeeb, Secretary IAF, Delhi Chapter
Welcome Address: Ms. Somaia Ramish, President Naw andishan Cultural-Social Organization
Address of the Hon’ble Governor of Herat Janab Mohammad Asif Rahimi
Address of the Hon’ble Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Janab Syed Fazil Sancharki
Inaugural Address: Janab Syed Salman Chishty, Chairman Chishti Foundation, Ajmer Sharif
Remarks of the Chief Guest: H.E. Shri Kumar Gaurav, Consul General, Indian Consulate, Herat
Recitation of poem by the eminent poet: Janab Nasrullah Partaw Naderi
Address of President Literary Society of Herat: Professor Daud Munir
Presidential Address: Professor Syed Akhtar Husain, President Institute of Indo Persian Studies, India
Vote of Thanks: Professor Aleem Ashraf Khan, Vice President Institute of Indo Persian Studies, India
Sufi Music and Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
1st academic session
Chair: Nasrullah Partaw Naderi & Afsar Rahbeen
Frouzan Amiri
Herat: A Foundation-head of Chishti Sufism
Muzaffar Alam
Sufism in India and its Impact on Society
Nasir Rahyab
15:30 – 17:00
2nd academic session
Chair: Syed Salman Chishty & Aleem Ashraf Khan
Syed Akhtar Husain
Mahmood Alam
A Few Treatises of Khwaja Gesudaraz Bandah Nawaz from the collection of Oriental Manuscript Library, Hyderabad and The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Afsar Rahbeen
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz: A Patron of Arts
Naron Rejai
Chisht: A Cradle of the Saints of Chishti Order
Day 2 of 2
Sunday, 2 September 2018
Marmar Hall, Arg Hotel, Herat
10:30 – 12:30
3rd academic session
Chair: Syed Akhtar Husain & Somaia Ramish, Mohd. Dawood Munir Homayoun Mohtaat, Mahtab Alam
Aleem Ashraf Khan
Traces of Universal Brotherhood in Fawaidul Fawad of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia
Khwaja Ekramuddin
Relevance of Sufism in the Subcontinent
Md Abrarul Haque
Sufi Discourse in Tuti Nama of Ziauddin Nakhshbi
Golam Moinuddin
Sufis of Chishti Order in the Writings of Muhammad Iqbal
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
4th academic session
Chair: Aleem Ashraf Khan & Mahmood Alam
Abid Hossain
Sufistic movement and its deep impact on the life and society of Bengal with special
reference to the role of the Sufis of Chishti Order
Md Firoz Alam
The Role of NCPUL in the Development of Sufism
Nasreen Hossain
Sufism in Bengal
Nadeem Akhtar
Valedictory
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