**How Sufism came to Kashmir is a long story. The famous sufis of Kashmir are Sayyid Bulbul Shah, Sayyid Ali Hamdani, and Mir Mohammad Hamdani. It is claimed that Hindu thought and religion greatly influenced Kashmiri sufis. The result was that Kashmir produced sufis with a different outlook. Some people call these sufis "Muslim risi:s’'.
Kashmir: Sufis, Saints and Shrines
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The details in this articles say that there is a long tradition of Sufi Islam in Kashmir.. so Barelvis might be in majority
Barelvis have been in majority historically but the Kashmir war has brought in organisations like Jem and lashkar e tayyaba, madrasahs and foreign funding. As a result the state is being transformed. Kashmir is seeing the same situation like Punjab and Sindh at the moment.
You seem to be right, chiniot chin for Chenab and ot (behind/across) as per uncle Wikipedia.
Chinning is famous for its industry related to goods produced from wood and being in vicinity of Faisalabad / Jhang, the area seems to follow sufi traditions in making tazia besides economic grounds.
Chiniotis are famous business people. Yazdi who used to post on this forum in the past also belongs to that category.
There are many business related people from the area. One of a family friend, who settled in our home-town and involved in arms business basically belong to Chinyot. Once during summer vacations, we went to Lahore, Islamabad with them and they asked to visit Chiniot with them, but our family refused as we children were not able to coup with Punjab's summer even in Islamabad.
There are many business related people from the area. One of a family friend, who settled in our home-town and involved in arms business basically belong to Chinyot. Once during summer vacations, we went to Lahore, Islamabad with them and they asked to visit Chiniot with them, but our family refused as we children were not able to coup with Punjab's summer even in Islamabad.
do you find the summers harsher in Punjab as compared to Sindh?
do you find the summers harsher in Punjab as compared to Sindh?
Not harshr, but change in water does play role at new places. We all cousins became darker. We still laugh a lot when seeing those pics.. aisa lagta hai Africa chale gae the
