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ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbd al-Ghafūr, called Shaykh Amānallāh Pānīpatī (b. 876/1471, d. 957/1550 or 958/1551), was a member of the widespread Qādiriyya Ṣūfī order. He lived in Panipat, an ancient city on the banks of the Yamuna, some ninety kilometres from Delhi. Its strategic location, on the easiest route from Afghanistan to central India, made Panipat the scene of decisive battles: in 932/1526, the Mughal conqueror and future emperor Bābur (r. 932–7/1526–30) defeated the army of the Delhi sultan Ibrāhīm Lodī (
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- Publisher(s):Brill
- Language:eng
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