Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali
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Nund 3649 KE 779 AH or 1377 CE Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Died | 842 AH or 1440 CE Charari Sharief, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Other names | Sheikh ul-Alam Nund Reshi Sahajanand |
| Region | Jammu and Kashmir |
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Nund Rishi or Nund Reshi (Urdu: نُندہ ریشی), also known as Sheikh Noor ud-Din Wali, Sheikh Noor ud-Din Noorani (Urdu: شیخ نُورالدین نُورانی) and popularly as Sheikh ul-Alam (Urdu: شیخُ العالم) among the Muslim and as Sahajanand and among the Hindus – was a Kashmiri mystic regarded as the patron saint of Kashmiris. He is considered to be founder of the Rishi order of saints which deeply influenced many great mystics like Hamza Makhdoom , Resh Mir Sàeb , Shamas Faqir till present day.
Nund Rishi was born in a village called Qaimoh (old name Katimusha) in Kulgam district, which is 10 km from Anantnag and 60 km South east of Srinagar in the year 649 Kashmiri Calendar/1377 CE, corresponding to 779 Hijri. His father's name was Sheikh Sala-ud-din his mother Sadra, was called Sadra Moji or Sadra Deddi. In Kashmir, Moji means 'mother' and Deddi denotes 'elderly.'
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