Maqamat-i-Eishan Hazrat Shaikh Yaqub Sarfi (RA): A travelogue (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781519425416)

Khwaja Habibullah Nowshehri Hubbi Kashmiri was born in Mohalla Nowshehra Srinagar in 963 AH / 1555 AD (in the reign of Ali Shah). His dynasty was hailing from Ginai family. His father was Khwaja Shams-ud-din Ginai- a wealthy person. Hubbi was brought up in his ancestral home. Since in those days religious education was given special attention, however Hubbi had interest in routine education along with religious education. He memorized Quran. He showed great sharpness in other branches of knowledge and arts. He studied Fiqh, Hadith, knowledge of principles, Persian language and literature also and he began to be counted among the distinguished scholars of Kashmir. Khwaja Hubbi showed no interest in playing and spent whole of his youth in the circle of tasawuf. He continued to be benefited and blessed with the order of saints particularly Sayid Ali Hamadani (RA), Makhdum Shaikh Kamal-ud-din (RA), Hazrat Shaikh Sarfi (RA) besides other scholars, Mashaikh, Awlya. Among other books written by him the Maqamat in Persian verse describes some unknown aspects of the life of his preceptor Shaikh Yaqub Sarfi (RA) besides the miraculous acts which took place during his travel to Afghanistan, Central Asia, Arabia, India and back to Kashmir.