Treatises dealing with the Sufi thoughts and practices of Ali bin Usman Hujwiri is known as __________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Kashf-ul-Mahjub
Ali bin Usman Hujwiri (Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri) came from Hujwir near Ghazni and was brought across the Indus as a captive of the Turkish army in 1039. He settled in Lahore and wrote a book in Persian, the Kashf-ul-Mahjub (‘Unveiling of the Veiled’), to explain the meaning of tasawwuf and of the sufis who practised it. His tomb in Lahore is still visited as the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh, ‘the Giver who bestows treasures’.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (2025-26)
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