Explanation

ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān al-Hujwīrī, better known as ʿAlī Hujwīrī and reverentially as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh, was an 11th-century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher. He is well known for composing the Kashf al-Maḥjūb, which is considered the earliest formal treatise on Sufism in Persian. Abu ’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or al-Hujwīrī (also spelt Hajweri, Hajveri, or Hajvery) for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Syed ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, was an 11th Century Ghaznian-Persian sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher who became famous for composing the Kashf al-Maḥjūb (Unveiling of the Hidden), which is considered the “earliest formal treatise” on Sufism in Persian. Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed “significantly” to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching, with one historian describing him as “one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent.”