Advent of Islam in Kashmir

Sufi Master, Haji Professor Dr. Fida Muhammad Khan Hassnain was born in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, in January 1925. Having graduated from the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, he completed his post graduate studies in History and law from the Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Since then, he has received several degrees and awards from various universities and institutions of India, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Mexico. He began his service career as a Professor in 1948 and retired as the Director of Archives, Archaelogy, Research and Museums, Jammu and Kashmir State, in 1980. He is author of about two dozen books on History, culture and mysticism. His books have been published in Poland, Spain, Italy, India and the United Kingdom. In 1960, he came into contact with a Buddhist Shaman of Tibet and since then he is associated with Sadhu, Yogis, Fakirs, Monks, Dervishes, and Sufis. He was initiated into Sufism by Hazrat Hayat Boumann, a pious lady mystic belonging to the Sufi Order of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan of Delhi. Aftr having completed various Chillas and Sufi practices under the guidance of Murshid Abubabaji of Oatacumund, India, he was further groomed by Sheikh Muzaffar Ozak Al-Jerrahi of Istanbul, Turkey. Sufi Master Haji Professor Dr. Hassnain is associated with teh Occult Foundation of India, Calcutta, OISCA-International, Tokyo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, New Delhi. World Congress of Faiths, London, Centre for Yoga Research, Pondicherry, Ancient Astronaut Society Ilinois, Temple of Understanding New York, Vishwa Unnyayan Samsad New Delhi, Realpa Ashram Bodhi Sangham Parrano, World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry Berlin and Hazrat nayat Khan Sufi Center, New Delhi. He has visited several countries of Asia and Europe including Bulgaria, Russia, Germany, Australia, Japan, Figiand, Scottland and Malaysia. He is a spiritual healer and conducts Sufi Therapy workshops in several Dynamic Psychiatric Hospitals in Germany. He lives at Dastgir Villa, Parray Pora, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.