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SPIRITUAL COEXISTENCE IN MARATHI LITERATURE OF SUFIS IN DECCAN HISTORY

    1 Author(s):  DR. SHAIKH MUSAK RAJJAK

Vol -  8, Issue- 11 ,         Page(s) : 168 - 181  (2017 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Many Sufis wrote the Marathi literature in Medieval Deccan. Shah Muntoji Bahmani, Ambar Husain, Chand Bodhale, Shaikh Muhammad Shrigondekar, Alam Khan, Shah Baigh, Bajid Pathan, Latif Shah and Shaikh Sultan are the famous Sufi poets and authors of many books in Deccan. Shah Muntoji Bahmani was the seventeenth century Sufi poet and author. He wrote number of book like, Prakashdip, Siddhsanket, Hindu-Islam Darshan etc. in Marathi. His manuscripts are available at Rajwade Research Center and Shree Samarth Wangdevata Mandir Research Center at Dhule, Maharashtra. Ambar Husain of Daulatabad wrote Ambar Husaini and Samshlok in Marathi. Shaikh Muhammad Shrigondekar (1548-1618 CE) was another famous Sufi saint from Ahmednager Maharashtra. He was the Guru of Malojiraje Bhosle (the grandfather of Shivaji). His literature; Yogsangram, Pawan Vijay, Bhakti Bodha and Bharud are available today. Alam Khan wrote in Marathi books; Gurumahatmya and Updeshpad. These all Sufi authors from Sixteenth to Eighteenth century made the literature in Marathi language.

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