Shyam Manohar Pandey, received his D. Phil, from Allahabad University; Fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies, he taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies London and also at the University of Chicago; joined the Department of Asian Studies, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples, Italy. Given below is the brief excerpt of his lecture ‘Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 D\u00e5’ud and Cand\u00e5yan’ delivered at the IGNCA on the adoption of for stories by sufi poets for their religions propagation.<\/P>
\n Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 D\u00e5’ud, a S\u00b5ufi poet of old Avadhi, composed his Cand\u00e5yan in A.H. 781 (1379 A.D.) during the period of Firoz Shah Tughlug. Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 D\u00e5’ud’s teacher, Shaikh Zainuddin belonged to the tradition of the Chishti saint Khwaj\u00e5 Niz\u00e5muddin Auliy\u00e5 (d. 1325 A.D.).<\/p>\n
In fact, Shaikh Zainuddin was not only a disciple of Shaikh Nasirudd?n Chir\u00e5gh – Dehli vi (1356 A.D.) a principal successor of Niz\u00e5muddin Auliy\u00e5, but also his elder sister’s son who lived in Ayodhya. Shaikh Zainuddin was an important figure in the khanqah of Chiragh Dehli vi who was a personal attendant of the Shaikh and a care taker of the hospice.<\/p>\n
Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 d\u00e5’ud refers to Shaikh Zainuddin with great respect in Cand\u00e5yan which is the first S\u00b5ufi text in Hindi and an allegorical poem describing the love of Loik and Canda. The story of Candayan is based on the oral epic Lorik? or Canain? of which already four volumes have been published.<\/p>\n
Shri Pandey with several examples illustrated how the Sufi poet adopted folk epics and transformed them into a symbolic and mystical love, romance. Candayan has influenced not only the Hindu Sufi romances such as Mrigav\u00e5ti (1503 A.D.) of Kutuban. Padmavat (1504 A.D.) of Malik Muhammad J\u00e5yasi or Madhum\u00e5lat? (1545 A.D.) of Manjhan etc. but also the Bengali poets such as Alaol or Daulat Q\u00e5z? who adopted the story of Lorik and Cand\u00e5 for their compositions. In Dakhini Ghawwasi drew inspiration from Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 D\u00e5’ud and his work Cand\u00e5yan. In Persian Hamidi wrote Asmat N\u00e5m\u00b5a in the 17th century which is again based on the Lorik Cand\u00e5 tale. Maul\u00e5n\u00e5 D\u00e5’ud is the first Sufi poet who used a native language to express the Sufi concept of love and his influence reached Bengal and South India where S\u00b5ufism flourished.<\/p>\n
Hazrat Quddus Gangohi who composed short poems and doha in Hindi by the name of Alakh das during the period of B\u00e5bur translated the whole Cand\u00e5yan into Persian, but unfortunately it was lost. Abdul Q\u00e5dir Bad\u00e5y\u00b5uni, of Akbar’s period also praised Cand\u00e5yan for its mystical meanings.<\/p>\n
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