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Inayat Khan

Inayat KhanAKA Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Born: 5-Jul-1882
Birthplace: Baroda, India
Died: 5-Feb-1927
Location of death: New Dehli, India
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, near the Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, India

Gender: Male
Religion: Other
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Religion, Musician

Nationality: India
Executive summary: Founder of Universal Sufism

Father: Rahmat Khan (musician, d. 1910)
Mother: Khadija Bibi (daughter of Maula Bakhsh 'the Beethoven of India')
Brother: Maheboob
Brother: Karamat
Brother: Musheraff
Sister: Jena Bibi
Wife: Ora Ray Baker (cousin of Mary Baker Eddy)
Daughter: Noor Inayat Khan (British spy, b. 1914, d. 1944, at Dachau)
Son: Vilayat Inayat Khan (Sufi teacher, b. 19-Jun-1916, d. 17-Jun-2004)
Son: Hidayat Khan (b. 1917)
Daughter: Khair-un-Nisa (b. 1918)

    Founded Religion
    Birthday Is Holiday 5-Jul Viladat Day (Mureed Holiday)






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