Kachhauchha Sharif, Ambedkarnagar

The 14-century Chishti-Ashrafi dargah of Makhdoom Sayyid Ashraf Jahangir Simnani (1308-1386) at Kachhauchha Sharif in Ambedkarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh — the founder of the Ashrafi silsila (sub-branch of the Chishti order) in India. Jahangir Simnani migrated from Simnan in Iran to Delhi in 1370 and settled at Kachhauchha in 1380. He was the author of Lata'if-i-Ashrafi ('Subtleties of Ashraf'), a Persian Sufi treatise on wahdat-ul-wujud mysticism. The current dargah structure is 15-century with major 19-century Mughal additions and 2000s renovations. The annual Urs each 28 Muharram draws over 300,000 Sufi pilgrims from across North India. The Ashrafi silsila has spread to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mauritius through Jahangir Simnani's descendants. The dargah is managed by the Dargah-e-Ashrafiya Kachhauchha Sharif Trust.