Sarmad Kashani

Travels in the Mughal Empire Hearing that precious items and works of art were being purchased in India at high prices, Sarmad gathered together his wares and traveled to the Mughal Empire where he intended to sell them. In Thatta, in present day Sindh, Pakistan, one of his close disciples was a Hindu called Abhay Chand. very little is known about the life of Abhay Chand and no historical records to confirm the details of their encounter, except Sarmad's own poetry. Some scholars have argued that, while Sarmad employed Abhay Chand to translate the Torah

At some stage, he abandoned his wealth, let his hair grow, stopped clipping his nails and began to wander the city streets.

Death After the War of Succession with his brother Dara Shikoh, Aurangzeb (1658–1707) emerged victorious, killed his former adversary and ascended the imperial throne. He had Sarmad arrested and tried.

Aurangzeb ordered his Ulema to ask Sarmad why he repeated only "There is no God", and ordered him to recite the second part, "but Allah". To that he replied that "I am still absorbed with the negative part. Why should I tell a lie?" Thus he sealed his death sentence. the book of the romances of an outlaw, including the rereading of the life, poetry and thoughts of Saeed Sarmad Kashani, edited by Abdolhamid Ziaei, was published in 2009

In popular culture In 2022, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen premiered a cinematic piece by Iranian artist Lior Shamriz, which is partly based on the life of Sarmad, and is titled "Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani". The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea and the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia presented the work later in the year.