Sayyid Adam Banuri

Sheikh Sayyid Adam Banuri (Persian: سید آدم بنوری, b. 1503/06, d. 1643) was a Sufi spiritual adviser to Ahmad Sirhindi.

Early life His parents were Ismail bin Bahauddin Mashwani He was born in Banur, Chandigarh, then part of the Delhi Sultanate of India.

Career He is known for his research on Sufism. He is the founder of “Ahsaniya” with some modifications in Ahmad Sirhindi’s Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi thoughts. Ahsaniya is mostly followed by Arabs in Egypt and Yemen. In 1641 Abdul Hakim Sialkoti and Sadduallh (advisor to Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan) visited him in Lahore. They both advised Shah Jahan to dispatch Adam for Hajj. He travelled and performed Hajj with hundreds of his students. He died in Medina in 1643. He is buried at Jannat al-Baqī.