Wajihuddin Alvi

Shah Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati (; 1504–1590), also known the epithet Haider Ali Saani , was an Islamic scholar and Sufi in the Shattari order.

Life Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati was born in Ahmedabad in 1504 into a family of Sufi scholars and jurists. In 1528 he founded the Alvi Madrasa which was Ahmedbad's most notable Islamic learning center for over a century and a half. He died in his madrasa in 1590.

Works Wajihuddin Alvi is reported to have written books in Arabic and Persian: Hashiya Alvi Ala Tafsir Baydawi حاشية العلوي على تفسير البيضاوي Sharh Nuzhat Al-Nazar شرح نزهة النظر للكجراتي مع نخبة الفكر للعسقلاني Hashiya Alvi ala Sharh al-Jami حاشية علوي على شرح الجامي Aidah Haqiqat Sharh Haqiqat Muhamadi ايضاح حقيقت شرح حقيقت محمدي

Shrine He died in 1580 CE. He is buried in a memorial tomb in Khanpur, Ahmedabad, built by his disciple Syed Murtuza Khan Bukhari, the eleventh (1606–1609) governor of Ahmedabad during the reign of Jahangir.