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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_India#Sufism_and_spread_of_Islam
peaceful Sufis spread Islam in Assam
Shah Badar from whom the name of Badarpur originated;Adam Khaki, Shah Ziayuddin, Shah Sikandar, etc. According to the tradition there are some others sufis like Asim Shah, Shaban Shah were the companions of Shahjalal. Since then large number of Muslims belong to the Turko-Afghan tribes attracted to this far land.
However, it is not that Islam spread in Kaimganj only the neighbouring areas of Cachar and Hailakandi came intouch of Muslim societal expansion. At least two of the companions of Shahjalal choose those areas.Still their graveyards veneratd by the thousnads of Hindu-Muslim followers. The works of those Sufis brought a large numbers of local into the fold of Islam since the early 13th century. These Muslims along with their fellows of undivided Sylhet gradually came to known as the Sylheti Muslims dring the time British rule. Presntly the population of the Sylheti Muslims of Assam is around 15 Lakhs.
Many from the local population were also believed to have converted to Islam through the preaching of the several Pirs who visited and settled down in Assam.
The names of some of the prominent Pirs who took to preaching and proselytising activities in Assam are Ghiyasuddin Auliya, Hasrat Osman Gani; Shah Akbar, Shah Sufi, Shah Kamal, Shah Pagmar and Shah Sharan, popularly known as Panch Pir; Baba Langar Shah; Sawal Pir, popularly known as Bandar Pir; Komaldya Khunkar Muhammad Gain, Azan Pir, among others. Their dargahs are visited by people of all faiths to fulfil their prayers even today. Even urs (anniversaries) of many Pirs are held every year.
peaceful Sufis spread Islam in Assam
Shah Badar from whom the name of Badarpur originated;Adam Khaki, Shah Ziayuddin, Shah Sikandar, etc. According to the tradition there are some others sufis like Asim Shah, Shaban Shah were the companions of Shahjalal. Since then large number of Muslims belong to the Turko-Afghan tribes attracted to this far land.
However, it is not that Islam spread in Kaimganj only the neighbouring areas of Cachar and Hailakandi came intouch of Muslim societal expansion. At least two of the companions of Shahjalal choose those areas.Still their graveyards veneratd by the thousnads of Hindu-Muslim followers. The works of those Sufis brought a large numbers of local into the fold of Islam since the early 13th century. These Muslims along with their fellows of undivided Sylhet gradually came to known as the Sylheti Muslims dring the time British rule. Presntly the population of the Sylheti Muslims of Assam is around 15 Lakhs.
Many from the local population were also believed to have converted to Islam through the preaching of the several Pirs who visited and settled down in Assam.
The names of some of the prominent Pirs who took to preaching and proselytising activities in Assam are Ghiyasuddin Auliya, Hasrat Osman Gani; Shah Akbar, Shah Sufi, Shah Kamal, Shah Pagmar and Shah Sharan, popularly known as Panch Pir; Baba Langar Shah; Sawal Pir, popularly known as Bandar Pir; Komaldya Khunkar Muhammad Gain, Azan Pir, among others. Their dargahs are visited by people of all faiths to fulfil their prayers even today. Even urs (anniversaries) of many Pirs are held every year.