After Mian Mir's death, Dara Shikoh's search for a murshid took him to Kashmir where he met Mulla Shah Badakhsi. Dara Shikoh desired to be initiated into the Qadri order at the hands of Mian Mir. He was the spiritual mentor of the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh Qadri (1615 – 1659) and his sister Princess Jahanara Begum. He belonged to the Qadiri order of Sufism. He was born to a Qazi in the village of Araska in the Rustaq area of Badakhshan (modern day Afghanistan) from which also his name is derived from. Mullah Shah Badakhshi, popularly known as Mullah Shah was a 17th-century Muslim Sufi, and spiritual successor of the famous Sufi saint Mian Mir (1550 – 1635). Painting of Sufi saint Mulla Shah (also known as Shah Badakhshi), India, Mughal dynasty, ca.1639
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