Hidayat inayat khan biography of barack

Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) was a Sufi teacher and brilliant musician from India who started “The Sufi Order in the West” (now called the Sufi Order International) in the early part of the 20th century.

Though his family background was Muslim, he was also steeped in the Sufi notion that all religions have their value and place in human evolution.

He traveled to the West in 1910 at the behest of his Sufi teacher, Sayyed Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani, who charged him with a mission: to harmonize East and West with the music of his soul.

He had dedicated his early life to the mastery of the subtle intricacies of classical Indian music under the tutelage of his grandfather Moula Baksh, a musical giant who had integrated the Hindustani and Karnatic musical traditions of Northern and Southern India.

While barely in his twenties, Inayat Khan received the highest recognition and honors for his artistic accomplishments.

On September 13, 1910 he began an odyssey which would