History of Islam in Baltistan starts with arrival of Hazrat Ameer Kabbir Syed Ali with Hazrat Issa (A.S) before Qiyamat to eliminate injustice and bring the world back to the path of God. History of Islam in Baltistan starts with arrival of Hazrat Ameer Kabbir Syed Ali Hamadani (A legendary Sufi Saint of the Muslim History) from Iran during 15th Century. The core message of Noorbakhshia is: compl
ete elimination of all evil desires and immoralities of human nature from one’s self; total submission of one’s wills before Allah (by following the Quran, Ahl-e-beit (A.S) and Sunnah) and finally love and peace for the whole mankind. Today, Noorbakhshia's are found in Baltistan and Ladakh regions of J&K, as well as a large number of Noorbakshia's are native to Iran, Kurdistan and Central Asia. Reverence to Hazart Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and 12 Imams are central to the Noorbakhshia belief. For Sofia , Hazrat Ali (A.S) is the first Imam and supreme Wali of God. The Kalima of Noorbakhshia is very detailed and consist of witnessing the belief upon Allah, Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H), Hazrat Ali (A.S), Hazrat Fatima (S.A), Hazrat Imam Hassan (A.S) and Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S) thus making it different from Shia Kalima. Also, Noorbakhshia believe that 12th Hazrat Imam Mehdi (A.S) is in Auscultation and will appear along with Hazrat Issa (A.S) before Qiyamat to eliminate injustice and bring the world back to the path of God. Nurbakhshiya emerged in 15th century Iran, Central Asia, Kashmir and Baltistan as a branch of the Kubravi Sufi order. It was in the valley of Kashmir and in Baltistan where the Nurbakhshiya gained their greatest prominence in the early 16th century. This was due to the missionary efforts of Mir Sham ud-Din Iraqi, himself a disciple of Sayyid Muhammad Nurbkhsh's son and spiritual heir, Shah Qasim Faizbakhsh. In its country of origin, Iran, the order became outright Shi'a some decades after the Safavid dynasty made twelver Shi'ism the religion of the state in 1501, and the same happened in Kashmir, either during the lifetime of Shams ud-Din Iraqi, who died in 1527, or in the following decades during the brief interlude of the Chak dynasty's reign. But in Baltistan the Nurbakhshiya has survived until this day as a sect with doctrines of its own, combining elements of both Shi'ism and Sunni Islam.[2] Ghousulal-Mutakharin Sayyid al Arifin Mir Sayyid Muhammad Nurbakhsh was the 9th century missionary Sufi master on whom the researchers have paid less attention. That is why we could not trace a detailed biography on his life. Although Nurbakhsh had many scholar-disciples including Assiri lahiji, but none of his disciples made any serious effort to write Nurbakhsh's biography and to preserve his teachings. However it is a wonderful miracle that hundreds of thousand of his followers are still present in a very far-flung and the most backward areas of Islamic Republic of Pakistan who are practicising his teachings in in its entirety and who are the custodians of his works and teachings even these days when five centuries have been passed after Nurbakhsh.[3]
Nurbakhshis believe that the practices are not an assemblage of his personal view but the practices were originally conceived to him from Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the masters of the spiritual chain. They state that if anyone feels doubt in this connection, they would invite them to travel on the long road through the history of mysticism and to compare it with that of Nurbakhsh’s teachings
