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Sarmad Kashani was a Persian-speaking Armenian mystic and poet born around 1590 to a family of Jewish Persian-speaking Armenian merchants. He initially traveled to the Indian subcontinent as a merchant seeking profit from the high prices of precious goods before abandoning his wealth to wander as a faqir.
Sarmad Kashani was beheaded on the 22nd of May 1661 in Delhi. His death marked the end of a life that had challenged the very foundations of religious orthodoxy under the Mughal Empire.
Aurangzeb ordered the execution of Sarmad Kashani because the emperor viewed Sarmad's association with Dara Shikoh and his unorthodox religious practices as a threat to the empire's religious integrity. Sarmad's refusal to conform to religious expectations, particularly his insistence on repeating the phrase There is no God without adding but Allah, sealed his fate.
Sarmad Kashani possessed an excellent command of Persian, the language of the Mughal court, which he used to translate the Torah and compose his poetry. He was born to a family of Jewish Persian-speaking Armenian merchants and traveled to the Indian subcontinent as a merchant.
The grave of Sarmad Kashani is located near the Jama Masjid in Delhi. This site has since become a place of pilgrimage for those who seek to honor his legacy of spiritual freedom and resistance to religious dogma.