Birth and el1ildi1ood—Seantv sources on early life— Education and studies in l'H_\"BlLlElBIfl~—iii.35t)Cl.flii-lfill with dirines of various orders—-The Divine Injunction—-Initiation into Qadiri order—His the esopbieal outlook not a political forethought-—-Approaeli towards Hindu philosophy'—Dara Sdlikiih and Isla_u1—Early worl-ts on saints: ijififistio in eharaoter; while later writings tlepiet leanings towards the stud]; of Hinduism and translations front Eanskrit——Risdln’i Hag i'h"ttreti' on aseetieisni reveals! aknowledge of Faye systen1—-The year 1056 I-LH. : a turning point in his religions studies——i'~iine years of intense study and tuntempiation-i1a"n;ima‘-at-Bait-rein, an attempt at the reroneiliation of the tenets of Breitmnsidya and Q-,'ar’t'trr.-—'His liberal outlook and frateflliaation with theHindtls displeases the U£srna»—'.i'-i.]au1gI111i.u1a’s den11neiation of his attitude towards religion typieal—Aeoonntsof European writers—Dara &ll'L'I1lI as a rnan.