Vilayat Inayat Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilayat Inayat Khan

Sufi teacher

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1916

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 17-Jun-2004

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vilayat Inayat Khan (19 June 1916 – 17 June 2004) was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism.
His teaching derived from the tradition of his father, Inayat Khan, founder of The Sufi Order in the West, combined with western culture.
One of his sisters was Noor Inayat Khan GC MBE.
He taught in the tradition of universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun.
His parents met at the New York City ashram of American yogi, Pierre Bernard, half-brother of his mother Pirani Ameena Begum.In 1975 he founded the Abode of the Message, which serves as the central residential community of the Sufi Order International, a conference and retreat center, and a center of esoteric study.