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- ↑ Gulistan-i-Quadri, Syed Mahbub Murshed, Kolkata,1946, pg 42
- ↑ Syedena Ghausul Azam, Syed Abdus Salik, Kolkata, pg 118,1939
- ↑ Gulistan,pg 41
- ↑ Walin Mursheda, Syed Shah Wali Murshed Alquadri, fol 49
- ↑ Gulistan,pg. 70
- ↑ A History of Quadria Order in West Bengal,(A thesis by) R.Anwar, Calcutta University,pg 277