

In what follows, I will cover some of the relevant topics for consideration. My own book, Sai Baba of Shirdi: A Biographical Investigation (2015), acknowledged both the Hindu and Sufi components of the subject's profile. In India, there are now very numerous Shirdi Sai devotees, and also some Hindu critics who react to the Muslim Sufi features discernible. Many coverages tend to abbreviation in this respect. The full background data has rarely been assimilated. The diverse Hindu and Muslim aspects of his biography have aroused enthusiasm, speculation, incredulity, and repudiation. Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918) is distinctive for an inter-religious complexion. Birth Theories are not Conclusive Evidence
