The purpose of the Museum’s Foundation is to collect, manage and preserve the spiritual and material legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan and his brothers and cousin, sometimes referred to collectively as the ‘companions’.
These ‘companions’ were:
- Shaikh-ul-Mashaik Maheboob Khan, head of the Sufi Movement from 1928 to 1948
- Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan, head of the Sufi Movement from 1948 to 1958
- Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff Khan, head of the Sufi Movement from 1959 to 1967
The latter has a special place in this foundation. He was married to the Dutch lady Murshida Shahzadi Khan – de Koningh, the founder of the museum, from 1948 until his passing in 1967. Murshida Shahzadi kept on collecting, listing and describing all objects from the legacy of the four brothers during the seventies and eighties. She also founded the museum in memory of her husband.
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