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Prince Mohammad Dara Shikoh was a great Sufi of Mughal period in India. He calls himself Hanafi and Qadari i.e. in Fiqa he belongs to the Shiariyat of Abu Haneefa and in mysticism he belongs to the Silsila Qadariya of Hizrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. Dara Shikoh was earlier attached with a great Sufi saint of his times Hizrat Mian Mir Qadari and further was inverted in Qadari order by Hizrat Mulla Shah Badakshi. Thus Dara Shikoh became the follower of this spiritual thought and proved to be a big disseminator of the same. It is because of the relation with this thought that Dara Shikoh adopted the pen name of Qadari in his poetic works. He wrote different books on Sufism in prose and poetry and tried a lot to disseminate the Qadariya thought in his literary works especially in his poetry. He discussed it deeply and gave the depiction of methods and mystic exercises in relation with Qadari thought. He also wrote the life history, miracles and golden sayings of Sufis related to different spiritual thoughts, particularly the Sufis of Qadariya order. Due to his literary works and lifelong efforts, Qadariya thought got great propagation and following in India and the world.