Khawaja Habibullah Nowshehri (Kashmiri: خواجہ حبیب اللہ نوْشہری, c. 1555 – c. 1617), known by his pen name Hubbi, was a Kashmiri Sufi poet, scholar and religious figure active in medieval Kashmir Valley, during the reign of Ali Shah Chak.^[1][2] He is remembered for devotional poetry (including naʽat) and for his shrine (aastan) in the Nowshera locality of Srinagar, which is associated with his burial and the annual observance of his urs (death anniversary).^[3][4]

Habibullah Nowshehri was born in the neighbourhood of Nowshera in Srinagar, in 963 Hijri era (corresponding to c. 1555 CE). His father Shamsuddin Ginai, was reportedly a local merchant, Sufi Hagiographical sources indicate Hubbi worked in his father's shop, while receiving religious and literary education. He is reported to have memorised the Quran and to have studied Fiqh, Hadith, Persian literature. His later spiritual and poetic formation is commonly linked with the circle of Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi and other contemporaneous Kashmiri scholars and Sufi masters.^[5]

Nowshehri composed devotional poetry in the Kashmiri idiom and in Persianate modes common in the region’s Sufi literature. Several works are attributed to him in manuscript and later printed collections, titles frequently associated with him in secondary sources include Tanbhiyal Quloob, Rahatul Quloob, Miratul Gayoob and devotional poems or naʽat such as the composition commonly referred to by its opening line or refrain. His pen name Hubbi appears in local anthologies and oral transmission of verses. His work has been discussed in surveys of Kashmiri literary history and in studies of medieval Kashmiri Sufism.^[6]

Khawaja Habibullah Nowshehri Died on 19th Dhu al-Hijjah 1027AH^[7] (c. 1617 CE).^[8] and was laid to rest in Nowshera, Srinagar, where his urs is celebrated annually at his Aastan (shrine).^[9][10][3] A mosque named Masjid Hubbi is situated adjacent to the Astaan (shrine) which was built in early 1900’s which was built as mentioned in the foundation stone of the astaan by Haji Nooruddin Bazaz and Haji Aziz Malik, both being prominent businessmen of the locality. A graveyard also lies in the premises of the mosque and the dargah.^{[citation needed]}