Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi
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Hazrat Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-e-Delhi [1](ca 1274-1356) was a 14th century mystic-poet and a Sufi Saint of Chishti Order. He was a murid (disciple) of noted Sufi saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya [2], and later khalifa, his successor [3][4]. He was the last important Sufi of Chishti Order from Delhi [5].
He was given the title, "Roshan Chirag-e-Delhi", which in Hindi and Urdu, means "Illuminated Lamp of Delhi" [6].
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Disciples
3 Dargah
4 Legacy
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
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[edit] Biography
Hazrat Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi (or Chiragh-e-Delhi)[7] was born as Nasiruddin around 1274, at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh [8][9]. His father Syed Yahya, who traded in Pashmina, and his grand father, Syed Abdul Latif, first migrated from Khorasan, north-eastern Iran, to Lahore, and thereafter settled in Ayodhya, in Awadh. His father died when he was only nine years of age, thereafter growing up with his mother, he received his early education from Maulana Abdul Karim Sherwani, and later continued it, with Maulana Iftikhar Uddin Gilani [7].
At age forty, he left Ayodhya for Delhi, where he became the disciple of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, it was here that he stayed for the rest of his life as his murid (disciple) [9], and eventually after his death, became his successor. In time, he also became a known poet in Persian language [10]
He died in 17 Ramzan 757 Hijri or 1356 AD. [11], at the age of 82, and is buried in a part of Delhi, India which is known as "Chirag-e-Delhi" after him [8].
[edit] Disciples
One of his noted disciple was Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gezu Daraz, who later moved to Daulatabad around 1398, owing to the attack of Timur on Delhi, and from where at the invitation of Bahamani King, Firuz Shah Bahamani, moved to Gulbarga, Karnataka, where he stayed for the following 22 years of his life, spreading the Chishti Order in the South [12], till his death in November 1422. The Dargah of Khwaja Bande Nawaz, exists today in the city of Gulbarga, as a symbol, multi-religious unity [13].
During his stay in Delhi, he continued to visit Ayodhya often, where he made a number of disciples, notably, Shaikh Zainuddin Ali Awadhi, Shaikh Fatehullah Awadhi and Allama Kamaluddin Awadhi [8].
[edit] Dargah
After his death, his tomb was built by Firuz Shah Tughluq (r. 1351 - 1388), the Sultan of Delhi in 1358, and later two gateways were added on either side of mausoleum. One of noted addition was a mosque built by a later Mughal emperor, Farrukhsiyar, in early 18th century [6], and popular among both Muslims and Non-Muslims. A humble tomb of the founder of Lodhi dynasty, Bahlul Khan Lodhi (r.1451-89) lies close to the shrine [14], in the present day locality of ‘Chirag Delhi’ that grew around the tomb, and is still goes by his name, it is very close to the locality of Greater Kailash, in South Delhi [15].
[edit] Legacy
Hazrat Nasiruddin's descendants are to be found far and wide as a lot of them moved down South to Hyderabad. The Dargah of Badi Bua or Badi Bibi, who said be the elder sister of Hazrat Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi, still exists in city of Ayodhya [8].
[edit] See also
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of
Sufism
Chishti
Sufism
[edit] References
^ Hazrat NasirudDin Mahmud. Entitled Raushan Chiragh-i-Dihli Sufi Saints of Delhi.
^ Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365. "many under his direction attained to the heights of sanctity, such as Shaykh Naṣíru'ddín Muḥammad Chirágh i Dihlí, Mír Khusrau, Shaykh Aláu'l Ḥaḳḳ, Shaykh Akhí Siráj, in Bengal, Shaikh Wajíhu'ddín Yúsuf in Chanderi, Shaykh Yạḳúb and Shaykh Kamál in Malwah, Mauláná Ghiyáṣ, in Dhár, Mauláná Mughíṣ, in Ujjain, Shaykh Ḥusain, in Gujarat, Shaykh Burhánu'ddín Gharíb, Shaykh Muntakhab, Khwájah Ḥasan, in the Dekhan."
^ Khalifa List of Successors of Nizamuddin Auliya, "Moinuddin Chishti " official website.
^ Great Sufi Saints
^ Chisti Saints
^ a b Chirag Dilli Tomb Mosques & Shrines in Delhi.
^ a b Life History Moinuddin Chishti Official website.
^ a b c d In The Name Of Faith Times of India, April 19, 2007.
^ a b Ayodhya's Forgotten Muslim Past "Counter Currents", 23 October 2003.
^ The Tradition of Arabic Devotional Poetry in India… Hind Islami Tahjeeb Ke Rang : Aqeedat Ke Rang, "Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts" (IGNCA).
^ Dargah - Religious life at the Tomb www.sunnirazvi.org. “Chirag-e Delhi Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh of Delhi (d.1356), …”
^ Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, by M. J. Akbar. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415284708. Page 111.
^ Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow "The Hindu", Nov 27, 2007.
^ Delhi's Valley of Kings The Tribune, Mar 1, 2004.
^ Dargah of Chirag-e-Delhi location Wikimapia.
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Hazrat Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-e-Delhi [1](ca 1274-1356) was a 14th century mystic-poet and a Sufi Saint of Chishti Order. He was a murid (disciple) of noted Sufi saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya [2], and later khalifa, his successor [3][4]. He was the last important Sufi of Chishti Order from Delhi [5].
He was given the title, "Roshan Chirag-e-Delhi", which in Hindi and Urdu, means "Illuminated Lamp of Delhi" [6].
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Disciples
3 Dargah
4 Legacy
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
//
[edit] Biography
Hazrat Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi (or Chiragh-e-Delhi)[7] was born as Nasiruddin around 1274, at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh [8][9]. His father Syed Yahya, who traded in Pashmina, and his grand father, Syed Abdul Latif, first migrated from Khorasan, north-eastern Iran, to Lahore, and thereafter settled in Ayodhya, in Awadh. His father died when he was only nine years of age, thereafter growing up with his mother, he received his early education from Maulana Abdul Karim Sherwani, and later continued it, with Maulana Iftikhar Uddin Gilani [7].
At age forty, he left Ayodhya for Delhi, where he became the disciple of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, it was here that he stayed for the rest of his life as his murid (disciple) [9], and eventually after his death, became his successor. In time, he also became a known poet in Persian language [10]
He died in 17 Ramzan 757 Hijri or 1356 AD. [11], at the age of 82, and is buried in a part of Delhi, India which is known as "Chirag-e-Delhi" after him [8].
[edit] Disciples
One of his noted disciple was Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gezu Daraz, who later moved to Daulatabad around 1398, owing to the attack of Timur on Delhi, and from where at the invitation of Bahamani King, Firuz Shah Bahamani, moved to Gulbarga, Karnataka, where he stayed for the following 22 years of his life, spreading the Chishti Order in the South [12], till his death in November 1422. The Dargah of Khwaja Bande Nawaz, exists today in the city of Gulbarga, as a symbol, multi-religious unity [13].
During his stay in Delhi, he continued to visit Ayodhya often, where he made a number of disciples, notably, Shaikh Zainuddin Ali Awadhi, Shaikh Fatehullah Awadhi and Allama Kamaluddin Awadhi [8].
[edit] Dargah
After his death, his tomb was built by Firuz Shah Tughluq (r. 1351 - 1388), the Sultan of Delhi in 1358, and later two gateways were added on either side of mausoleum. One of noted addition was a mosque built by a later Mughal emperor, Farrukhsiyar, in early 18th century [6], and popular among both Muslims and Non-Muslims. A humble tomb of the founder of Lodhi dynasty, Bahlul Khan Lodhi (r.1451-89) lies close to the shrine [14], in the present day locality of ‘Chirag Delhi’ that grew around the tomb, and is still goes by his name, it is very close to the locality of Greater Kailash, in South Delhi [15].
[edit] Legacy
Hazrat Nasiruddin's descendants are to be found far and wide as a lot of them moved down South to Hyderabad. The Dargah of Badi Bua or Badi Bibi, who said be the elder sister of Hazrat Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi, still exists in city of Ayodhya [8].
[edit] See also
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of
Sufism
Chishti
Sufism
[edit] References
^ Hazrat NasirudDin Mahmud. Entitled Raushan Chiragh-i-Dihli Sufi Saints of Delhi.
^ Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365. "many under his direction attained to the heights of sanctity, such as Shaykh Naṣíru'ddín Muḥammad Chirágh i Dihlí, Mír Khusrau, Shaykh Aláu'l Ḥaḳḳ, Shaykh Akhí Siráj, in Bengal, Shaikh Wajíhu'ddín Yúsuf in Chanderi, Shaykh Yạḳúb and Shaykh Kamál in Malwah, Mauláná Ghiyáṣ, in Dhár, Mauláná Mughíṣ, in Ujjain, Shaykh Ḥusain, in Gujarat, Shaykh Burhánu'ddín Gharíb, Shaykh Muntakhab, Khwájah Ḥasan, in the Dekhan."
^ Khalifa List of Successors of Nizamuddin Auliya, "Moinuddin Chishti " official website.
^ Great Sufi Saints
^ Chisti Saints
^ a b Chirag Dilli Tomb Mosques & Shrines in Delhi.
^ a b Life History Moinuddin Chishti Official website.
^ a b c d In The Name Of Faith Times of India, April 19, 2007.
^ a b Ayodhya's Forgotten Muslim Past "Counter Currents", 23 October 2003.
^ The Tradition of Arabic Devotional Poetry in India… Hind Islami Tahjeeb Ke Rang : Aqeedat Ke Rang, "Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts" (IGNCA).
^ Dargah - Religious life at the Tomb www.sunnirazvi.org. “Chirag-e Delhi Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh of Delhi (d.1356), …”
^ Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, by M. J. Akbar. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415284708. Page 111.
^ Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow "The Hindu", Nov 27, 2007.
^ Delhi's Valley of Kings The Tribune, Mar 1, 2004.
^ Dargah of Chirag-e-Delhi location Wikimapia.
For the Bangledeshi cricketer of the same name, see Nizamuddin (cricketer).
The dargah of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi.
Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 3 April 1325) (حضرت خواجة نظام الدّین اولیا), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in South Asia.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Ancestoral History
3 His Students
4 His Descendants
5 The Chisti Nizami order
6 Titles given to Nizamuddin Aulia
7 Urs
8 Further reading
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
//
[edit] Biography
Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya was born in 1238, in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh (East of Delhi), though at age five, after the death of father, Ahmad Badayuni, he came to Delhi with his mother [1] Bibi Zulekha, where His father, who came to Badayun from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in the year 1234–35. His biography finds mention in Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th century document, written by Mughal Emperor, Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak [2].
At the age of 20, Nizamuddin went to Ajodhan (the present Pakpattan in Pakistan) and became the disciple of Sufi saint, Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakkar commonly known as Baba Farid, who later made him, his successor, and sent him to Delhi, to instruct people, and many under him achieved spiritual height, this include, Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Delhi [3], and Amir Khusro [2], noted scholar, and the Royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate.
He made "PARDA" on the morning of 3 April 1325. His shrine, Nizamuddin Dargah is located in Delhi [4], and the present structure was built in 1562. The shrine is visited by people all faiths, through the year, though it becomes a place for special congregation during the death anniversaries, or Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro [1].
[edit] Ancestoral History
The eldest son of Hazrat Syedna Imam Ali al-Naqi was Hazrat Syedna Imam Hasan al-Askari and the other son was Syedna Jafar Boqari.After the death of Imam Ali al-Naqi Imam Hasan al-Askari became the Imam of the muslim community accepted by both Shi'a and Sunni Muslims. Imam Hasan al-Askari was killed at the age of 28.He had one son known as Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi who at the age of 5 after the death of his father disappeared from the masses.That was the time of Abbasids caliphs.Therefore knowing about the killings of all the Imams and family members of the decendants of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) Syenda Jafar Boqari migrated to Bukhara,Uzbekistan.After a few generations one of his decendants known as Ali urf Daniyal,the grandfather of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya,migrated to Badayun,Uttar Pradesh,India.
Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W)
Hazrat Ali Karamallah wajho Rz.A
Hazrat Syedna Imam Hussain A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli ibn Hussain Zain-ul--aabedeen A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMuhammad al-Baqir A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamJafar al-SadiqA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMusa al-KazimA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli al-Rida(originally Ali Musi Raza)A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMuhammad al-TaqiA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli al-NaqiA.S
Hazrat Syedna Jafar Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali Asghar Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Abi Abdullah Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ahmad Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Hussain Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Abdullah Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali urf Daniyal R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ahmad Badayuni R.A
Hazrat Syedna Syed Shah Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya R.A
[edit] His Students
He was one of the most famous Chisti Sufis of the World, a poet,a writer,a very powerful spiritual leader and a verstile personality of the Islamic history. He influenced hundreds of thousands of people over the globe in his lifetime and even after that. Few of his most famous disciples (Khalifa) are as follows:- Hazrat Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli R.A (his shrine is in Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, India), Hazrat Aqi Seraj R.A, Hazrat Amir Khusrau R.A (HIs Shrine is in Nizamuddin, New Delhi), Hazrat Burhanuddin Gharib R.A (his shrine is in Burhanpur- a city that bears his name, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in Central India), Hazrat Syed Mahmood R.A amongst hundreds of others.
[edit] His Descendants
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia did not marry. However he had one brother named Jamaluddin. He told him,"your descendants will be my descendants". Hazrat Jamaluddin R.A had one son named Ibrahim. He was nurtured by Nizamuddin Aulia after his father's death. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia sent his nephew to Bengal in Eastern India along with one of his most famous disciples (khalifa) Hazrat Aqi Seraj famously known as Aaina-e-Hind. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi(the master (Pir)of Maqdoom Ashraf Jehangir Simnani R.A), one of the most famous Sufis of the Chisti order became his disciple and khalifa. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi married his sister-in-law,who was the sister of Hazrat Badruddin Badr-e-Alam Zahidi R.A (his Shrine is in Biharsharif, Bihar,India) to Hazrat Ibrahim R.A. He had one son who was the most famous Chisti Sufi of Bihar known as Fariduddin Tavaela Bukhsh R.A (Syed Shah Fariuddin Tavaela Bukhsh Chisti Nizami R.A). He was married to the daughter of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A. He became the khalifa of Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Aalam Padwi (the eldest son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi). His Shrine is one the most famous Shrine in Chandpura, Biharsharif, Bihar. Many of his descendants are very famous sufis namely Hazrat Moinuddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Naseeruddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Sultan Chishti Nizami R.A., Hazrat Bahauddin Chisti Nizami R.A, Hazrat Deewan Syed Shah Abdul Wahab R.A (his shrine is in Choti takiya, Biharsharif), Hazrat Sultan Sani R.A ,Hazrat Amjad Hussain Chisti Nezami R.A amongst others. He spread Chishti nizami order all over Northern India. Ijaza of his Silsila (order) is present in all the existing Khanquahs of Bihar. His descendants stiil reside in Biharshrif and can be found at many parts of the world. However those still looking after his (Nizamuddin Aulia) shrine are the descendants of his sister.
[edit] The Chisti Nizami order
Main article: Chishti Order
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was the founder of the Chisti Nizami order. He had hundreds of disciples (Khalifa) who had Ijaza (Khilafat) from him to spread the order. Many of the sufis of Chisti Nizami Order are recognised as one of the greatest sufis of all time amongst which few are his descendants and few his Khalifas and few others are listed below.
Hazrat Muhammad Hussaini Gisudaraz Bandanawaz R.A, Gulbarga (near Hyderabad), Karnataka, India, Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A & Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Alam Pandwi, Pandwa, West Bengal, India, Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Simnani R.A, Kachaocha, Uttar Pradesh, India, Hazrat Faqruddin Faqr Dehlvi, Mehrauli, New Delhi, Hazrat Niyazuddin Niyaz Barelvi, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Khwaja Shafruddin Ali Ahmed & Khwaja Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed R.A, Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi R.A, Burhanpur,Madhya Pradesh, India
[edit] Titles given to Nizamuddin Aulia
Mehboob-e-elahi
Sultan-ul-mashaiq
Dastageer-e-dojahan
Jag ujyare
Qutb-e-dehli
[edit] Urs
The Urs(death anniversery) of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is celebrated on every 17th of Rabi II(Rabi-ul-Aaqir) all over the globe and that of Hazrat Amir Khusro on 18th of Shawwal.
[edit] Further reading
Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365.
The Life and Times of Shaikh Nizam-u'd-din Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; Idarah-i Adabyat-i Delli, 1991.
Nizam Ad-Din Awliya: Morals for the Heart, by Bruce B. Lawrence; 1991, Paulist Press. ISBN 080913280X.
Khwajah Nizamuddin Auliya, by Abdurrahman Mumin; Qazi Publishers and Distributors, 1998, ISBN 8185362599.
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; National Book Trust, 2004, ISBN 8123741480.
The Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya, by Laxmi Dhaul; Pallee, Anoop Kamath, Rupa & Co., 2006. ISBN 8129109387.
The dargah of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi.
Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 3 April 1325) (حضرت خواجة نظام الدّین اولیا), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in South Asia.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Ancestoral History
3 His Students
4 His Descendants
5 The Chisti Nizami order
6 Titles given to Nizamuddin Aulia
7 Urs
8 Further reading
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
//
[edit] Biography
Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya was born in 1238, in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh (East of Delhi), though at age five, after the death of father, Ahmad Badayuni, he came to Delhi with his mother [1] Bibi Zulekha, where His father, who came to Badayun from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in the year 1234–35. His biography finds mention in Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th century document, written by Mughal Emperor, Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak [2].
At the age of 20, Nizamuddin went to Ajodhan (the present Pakpattan in Pakistan) and became the disciple of Sufi saint, Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakkar commonly known as Baba Farid, who later made him, his successor, and sent him to Delhi, to instruct people, and many under him achieved spiritual height, this include, Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Delhi [3], and Amir Khusro [2], noted scholar, and the Royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate.
He made "PARDA" on the morning of 3 April 1325. His shrine, Nizamuddin Dargah is located in Delhi [4], and the present structure was built in 1562. The shrine is visited by people all faiths, through the year, though it becomes a place for special congregation during the death anniversaries, or Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro [1].
[edit] Ancestoral History
The eldest son of Hazrat Syedna Imam Ali al-Naqi was Hazrat Syedna Imam Hasan al-Askari and the other son was Syedna Jafar Boqari.After the death of Imam Ali al-Naqi Imam Hasan al-Askari became the Imam of the muslim community accepted by both Shi'a and Sunni Muslims. Imam Hasan al-Askari was killed at the age of 28.He had one son known as Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi who at the age of 5 after the death of his father disappeared from the masses.That was the time of Abbasids caliphs.Therefore knowing about the killings of all the Imams and family members of the decendants of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) Syenda Jafar Boqari migrated to Bukhara,Uzbekistan.After a few generations one of his decendants known as Ali urf Daniyal,the grandfather of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya,migrated to Badayun,Uttar Pradesh,India.
Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W)
Hazrat Ali Karamallah wajho Rz.A
Hazrat Syedna Imam Hussain A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli ibn Hussain Zain-ul--aabedeen A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMuhammad al-Baqir A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamJafar al-SadiqA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMusa al-KazimA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli al-Rida(originally Ali Musi Raza)A.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamMuhammad al-TaqiA.S
Hazrat Syedna ImamAli al-NaqiA.S
Hazrat Syedna Jafar Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali Asghar Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Abi Abdullah Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ahmad Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Hussain Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Abdullah Boqari R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ali urf Daniyal R.A
Hazrat Syedna Ahmad Badayuni R.A
Hazrat Syedna Syed Shah Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya R.A
[edit] His Students
He was one of the most famous Chisti Sufis of the World, a poet,a writer,a very powerful spiritual leader and a verstile personality of the Islamic history. He influenced hundreds of thousands of people over the globe in his lifetime and even after that. Few of his most famous disciples (Khalifa) are as follows:- Hazrat Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli R.A (his shrine is in Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, India), Hazrat Aqi Seraj R.A, Hazrat Amir Khusrau R.A (HIs Shrine is in Nizamuddin, New Delhi), Hazrat Burhanuddin Gharib R.A (his shrine is in Burhanpur- a city that bears his name, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in Central India), Hazrat Syed Mahmood R.A amongst hundreds of others.
[edit] His Descendants
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia did not marry. However he had one brother named Jamaluddin. He told him,"your descendants will be my descendants". Hazrat Jamaluddin R.A had one son named Ibrahim. He was nurtured by Nizamuddin Aulia after his father's death. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia sent his nephew to Bengal in Eastern India along with one of his most famous disciples (khalifa) Hazrat Aqi Seraj famously known as Aaina-e-Hind. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi(the master (Pir)of Maqdoom Ashraf Jehangir Simnani R.A), one of the most famous Sufis of the Chisti order became his disciple and khalifa. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi married his sister-in-law,who was the sister of Hazrat Badruddin Badr-e-Alam Zahidi R.A (his Shrine is in Biharsharif, Bihar,India) to Hazrat Ibrahim R.A. He had one son who was the most famous Chisti Sufi of Bihar known as Fariduddin Tavaela Bukhsh R.A (Syed Shah Fariuddin Tavaela Bukhsh Chisti Nizami R.A). He was married to the daughter of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A. He became the khalifa of Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Aalam Padwi (the eldest son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi). His Shrine is one the most famous Shrine in Chandpura, Biharsharif, Bihar. Many of his descendants are very famous sufis namely Hazrat Moinuddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Naseeruddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Sultan Chishti Nizami R.A., Hazrat Bahauddin Chisti Nizami R.A, Hazrat Deewan Syed Shah Abdul Wahab R.A (his shrine is in Choti takiya, Biharsharif), Hazrat Sultan Sani R.A ,Hazrat Amjad Hussain Chisti Nezami R.A amongst others. He spread Chishti nizami order all over Northern India. Ijaza of his Silsila (order) is present in all the existing Khanquahs of Bihar. His descendants stiil reside in Biharshrif and can be found at many parts of the world. However those still looking after his (Nizamuddin Aulia) shrine are the descendants of his sister.
[edit] The Chisti Nizami order
Main article: Chishti Order
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was the founder of the Chisti Nizami order. He had hundreds of disciples (Khalifa) who had Ijaza (Khilafat) from him to spread the order. Many of the sufis of Chisti Nizami Order are recognised as one of the greatest sufis of all time amongst which few are his descendants and few his Khalifas and few others are listed below.
Hazrat Muhammad Hussaini Gisudaraz Bandanawaz R.A, Gulbarga (near Hyderabad), Karnataka, India, Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A & Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Alam Pandwi, Pandwa, West Bengal, India, Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Simnani R.A, Kachaocha, Uttar Pradesh, India, Hazrat Faqruddin Faqr Dehlvi, Mehrauli, New Delhi, Hazrat Niyazuddin Niyaz Barelvi, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Khwaja Shafruddin Ali Ahmed & Khwaja Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed R.A, Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi R.A, Burhanpur,Madhya Pradesh, India
[edit] Titles given to Nizamuddin Aulia
Mehboob-e-elahi
Sultan-ul-mashaiq
Dastageer-e-dojahan
Jag ujyare
Qutb-e-dehli
[edit] Urs
The Urs(death anniversery) of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is celebrated on every 17th of Rabi II(Rabi-ul-Aaqir) all over the globe and that of Hazrat Amir Khusro on 18th of Shawwal.
[edit] Further reading
Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365.
The Life and Times of Shaikh Nizam-u'd-din Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; Idarah-i Adabyat-i Delli, 1991.
Nizam Ad-Din Awliya: Morals for the Heart, by Bruce B. Lawrence; 1991, Paulist Press. ISBN 080913280X.
Khwajah Nizamuddin Auliya, by Abdurrahman Mumin; Qazi Publishers and Distributors, 1998, ISBN 8185362599.
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; National Book Trust, 2004, ISBN 8123741480.
The Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya, by Laxmi Dhaul; Pallee, Anoop Kamath, Rupa & Co., 2006. ISBN 8129109387.
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