Shah e Alam
Shahenshah E Gujarat Hamsabih E Rasool Mehboob E Baari Saiyed Muhammad Sirajuddin Shah E Alam Bukhari | |
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Died | 20 Jumada al akhira 880 Hijri/21 October 1475 AD (aged 63) |
Resting place | Shah-e-Alam's Roza |
Religion | Islam |
Flourished | Late 13th century and early 14th century |
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Denomination | specifically the Suhrawardiyya of Sufism |
Other names | "Shahenshah e Gujarat Shahenshah e Wilayat" |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Ahmedabad |
Predecessor | Shaikh Ahmed Ganj Bakhsh, Qutub e Alam Syed Burhanuddin Suhrwadiya |
Shah e Alam, born on 17 Dhul Qidah 817 Hijri/18 January 1415 AD at Patan city in Gujarat, India, is a Muslim religious teacher and great Wali residing in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India during the Gujarat sultanant.
Life
[edit]Syed Sirajuddin Muhammad, the son and successor of Syed Burhanuddin Qutub-e-Alam, came to be called by the title of Shah-e-Alam, king of the world. His father Sheikh Burhanuddin, also known as Qutub-e-Alam, was the grandson of Syed Makhdoom Jehaniya Jehan Gasht.[1] He arrived in Gujarat during the beginning of the fifteenth century during rule of Ahmed Shah I, settling on the outskirts of Ahmedabad of Gujarat
He died on 20 Jumada al akhira 880 Hijri/1475 AD. The mausoleum was built by Taj Kham Narpali and now known as Shah-e-Alam's Roza.[2]
See also
[edit]- Shah-e-Alam's Roza, the mausoleum and the mosque complex dedicated to him
- Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque at Vatva
Notes
[edit]- ^ Marat-e-Jalali (مرآت جلالی) by Syed Khalil Ahmed Bukhari Hassaini , First Edition 1918, Allahabad, Second Edition 1999, Karachi.
- ^ Achyut Yagnik (2 February 2011). Ahmedabad: From Royal city to Megacity. Penguin Books Limited. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-8475-473-5.