Baba Shah Jamal

Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal was born in 1588 CE. He is also known as Hussaini Syed. His father's name was Syed Ahmad Shah bin Syed Shah Dolat Qattal (Dolat Khishan). Syed Shah Jamal was the 7th descendant of Makhdoom Syed Sadruddin Rajan Qattal, who was a son of Makhdoom Syed Sultan Ahmad Kabir Bin Makhdoom Syed Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari. Syed Shah Jamal belonged to the school of Qadiriyyah and Suhrawardiyya. He lived in Ichra at the time of Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. The emperor, along with the council of his advisers, introduced the Din-i-Ilahi ("Divine Faith") a syncretic religion intended to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire (primarily Hinduism and Islām; elements were also taken from Christianity, Jainism and Zoroastrianism) and thereby reconcile the sectarian differences that divided his subjects. Syed Shah Jamal fought against Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi and brought the people back towards the actual spirit of Islam. The saint died in 1671 CE and was buried near Ichra in Tomb of Shah Jamal. The area has been named Shah Jamal in his honour.

Ancestors and descendants

Family lineage

According to "Authentic Shejra Records of Uch Sharif (Multan) " Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal's lineage is:

  • Syed Shah Jamal Lahori
  • Syed Ahmad Shah
  • Syed Shah Dolat Qattal Senior (He was grandfather of Dolat Qattal of Rajoa Sadat in Chiniot)
  • Syed Ahmad Shah
  • Syed Mahmood Shah
  • Syed Naimat Ullah
  • Syed Abu Ishaaq
  • Makhdoom Syed Sadruddin Rajan Qattal(Sadaat of Kaso-Maujoki)
  • Makhdoom Syed Sultan Ahmad Kabeer
  • Makhdoom Syed Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
  • Ali Al-Moayad
  • Syed Ja’far
  • Muhammad Abu al Fateh
  • Syed Mahmood
  • Syed Ahmed
  • Syed Abdullah
  • Hazrat Syed Ali Al Ashghar,
  • Imam Syed Ja’far Zaki (d. 271 AH Samarra)
  • Imam Ali al-Hadi Naqi
  • Imam Muhammad al-Taqi
  • Imam Ali ar-Ridha
  • Imam Musa al-Kadhim
  • Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
  • Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
  • Imam Zayn al-Abidin
  • Imam Hussain ibn Ali
  • Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib

Descendants of Hazrat Shah Jamal

Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal Naqvi Bukhari had two sons Syed Muhammad Shah Moosa and Syed Muhammad Jaffar. Hazrat Syed Muhammad Shah Moosa’s Darbar is situated in Purani Anarkali Lahore and Syed Muhammad Jaffar went to Bukhara, in present known as Uzbekistan. Hazrat Syed Shah Moosa had two sons Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem and Hazrat Syed Miraan Muhammad Zahid. Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal descendants are mostly situated in Kotli Shah Saleem Almaroof Kala Chechi in Shakargarh Punjab Pakistan, as Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem left Lahore and went to ShakarGarh which was a state at that time. Hazrat Syed Miraan Muhammad Zahid had no son. Some of the descendants of Hazrat Shah Saleem included Hazrat Syed Shah Hussain and his son Peer Yaar Muhammad Shah was also Sufi saints.

Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem of Kala Chechi (Grandson of Hazrat Shah Jamal)

Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem was a grandson of Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal Lahori, He left Lahore and went to Shakargarh State. He was a famous Sufi Saint and he preached Islam to native areas. His Darbar is situated in Kotli Shah Saleem, Almaroof Kala Chechi. Kala was Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem’s disciple and the headman of this village (A Gujjar by caste and profession) The Chechi Gujjars migrated from Chechnya in search of better pastures and grazing grounds. Hazrat Syed Shah Saleem’s descendants are moslty living in Kotli Shah Saleem also known as Kala Chechi, and some branches of the family left the ancestral village for Lahore.

References

Khazina Tul Asfiya Vol 4.

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