Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat
Syed Hussain Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Naqvi (Arabic: سید حسین شرف الدين شاه ولايت ) was a prominent Sufi or Makhdoom.[1] He is the ninth descendant of Ali al-Hadi. He was born in Wasit in present-day Iraq when he migrated to what is now Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a nephew of Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari and the ancestor of Syed Muhammad Mir Ali Naqvi known as Mir Adal, the Chief Justice of the court of Akbar the Great,Mir Adal, he served on the court from 1579–1581. He was known as "Mir Adal"; "Adal" means in equitableness Urdu. He was awarded this title because of his great courage and justice in dealing with war prisoners in the Second Battle of panipat, Syed Muhammad Mir was also governor of Sindh and Mir Saiyyed Dost Ali Naqvi who fought with exemplary bravery in the Third Battle of Panipat along with the Nawab of Najibabad (against the Marathas) and almost died in action.
First Urdu poet of north India, Ismaeel Amrohvi and Meer Saadat Ali Saadat Amrohvi, the mentor of Mer Taqi Meer, the most distinguished Urdu poet were also the descendants of Syed Hussain Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Naqvi Local legend says that the animals that live in his mazar (shrine), especially scorpions, never harm humans.
