Qutb Shah
| Abdullah Qutb Shah Awn Ibn Yaala | |
|---|---|
| Great Sufi | |
| Born |
506 AH (probable) Baghdad , Iraq |
| Died | Herat , Afghanistan |
| House | House of Hashim ,(Banu Hashim). |
| Father | Yaala Ibn Hamza Sani |
| Religion | Islam |
Syed Abdullah Qutb Shah Awm ibn Ya‘lā, al-Jilani, al Qadiri, was a medieval Sufi. He probably came to South Asia in the fifth century A.H. (about the eleventh century according to western era) by order of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani. He was relative of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani and one of his spiritual successors. He was probably born around 1110 AD in Baghdad and his lineage goes to Abass Ibne Ali. Qutb Shah Qadiri was an appointed a Qutb (spiritual pole) by Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani and sent as a missionary to South Asia. Due to the efforts of Sufis like him, many of the local tribes converted to the Islam.[1] His descendants lived in Egypt and nearby lands departed for Turkistan and Iran due to persecution at the hands of Hujjaj bin Yusuf. As time went by, they resettled in places such as Bukhara and Hamadan in Turkistan, and Baghdad in Iraq. Some migrated to Khurasan and others to Herat in the mountainous regions of present-day Afghanistan . Also present in Pakistan Punjab region around salt range known as Awans or Alvis and different from other awan tribe.[2]
He is not to be confused with Mir Qutab Shah who was supposed to have been a ruler of Herat, in Afghanistan, and who is claimed to have later shifted to the areas now comprising Pakistani Punjab , from whom some indigenous Punjabi tribes claim mythological descent.