Full Name Safoora Education Religious Years active 23 Name Mai Safoora Era Durrani Empire | Other names Rabia Zaman, Sapooran Occupation Agriculture Notable work Preaching of Islam Died 1795 Children Saleh Muhammad Safoori | |
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Born 1742 Jarala, Mughal Empire (present-day Pakistan) Known for Mother of Saleh Muhammad Safoori, Sufism | ||
Rabia'zmaa Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya (Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Punjabi:رابعہ زماں حضرت مائی صفورہ قادریہ رحہ) or Mai Sapooran (1742-1795) was a southern Punjabi religious woman and the mother of poet Saleh Muhammad Safoori. Of Arab descent, she was born in Jarala.
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Biography
Mai Safoora was born in Jarala in present-day Punjab, Pakistan. At her birth, it was part of the Mughal Empire. After the death of Nader Shah's Turkmen Afsharid, in 1747 Ahmad Shah Abdali became the Padshah durr-i durran (king). The area was controlled by Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1749 when the Mughal ruler ceded Sindh, the Punjab and the Indus River to Ahmad Shah Abdali to save his capital from Afghan attack. The new sultanate was the Durrani Empire, which existed from 1747 to 1826. She received an Islamic education, learning Punjabi, Farsi and Arabic. Mai Safoora was buried in a tomb built in 1795 by Multan's Afghan ruler, Nawab Muzafar Khan Sadozai.
Family
Mai Safoora had two children: son Saleh Muhammad Safoori and daughter Saleha. Saleh Muhammad Safoori's descendents remain in the region. Haji Muhammad Safoori was a grandson of Mai Safoora. Her descendants are Sunni Muslims who belong to the Hanafi madhhab.
Ancestry
According to her descendants she was descended from Umar, caliph and companion of Muhammad. Her father was Rustam Ali, and her grandfather was Khawja abu-alfateh Daood Qadiri.
Saleh Muhammad Safoori
Saleh Muhammad Safoori, Mai Safoora's son, wrote a kulliyat published by Yousaf Tahir. Safoori's first writing was a Persian poem about Sufi poet Bulleh Shah. Safoori's manuscripts are still in existence.
Haji Muhammad Safoori
Haji Muhammad Safoori, Safoora's great-grandson, wrote Sassi Punnun (a poetry collection on Punjabi mythology) which was also published by Tahir. According to him, Safoori fell in love with a Nonari woman.