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Name
  
Muhammad Ghawth

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Author

Died
  
1562, Gwalior


Muhammad Ghawth

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Muhammad Ghawth (Ghouse, Ghaus or Gwath) Gwaliyari was a 16th-century Sufi master of the Shattari order and Sufi saint, a musician, and the author of Jawahir-i Khams (Arabic: al-Jawahir al-Khams, meaning the Five Jewels).

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Genealogy

  1. Muhammad Ghawth Gwaliyari
  2. Khatiruddin Bayazid
  3. Fariduddin Attar
  4. Sima al Wasil
  5. Ahmad al Sadiq
  6. Taqiuddin Najib
  7. Abu Bakr al Ajli
  8. Isma'il ibn Jafar
  9. Ja'far al-Sadiq
  10. Muhammad al-Baqir
  11. Zayn al-Abidin
  12. Husain ibn Ali
  13. Ali ibn Abi Talib.
  14. Muhammad

Biography

He was born in 906 AH (1500 AD) In the preface of al-Jawahir al-Khams, he states that he wrote the book when he was 25 years old. In 956 A.H. (1549 CE) he travelled to Gujarat, when he was 50 years old. He stayed in Ahmedabad for ten years where he founded Ek Toda Mosque and preached.

Works

  • Jawahir-i-Khamsa (The five jewels) which was later translated to Arabic, al-Jawahir al-Khams, by the Mecca-based Shattari teacher Sibghat Allah (d. 1606 CE).
  • Bahr al-Hayat (The Ocean of Life), his translation of Hawd al-Hayat (The Pool of Life), an Arabic translation of Amrtakunda, a book on Yoga, written in Sanskrit.

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