Ethnicity Afghan/ahlal bayt Resting place Lahore Parents Hazrat Sayyid Mir Hasan | Name Sayyid Jan Religion Sunni Islam | |
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Born 1800 Kabul Title Khwaja-e-Khwajagane Jahan (Master of the Masters of the World)
Hujjat al-Islam (Proof of Islam)
Khademe Haramain wa Sharifain(Servant of Makkah and Medinah)
Qutb ul Aqtab/Ghawth(Pole of the Poles)
Sayyid ul Saadat (leader of the Sayyids) Successor as Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan says in his prophecy it is Hazrat Khwaja Sardar Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik and his progeny Died April 19, 1901, Lahore, Pakistan | ||
Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb ibn Hasan Kabuli-Naqshbandi(Arabic: سيد مير جان شاه صاحب ابن حسن كابلى-نقشبندى) (born in Kabul, Afghanistan in year 1800, died in year 1901 in Lahore) is an Afghan Sufi saint from Kabul.
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Ancestry
Sayyid Mir Jan was a Sayyid (a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib), both maternally and paternally. Among his paternal ancestors were seven of the Twelve Imams, and among his maternal ancestors were eleven of the Twelve Imams and Sayyid Bahauddin Naqshband, Sayyid Alauddin Atar, and Khwaja Khawand Mahmud (also known as Hazrat Eshan) also. After the Battle of Karbala, the Ahl al-Bayt went back to Medina. From there Musa al Kazim was forced to go to Iraq. The Musavis, i.e. the descendants of Musa al Kadhim, settled to Persia. One of them called Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ismail Muhammad Hakim, is known as the patriarch of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, through his son Sayyid Mir Jafar. Another son of Khwaja Sayyid Mir ismail Muhammad Hakim was Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latif, The ancestor of Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan. The descendants of Sayyid Mir Latif immigrated to Bokhara and after that to Kabul, where Sayyid Mir Jan was born. Sayyid Mir Jans maternal ancestors were Askari Sayyids, i.e. descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari. His son was Sayyid Ali Akbar, brother of Imam Mahdi. His existence was hidden, because of political conflicts. Sayyid Ali Akbars descendants also migrated to Bokhara, where the prominent sufi saint Bahauddin Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, was born. A descendant of Bahauddin Naqshband after 7 generations was Hazrat Ishaan, whose descendants later immigrated to variable regions of South Asia, like Khorasan, today known as Afghanistan in order to spread the Ishaqiyya Naqshbandiyya branch´s teachings.
Family
Sayyid Mir Jan was the second son of Sayyid Mir Hasan. Both his older brother (named Khwaja Sayyid Mir Fazlullah) and younger brother (named Sayyid Mir Mahmud) are regarded Sufi saints as well. His younger brother was also his disciple, eventually becoming a qutb one rank below Sayyid Mir Jan. Other siblings included two brothers named Sayyid Mir Azimullah and Khwaja Sayyid Mir Taqiqullah, and five sisters. Sayyid Mir Jan married his wife in Medinah, and had 2 sons. His wife and his sons died during a natural disaster. Left with living biological progeny, he named the children of his older brother Mir Fazlullah as his heirs.
Lineage
The lineage of Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan´s family is the following:
Early Life and education
Sayyid Mir Jan showed much love for God and Muhammad as a child. It is said that he was illuminated at the age of 5 years. His father Sayyid Mir Hasan was also a high ranking saint, who used to teach his sons about Sunni Islam and Sufism. Sayyid Mir Jan was educated in Kabul and became a professor of Islamic theology. Later he has built his own university in Lahore. Sayyid Mir Jan and his brother Sayyid Mahmud also wrote poems.
Spiritual journey
After his education in Kabul, Sayyid Mir Jan went on a spiritual journey and became the successor to many Sufi Saints who had trained him in Sufism. Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb became khalifa(master) of 7 Sufi tariqats, including tariqats of the Naqshbandi, Qadiriyya, Chishtiyya, Suhrawardiyya, Qalandariyya, Kubrawiyya, and Madariyya orders. He stayed in Medina for a decade to be trained by one of his masters, and while there married a local woman. Later, he traveled to Lahore to the tomb of Hazrat Khwaja Khawand Mahmud, also known as Hazrat Eshan. Hazrat Eshan was a Sufi saint from Bukhara, whose wilayat was also in Lahore. Eshan's successors included his two sons Moinuddin Naqshband in Kashmir and Bahauddin in Lahore and their descendants until the late 18th century, by which time the lineage was lost. According to a legend, Hazrat Eshan made prophecies about Sayyid Mir Jan, naming him as his successor to revive his lineage.
Spiritual rank
Sayyid Mir Jan was Qutb ul Aqtab, also called ghawth, the highest ranking Wali Allah (saint) of his time. In Sufism the Ghawth is known as the cosmic leader of the whole universe and righteous successor of prophet Muhammad. His lineage is claimed by his followers to be the only legitimate line for the next Ghawth after him.