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Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

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Name
  
Shah Allah


Died
  
1729, Delhi, New Delhi

Father
  
Noor Ullah b.Ustad Ahmed Muamar

Religion
  
Islam, sufi, Chistiyya, saint

Hazrat Khwaja Shāh Kalīm Allāh Jahānābādī RTA (شاه كليم الله جهانابادي) b. Nūr Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Miʿmār al-Ṣiddīqī (1060/1650-1142/1729) was a leading Chistī saint of the late Mughal period and is considered to be instrumental in the revival of the Chistī ṣūfī ṭarīqah (path). His father, Noor Ullah, was a well-known astronomer and calligraphist. Hazrat Khwaja Shah was the grandson of Ustād Aḥmad Lahorī, the architect of the Taj Mahal and Lal Qila.

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Legacy

In the popular discourses of modern India he is remembered for his inclusivist approach to Hindus. The shrine of Hazrat Kaleem Ullah Shah situated opposite of the Red Fort, beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi.

Works

Tilka ʿAsharat Kāmilah
Kashkūl Kalīmī
Maktūbāt-i Kalīmī
Muraqqā Kalimi
Sawa alssabeel e kaleemi.

References

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi Wikipedia