Syed Khundmir

Khundmir (AH 887– 14 Shawwal AH 930; AD 1482/3 – 15 August 1524) was a companion and second of five caliphs (successor) of Mahdavi founder Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri.

Contents

• Miyan syed khundmir 2
• Hazrat Syed Khundmir RA
• His silsila
• References

His full name with titles and honorifics is Sani-e-Amir, Siddiq-e-Vilayat, Syed-ush-Shuhada, Hamil-eBar-e-amanat, Bandagi Miyan Hazrat Syed Khundmir Razi-Allahu-Anhu. Like Jaunpuri, he was a descendant of Imam Moosa Kazim, separated by twelve generations. His father Syed Musa, alias Chhajju, short for Shuja ul-Mulk was a military officer in command of five hundred soldiers in the army of Gujarat's ruler Sultan Mahmood Begda. His mother Buva Taj, daughter of Malik Maudood was brought up by her uncle, Malik Naseer Mubariz ul-Mulk, Governor of Patan in Gujarat. She died when Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ was fourteen years old. Her children, Khundmir and Attan also were brought up by Mubariz ul-Mulk. Syed Musa died in a war and the Sultan decided to confer his rank on his son. Miyan Khundmir RZ declined the honor, saying that he was not interested in the power and pelf of worldly offices. His younger brother Attan was appointed to the office.

Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ was in search of a perfect spiritual guide. He was taken to three guides who failed to impress him of their spiritual powers. Finally his uncle, Malik Barkhurdar alias Malik Bakhkhan,conducted him to Imam Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri Mahdi. By this time Imam Syed Muhammad had returned to India after performing Haj and announcing by the command of Allah, that he was the Mahdi al Mau’ood at the holy shrine of Makkah in 901 H (1495 AD), and at Ahmedabad in 903 H (1497 AD). When he arrived at Patan, Malik Bakhkhan chanced to see him and his Fuqara and out of curiosity went to meet him.

One look at the Imam Mahdi and he was floored, he took oath of fealty to the Imam Mahdi. Back at home, he informed Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ that the perfect spiritual guide he was in search of had at last arrived at Patan and was camping on the outskirts of the city. Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ rushed to meet the Imam Mahdi from the arena where he was engaged in the sport of fights between nightingales, crows, sheep and deer. It was time for mid-afternoon (Asr) prayers when Malik Bakhkhan and Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ reached the Imam Mahdi's camp. Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ saw the Imam Mahdi and was blessed with the vision of Allah and fainted into spiritual ecstasy. Later, describing his experiences, Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ said Allah asked his head as a gift and he had offered it with a hundred others. Twenty eight years later, he laid down his life along with those of a hundred of his followers in the cause of Allah and became the Lord of Martyrs (Syed Ush Shuhada).

From the time of his first meeting, Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ remained a companion of the Imam Mahdi to the latter's last breath, except for a sojourn to Gujarat, when the Imam Mahdi was on his way to Farah in Afghanistan from Sindh (now in Pakistan). Hence, he was able to watch the Imam Mahdi at close quarters and learn the profession and practice of the divine secrets from the Imam Mahdi.