Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

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SHEIKH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI
"SHEIKH E AZAM"
The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah Jahanabadi beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi
ReignDelhi
Born1650
Delhi, Mughal India
Died1729
Delhi, Mughal India predecessor = Shaikh Yahiya Mandi
SpouseQudsia Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiyya
Names
SHAH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI
FatherNoor Ullah b.Ustad Ahmed Muamar
ReligionIslam, Sunni, sufi, Chistiyya, saint

Khwaja Shāh Kalīm-Ullāh Jahānābādī (شاه كليم الله جهانابادي) b. Nūr Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Miʿmār al-Ṣiddīqī (1650-1729) was a leading Chistī saint of the late Mughal period and is considered to be instrumental in the revival of the Chistī and Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani ṣūfī ṭarīqah (path).[1] His father, Noor Ullah, was a well-known astronomer and calligraphist. He was the grandson of Ustād Aḥmad Lahorī, the architect of the Taj Mahal and Lal Qila.

Legacy[edit]

In the popular discourses of modern India he is remembered for his inclusivist approach to Hindus.[2] The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah is situated opposite of the Red Fort, beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi.

Works[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ernst, Carl W. and Bruce B. Lawrence, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), p. 109. ISBN 1-4039-6026-7
  2. ^ "Indian Islam Shares Our Common Heritage," Times of India, 15 May 2001.