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Hazrath Imamuna Mehdi Mauood Khalifathulla, Muradulla Amrulla
Syed Mohammed Imam e Mehdi Mauood Jaunpuri
سید محمد جونپورى
The Tomb of Muhammad Jaunpuri
Born
Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri

(1443-09-09)9 September 1443
(14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H)
Died23 April 1505(1505-04-23) (aged 61)
(19, Ziquada 910H)
Resting placeFarah, Afghanistan
Spouses
  • Alhadadi (866H)
  • Bhika
  • Malkan
  • Buwan
  • Bhanmati
Children
  • Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi
  • Syed Ajmal
  • Syeda Khunza
  • Syeda Fatima
  • Syed Hameed
  • Syeda Hadaitullah
  • Syed Ibrahim
  • Syed Ali
Parents
  • Abdullah Alias Syed khan (father)
  • Syeda Aminah (mother)

Mohammed Mehdi Mauood, Jaunpuri (Template:Lang-ur; 9 September 1443 – 23 April 1505), was a Muslim mystic and self-proclaimed Mahdi and founded the breakaway Mahdavia sect. Hailing from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Jaunpuri traveled extensively throughout India, Arabia and Khorasan.[1]

Early life

His first wife, Bibi Alahdadi, was the daughter of his uncle, Syed Jalaluddin. He Married her in Jaunpur in 866H, when he was nineteen years old. Jaunpuri and Alhadadi had two sons and two daughters together, Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi, Syed Ajmal, Syeda Khunza and Syeda Fatima.

Travels

He left Jaunpur along with his family and a small group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering companions, that would later become the core of the Mahdavia sect founded by him, until he reached Farah in Afghanistan .

Pilgrimage and claim to be the Mahdi

By the age of 53 he embarked on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where in 1496 (901 Hijri), after circumambulating the Kaaba, he declared that he was the Promised Mahdi and whoever believes in him is a Momin.

He was generally ignored by the ulema of Mecca, and after staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months,[2] he returned to India where he proclaimed himself Mahdi at Ahmedabad and later at Badhli (near Patan, Gujarat).

References

  1. ^ Balkhi, Al-Haj Syed Munawar Husain (September 1989). "The Biography of Imam Mahdi Maud Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri AS" (PDF). Hyderabad: Al-Haj Syed Munawar Husain Balkhi. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Yaqoob, Syed (4 February 2005). "The Promised One". Tanzeem-e-Mahdavia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2019.