Muhammad Jaunpuri

Hazrath Imamuna Mehdi Mauood Khalifathulla, Muradulla Amrulla
Syed Mohammed Imam e Mehdi Mauood Jaunpuri
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; 9 September 1443; (14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H); Jaunpur, Jaunpur Sultanate
Died	23 April 1505 (aged 61); (19, Ziquada 910H); Farah, Safavid Empire
Resting place	Farah, 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 who founded the breakaway Mahdavia sect. Born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh on 9 September 1443 (14 Jamadi-ul Awwal 847 AH) Jaunpuri also caimed to be a descendant of Imam Moosa Al-Kazim and is known to have extensively traveled throughout India, Arabia and Khorasan.^[1]^{[citation needed]}

Sources

Jaunpur

The founder of Jaunpur was Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq, the Sultan of Delhi. It is situated on the bank of river Gomti, in then Allahabad Province. This city became very famous and developed as an academic centre during the period of the Tughlaq dynasty and Jaunpur Sultanate. They were great patrons of learned persons and scholars. It is said that there were 1100 Ulema in the city during the reign of Sultan Hussain of the Jaunpur Sultanate, who was a devoted admirer and follower of Jaunpuri. There were also a number of schools, Jamias (universities), mosques and hostels in Jaunpur at that time. Thus, it became very famous as a centre for Islamic studies in the East.^[1]

Bandagi miyan Syed khundmir is the second caliph of Jaunpuri Mehdi Maood, among his five prominent caliph first name was his own son Bandagi Miyan Syed Mahmood, third caliph is Bandagi miyan Shah Naimat, and the fourth caliph is Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar, and the fifth caliph is Bandagi Miyan Sha Nizam respectively.

Childhood and early life

Household

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(around 900,000) . Migrating from place to place and gathering more companions the Mahdavia(sect founded by him) group 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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Yaqoob, Syed (4 February 2005). "The Promised One". Tanzeem-e-Mahdavia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[Balkhi_bio-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.

[Yaqoob-2] Yaqoob, Syed (4 February 2005). "The Promised One". Tanzeem-e-Mahdavia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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