Sayyid Mahmud Agha

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Hazrat Ishaan IX

Mir Sayyid Mahmud Saheb Agha
Darbare Hazrat Eshan after renovation by Khwaja Sardar Sayyid Mir Sultan Masood Dakik.jpg
Bornunknown
Kabul
DiedOctober 1882
Lahore
Resting placeLahore
TitleMir (Prince)[1][2][3]

Shah Rahnumah (guide of kings)[4]

Hazrat Shah Saheb (Blessed king)[5]

Aziz al-Jannah (Prince of paradise)[5]

Qudwat ul-Salikeen (The destination of seekers)[6]

Sayyid ul Sadat (Sayyid of the Sayyids)

Sultan Fazl (The king of virtue)

Sultan Karam (The holy king)

Sultan Wafaeen (The king of the loyals)

Sardar Mardan (Prince of men (honored by his father Shahe Mardan, Ali Ibn Abi Talib))

Turab (After his father Ali Ibn Abi Talib)

Sultan Muizz (The king, who grants honor)

Sultan Muzill (The high Authority, punishing unjust rulers)

Wakil Muali (The high Advocate)

Sher Sowar (Tiger rider)

Farzand Delband Ali wa Mustafa (Beloved son of Ali and Muhammad)

Dost Ali (Friend of Ali)

Mahbube Sayyid Mir jan (beloved of Sayyid Mir Jan)
PredecessorSayyid Mir Jan
SuccessorSayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Sadat
Parent(s)Sayyid Mir Hasan

Sayyid ul Sadaat Mir Sayyid Mahmud Saheb Agha al-Hasani wal-Husseini (died 1882) was a Sufi saint and direct descendant of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. He was the brother of Sayyid Mir Jan and acted under him as Grand Master of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order.

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Biography[]

Before joining his brother Sayyid Mir Jan, he was a powerful statesman and Naqib al-Ashraf in the Emirate of Afghanistan as young leader in the young age of twenty years. Together with his brother Sayyid Mir Jan, he has revived the culture of Hazrat Ishaan, after it was closely forgotten, due to the tragic martyrdom of his relative Hazrat Ishaan V, Mir Sayyid Kamaludeen Shaheed.[7][8]

Inside of the Darbar. Grave of Hazrat Eshan Shah Saheb, Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb Sayyid Mahmud Shah Saheb after renovation by Khwaja Sardar Sayyid Mir Sultan Masood Dakik

Ancestry[]

Sayyid Mahmud Agha is a Sayyid (a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib), both maternally and paternally. Among his paternal ancestors are seven of the Twelve Imams, and among his maternal ancestors were eleven of the Twelve Imams, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani, Sayyid Bahauddin Naqshband, Sayyid Alauddin Atar, and Khwaja Khawand Mahmud (also known as Hazrat Ishaan) also. After the Battle of Karbala, the Ahl al-Bayt went back to Medina.[9] From there Musa al Kazim was forced to go to Iraq.[10] The Musavis, i.e. the descendants of Musa al Kadhim, settled to Persia. One of them was Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ismail Muhammad Hakim, father of Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latif, an ancestor of Hazrat Sayyid Mahmud Agha. The descendants of Sayyid Mir Latif immigrated to Bokhara and after that to Kabul, where Sayyid Mahmud Agha was born.[11][12] His paternal family were and are still known as Naqib al-Ashraf of the Sunnis of Greater Iran.[13] Sayyid Mahmud Agha's maternal ancestors were Askari Sayyids, i.e. descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari, through his son Sayyid Ali Akbar,[14] whose existence was hidden, because of political conflicts.[15][16] Sayyid Ali Akbar's descendants also migrated to Bokhara, where the prominent Sufi saint Bahauddin Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, was born.[17][18] A descendant of Bahauddin Naqshband after 7 generations was Hazrat Ishaan,[19][20] whose descendants later immigrated to variable regions of South Asia, like Khorasan, today known as Afghanistan in order to spread the Ishaqiyya Naqshbandiyya branch's teachings.[17][19][20][21]

Lineage[]

  • 1 Muhammad
  • 2 Ali and Fatima Al Zahra
  • 3 Imam Hussain Shaheede Reza
  • 4 Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
  • 5 Imam Muhammad al Baqir
  • 6 Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
  • 7 Imam Musa al Kazim
  • 8 Abu Qasim Sayyid Mir Hamza
  • 9 Sayyid Mir Qasim
  • 10 Sayyid Mir Ahmad
  • 11 Sayyid Mir Muhammad
  • 12 Sayyid Mir Ismail Muhammad Hakim
  • 13 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latif
  • 14 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad
  • 15 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Kulal
  • 16 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ahmad
  • 17 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hashim
  • 18 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Mustaali
  • 19 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Dost Ali
  • 20 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad Latif
  • 21 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Abdullah
  • 22 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad Shamah
  • 23 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latifullah
  • 24 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ruhollah
  • 25 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Baitullah
  • 26 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Nimatullah
  • 27 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Azimullah
  • 28 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad Hasan
  • 29 Sayyid ul Sadat Hazrat Shah Saheb Khwaja Mir Sayyid Mahmud Saheb Agha
  • 30 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan (nephew of Hazrat Sayyid Mahmud Agha)
  • 31 Sayyida Bibi Rahima
  • 32 Mir Sayyid Sultan Massood Dakik

Nobility[]

Sayyid Mahmud Agha was a young leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi order and right hand of his older brother Sayyid Mir Jan. As heir of Hazrat Ishaan and his father Naqib Sayyid Mir Hasan the Naqib al-Ashraf of the Sunnis of Greater Iran, he was also considered an Alid Prince, with the heraldic title Mir.[22][23][24][1]

Philanthropic work[]

Sources mention occasions in which he helped his followers in spiritual, social and financial cases. One popular occasion was the rescue of children of his followers from criminal kidnappers, who mistreated them for child labour.[1][2][25]

Darbare Hazrat Eshan at night after renovation of Khwaja Sardar Mir Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik

Cultivating the culture of Hazrat Ishaan[]

Sayyid Mahmud Agha was well respected and welcomed by his followers, when he travelled to them in Amritsar, Lahore, Kashmir and also Istanbul. Their he held lectures and taught Islamic Law and Spirituality. He together with his brother preached the legacy of their ancestor Hazrat Ishaan. As representative of the family of Hazrat Ishaan, he also cultivated the culture of his ancestor Hazrat Ishaan and wrote poems that are until today widely known under the followers of Hazrat Ishaan. One special literature work of him is the modification of the anthem of the legacy of Hazrat Ishaan.[26][27]

Modified Anthem[]

The modified anthem is in Persian, the mother language of Hazrat Ishaan and his descendants:[28]

رو در صف دوستان ما باش و مترس Be on the side of our friends and have no fear

خاک راه آستان ما باش و مترس Be dust on the way of our legacy and have no fear

گر جمله جهان قصد اوجود تو کند Even when the whole world is standing against you

دل فارغ دار از آن ما باش و مترس Have a pure heart and stay with us and have no fear

ما در کشانتان هستیم در کوه و دره We are guarding you in mountains and valleys

انجا که شیر و پلنگ و هشدار گذرد Where lions, tigers and hyenas are around

پیران قوی دارم و مردان سره I have strong saints and high men by my side

هر کس که به ما کج نگرد جان نبره Every one who looks crooked at us will bear no life

رو در صف دوستان ما باش و مترس Be on the side of our friends and have no fear

خاک راه آستا ما باش و مترس Be dust on the way of our legacy and have no fear

Veneration[]

Sayyid Mahmud Agha was a very open-minded person, who attracted people of various religions. The members of major religious groups in Lahore ascribed to him divine powers and attributes, which eventually let him convert his Non-Muslim followers to Islam.[29]

Legacy[]

Sayyid Mahmud Agha Shah Saheb died in Lahore as a young man in his twenties and is buried on the left of the future grave of Sayyid Mir Jan. In his mausoleum in Begampura, Lahore. On the occasion of his death there was a violent clash between his followers of various religions, who attributed to him saintship of their own respective religion.[30] His Muslim followers encompassed both Sunnis and Shiites, whereas his Hindu followers in Lahore even attributed to him the rank of the reincarnation of Krishna. Furthermore, he was considered a Guru by contemporary Sikhs in Lahore, although Sayyid Mahmud Agha was no Hindu or Sikh, staying to his values as a conservative Muslim.[31] Eventually his older brother Sayyid Mir Jan has mediated and calmed down the mob, making a conclusion to bury him in an Islamic manner in the Mausoleum of Hazrat Ishaan, converting the Non-Muslim followers peacefully and passionately to Islam. His death anniversary is commemorated with short prayers called Zikr. It is known as the day, in which a Wali died in deep love.[32][29][2][33][34][35]

His followers call him Nooron ala Noor or "the manifest of the light of Prophet Muhammad"[36][29][2][37][38][39]

His brother Sayyid Mir Jan[]

He is known for his unlimited love and loyalty to his older brother and master Sayyid Mir Jan. He reportedly resembled Muhammad and Ali.[1][40]

Mir Sayyid Raphael Dakik[]

Today the legacy of Sayyid Mahmud Agha is predominantly represented by the descendants of his younger brother Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha. This especially applies to his grand nephew Mir Sayyid Raphael Dakik.[41]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan (genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan) (by author and investigator: Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company: Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.335
  2. ^ a b c d https://www.hazrat-ishaan.com/sayyid-mahmud-r-a
  3. ^ https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/nobility/
  4. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat ishaan, Edarat Talimat naqshbandiyya, by Muhammad Yasin Qasvari, p. 334
  5. ^ a b Khatm Ziyarat Sharif Hazrat Ishaan, Section Dua Ikhtimitamiya, p. 4
  6. ^ Tazkare Khanwade Hazrat ishaan, Edarat Talimat naqshbandiyya, by Muhammad Yasin Qasvari, p. 336
  7. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan (genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan) (by author and investigator: Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company: Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.335
  8. ^ Damrell, in Forgotten Grace, page. 250 ff.
  9. ^ Imam Ali ibn al-Hussein (2001). The Complite Edition of the Treatise on Rights. Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
  10. ^ Sharif al-Qarashi2, Baqir (2000). The Life Of Imam Musa Bin Ja'far aL-Kazim (PDF). Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed. Iraq: Ansarian
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  12. ^ Khatme Ziarate Sharife hazrat eshan Bukhari(written and investigated by Mian Ahmad Bader Akhlaq(BSC)) printed the second time in 1988 Writer and inspector Mian Muhammad Hasan Akhlaq (M.Km) 1988 company: Koperatis Lahorin
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  14. ^ "Shajara-e-nasab lineages of descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari r.a.-Shajara.org". Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  15. ^ al-Kafi, by Muhammad Ya'qub Kulayni. Translated by Muhammad Sarwar. Chap. 124, Birth of Abi Muhammad al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, p.705
  16. ^ Dr.Annemarie Schimmels book "Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim India" BRILL, 1976, p.32
  17. ^ a b Khtame Ziarate Sharife hazrat eshan Bukhari(written and investigated by Mian Ahmad Bader Akhlaq(BSC)) printed the second time in 1988 Writer and inspector Mian Muhammad Hasan Akhlaq(M.Km) 1988 company: Koperatis Lahorin
  18. ^ Sultanova, Razia (2011). "Naqshbandiyya". From Shamanism to Sufism. I.B.Tauris. p. 32-37. ISBN 978-1-84885-309-6.
  19. ^ a b "Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust".
  20. ^ a b Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honor of John F. Richards p. 159
  21. ^ the Naqshbandiyya: Orthodoxy and activism in a worldwide Sufi tradition" written and investigated by: Itzchak Weismann ;company: Routledge Taylor&Francis Group(p.52)
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  23. ^ https://www.hazrat-ishaan.com/sayyid-mahmud-r-a
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  25. ^ https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/nobility/
  26. ^ Badr Akhlaq, in "Mian Hazrat Ishaan Ouran ka Qarab wa jawaris, page 26
  27. ^ Ahmad Akhlaq in "Biography of Hazrat Ishaan", page 114
  28. ^ https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/nobility/family-anthem/
  29. ^ a b c https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/h.h.-sayyid-mahmud-agha/
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  31. ^ https://www.hazrat-ishaan.com/sayyid-mahmud-r-a
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  34. ^ https://www.hazrat-ishaan.com/sayyid-mahmud-r-a
  35. ^ Badr Akhlaq, in "Mian Hazrat Ishaan Ouran ka Qarab wa jawaris, page 115
  36. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore)p.332-337
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  38. ^ https://www.hazrat-ishaan.com/sayyid-mahmud-r-a
  39. ^ Badr Akhlaq, in "Mian Hazrat Ishaan Ouran ka Qarab wa jawaris, page 115
  40. ^ https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/nobility/h.h.m.-hazrat-ishaan/
  41. ^ https://www.sayyidraphaeldakik.com/nobility/h.h.m.-hazrat-ishaan/
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