Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi
The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah Jahanabadi beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi
Title	"SHEIKH E AZAM"
Personal life
Born	1650 Delhi, Mughal India
Died	1729 (aged 78–79) Delhi, Mughal India
Spouse	Qudsia Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiyya
Parent	Noor Ullah b.Ustad Ahmed Muamar (father)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Sect	Sufi Chishti Order
Muslim leader
Based in	Delhi, India
Predecessor	Shaikh Yahiya Mandi

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 Order 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

Among his successors are Syed Shah Yousufain and Syed Shah Sharifuddin.

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.

Notable works

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

References

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