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A brief biography Shah Azam Sahab Hyderabad

The mausoleum of Hazrat Gesu Daraz Gulberga

Translated by
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.,
Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid Eldin Attar
Email : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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A brief biography of Shah Azam Sahab, Hyderabad

 
 
Hazrat’s name was Shah Azam Hussaini, and his title was Mirza
Buzrug, and his patronymic name was Shah Azam. He was born
in Hyderabad city, but his date of birth is not known. His
ancestors included Hazrat Syed Shamuddin Ma Zand Arani and
Hazrat Imam Kazim.
Since his childhood, he was passionate about the love of Allah
with him in his heart. And he has a severe hatred for the affairs
of the world. In the Sufi chain of Chistia, he was a disciple and
caliphate of Hazrat Shah Fakir Ali Arcati. He was perfect in his
knowledge of Sufism and he was perfect in his knowledge of
reality. Hazrat used to explain issues of Tuhid (monotheism) in
the best possible manner. In the meetings of Hazrat, there will
always be discussion about Sufism and the knowledge of Allah.
Hazrat was an enlightened individual as well as an all-around
scholar of spiritualism and secret transmission. And he was a
Sufi person, a good speaker, a compiler, and an author of books .
So about knowledge of reality, he has written one book, ‘Meeran
Haqaiq', in which he has written about the details of the
monothesim and the dignity of the prophet in the best way of
explanation as well as in an interesting style. And Shah Ghulam
Ali Muswai Quaderi  compiler of the book "Miskwat Nabvi",
was a disciple of the Hazrat.
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Death :Hazrat left this mortal world on the 27th of Safar in the
year 1210 Hijiri, which corresponds to 1795 A.D. He was buried
in the court yard of the Queen Hyat Bakshi Begum mosque near
Kaman Sahar Batil in the locality of ‘Mitti Ka Sher' in
Hyderabad  and now this mosque is well known and famous in
the name of Hazrat’s elder son, Hazrat Rahmatalla, also known
as the mosque of ‘Sayadan Sahab’. Hazrat has four sons, and
their details are as follows.
1. Syed Mohammed Hussaini (Syedan), patronymic name2.Syed
Wali . 3.Syed Baquer 4.Syed Abdul Wali.
(See Hadiqa Rahmani on page 726, Auliya Deccan on page 86,
and Miskwat Nabwa on page 87.)
Location of the grave :And he was buried in the court yard of
the mosque of Queen Hyat Bakshi Begum near Kaman ‘Sahar
Batil’ in the locality of ‘Mitti Ka Sher’. Now this mosque is well
known as the "Syedan mosque," and the grave is on a small
platform and its dimensions are as follows:
On the eastern and western sides, it is 11 feet and one inch, and
its width on the north and southern sides is 8 feet and eight
inches. Around the platform there is stone construction. And on
that platform were found two graves. The grave on the eastern
side belongs to Hazrat, and on the western side his son’s grave is
found, whose name was Syed Hussaini, also known as Shah
Syedan Sahab.
The grave is made of material of mortar and it is strong. And its
dimensions are as follows:
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Its length is 4 feet and 1 inch, and its width is 2 feet and 6
inches. Its height is 1 foot and 7 inches. Its overall condition is
good. At the foot of the grave of the platform, at the base of one
tall date tree, is found.
On the western side of the grave is one small mosque. This
mosque was built by Queen Hyat Bakshi Begum, who was the
mother of Sultan Abdalla Qutub Shah of the Golconda kingdom.
This mosque is well known as the "Syedan Sahab" mosque. In
between the graves is found a beautiful water reservoir and for
the convenience of the praying people in the mosque, there is
always water in the reservoir for using water for ablution.
At the foot of the grave of the Hazrat, there is one residential
house in the compound of the shrine, in which there is a house
for the residing custodian and caretaker of the shrine. His name
is Syed Azizan Peeran Hussaini, and he is among the sons of the
Hazrat.
The following buildings: a shrine, a mosque, a water reservior,
and a residential house are located in the large compound area.
And the boundary wall was broken at some places. In the
compound, there is one shop for the sale of the firewood found
there.
Urs and annual death anniversary: It has been suspended for a
long time, and there is no government function.
The compiler of the book ‘Auliya Deccan’ writes that Hazrat
Shah Azam and Syed Muzafar are among the sons of the Sultan
Abdulla Shah of the Golconda kingdom. And which is not right
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and which from this following genealogical record can be

proven in this matter.
The descendants of Hazrat Syed Musawai Ma Zindani are as
follows:
1.Syed Qutubuddin Namwat Allah.
2.Shuja Mulk Syed Kamal Ma Zindani.
3.Ghulam Syed Hussain Ma Zindani, who has three sons, as
follows:
1.Syed Mohammed Baqer Musawi,
2.Syed Mohammed Mohammed, also known as Shah Mirza,
3.Hazrat Shah Azam.
And Shuja Maulk Syed Kamal Ma Zindani has two sons, and
details of their names are as follows.
1. Shuja Mulk Syed Zain al-Abideen.
2.Syed Zafar Murtazi, minister of Sultan Abdulla Qutub Shah.
 

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Reference book :Syed Murad Talah's Tazker Auliya-E-
Hyderabad Part III
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