Muhammad Jaunpuri

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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Hazrath Imamuna Mehdi Mauood Khalifathulla, Muradulla Amrulla
| name = Syed Mohammed Imam e Mehdi Mauood Jaunpuri
| image = The Holy Tomb of Imam Mahdi AS at Farah,Afghanistan.jpg
| caption = The Tomb of Muhammad Jaunpuri
| birth_name = Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri
| native_name = سید محمد جونپورى
| native_name_lang = ur
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1443|9|9|df=y}}<br /> (14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H)
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Jaunpur Sultanate]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1505|4|23|1443|9|9|df=y}}<br /> (19, Ziquada 910H)
| death_place = [[Farah, Afghanistan|Farah]], [[Safavid Empire]]
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| resting_place = [[Farah, Afghanistan]]
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| spouse = {{Ubl
| Alhadadi (866H)
| Bhika
| Malkan
| Buwan
| Bhanmati
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| children = {{Ubl
| Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi
| Syed Ajmal
| Syeda Khunza
| Syeda Fatima
| Syed Hameed
| Syeda Hadaitullah
| Syed Ibrahim
| Syed Ali
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| parents = {{Ubl
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| Syeda Aminah (mother)
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'''Syed Mohammed Mehdi Mauood, Jaunpuri''' ({{lang-ur|سید محمد جونپورى}}; 9 September 1443{{Snd}} 23 April 1505), son of Syed Abdullah titled Syed Khan,{{Who|date=May 2019|reason=Who was titled? Father or son?}} was born in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] on Monday the 14th [[Jumada al-awwal|Jamadi-ul Awwal]] 847 [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] corresponding to 9 September 1443. His grandfather Usman came to [[India]] from [[Samarkand]] with his family and settled down in Jaunpur on the invitation of the Sharqiya King. Jaunpuri was a descendant of Imam [[Musa al-Kadhim|Moosa Al-Kazim]]. He extensively traveled throughout [[India]], [[Arabia]] and [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]].<ref name="Balkhi bio">{{cite web |last1=Balkhi |first1=Al-Haj Syed Munawar Husain |title=The Biography of Imam Mahdi Maud Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri AS |url=http://khalifatullahmehdi.info/books/english/The-Mahdi-Maud-AHS.pdf |publisher=Al-Haj Syed Munawar Husain Balkhi |access-date=8 May 2019 |location=Hyderabad |format=PDF |date=September 1989 |language=en }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Self-pub source needs backup as the only source for the lead section}}

==Sources==

===Jaunpur===
The founder of [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] was Sultan [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq|Feroz Shah Tughlaq]], the Sultan of [[Delhi]]. It is situated on the bank of river [[Gomti 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, [[Jamia]]s (universities), mosques and hostels in Jaunpur at that time. Thus, it became very famous as a centre for Islamic studies in the East.<ref name="Balkhi bio" />

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

==Childhood and early life==

===Household===

His first wife, Bibi Alhadadi, 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, Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi, Ajmal, hunza and Fatima.

==Travels==
He left Jaunpur along with his family and a small group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering more companions the Mahdavia(sect founded by him) group reached [[Farah, Afghanistan|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 [[Mumin|Momin]].

He was generally ignored by the [[ulema]] of Mecca, and after staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months,<ref name="Yaqoob">{{cite web |last1=Yaqoob |first1=Syed |title=The Promised One |url=http://mahdavia.info/promised_one/index.html |publisher=Tanzeem-e-Mahdavia |language=en |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204142845/http://mahdavia.info/promised_one/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2005 |date=4 February 2005 }}</ref> he returned to India where he proclaimed himself [[Mahdi]] at [[Ahmedabad]] and later at Badhli (near [[Patan, Gujarat]]).

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[[Category:1443 births]]
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[[Category:Mahdavi]]
[[Category:Indian Sufi saints]]
[[Category:Indian people of Arab descent]]
[[Category:People from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh]]

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