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	'''Sultan [[Sayyid]] Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roar.media/hindi/main/history/syed-makhdoom-ashraf-a-great-sufi-scholar\|title=सैय्यद मखदूम अशरफ: बादश्‍ााहत ठुकराने वाले महान सूफी संत!\|language=hi}}</ref> ({{lang-ur\|سلطان سید مخدوم اشرف جہانگیر سمنانی}}~~), ({{lang-hi\|सुल्तान सय्यद मखदूम अशरफ जहांगीर सीमनानी~~}}~~)&lrm~~; (1285–1386) <ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3GXOqPa67MC&q=ashraf+jahangir+simnani&pg=PA28\|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia\|last=Hanif\|first=N.\|date=2000\|publisher=Sarup & Sons\|isbn=9788176250870\|language=en}}</ref><ref>''Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'' (1975), Second Edition (2017) {{ISBN\|978-93-85295-54-6}} {{Citation		'''Sultan [[Sayyid]] Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roar.media/hindi/main/history/syed-makhdoom-ashraf-a-great-sufi-scholar\|title=सैय्यद मखदूम अशरफ: बादश्‍ााहत ठुकराने वाले महान सूफी संत!\|language=hi}}</ref> ({{lang-ur\|{{Nastaliq\|سلطان سید مخدوم اشرف جہانگیر سمنانی}}}}; (1285–1386) <ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3GXOqPa67MC&q=ashraf+jahangir+simnani&pg=PA28\|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia\|last=Hanif\|first=N.\|date=2000\|publisher=Sarup & Sons\|isbn=9788176250870\|language=en}}</ref><ref>''Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'' (1975), Second Edition (2017) {{ISBN\|978-93-85295-54-6}} {{Citation
	\|location = MAKTABA JAMIA LIMITED, SHAMSHAD MARKET, ALIGARH-202002, U.P. INDIA		\|location = MAKTABA JAMIA LIMITED, SHAMSHAD MARKET, ALIGARH-202002, U.P. INDIA
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	===Spiritual Linage===		===Spiritual Linage===
	Semnani spiritual lineage of [[Chishti Order]]<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/96341849/The-Mashaikh-of-Chisht-by-Shaykh-Muhammad-Zakariya-Kandhlawi</ref>{{unreliable source\|date=February 2021}}~~<ref>http://dargahinfo.com/Dargah_History.aspx?HID=51</ref>~~		Semnani spiritual lineage of [[Chishti Order]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/96341849/The-Mashaikh-of-Chisht-by-Shaykh-Muhammad-Zakariya-Kandhlawi\|title = The Mashaikh of Chisht by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi \| Medina \| Abrahamic Religions}}</ref>{{unreliable source\|date=February 2021}}
	#'''[[Muhammad]]'''		#'''[[Muhammad]]'''
	#[[Fatima bint Muhammad]] and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]		#[[Fatima bint Muhammad]] and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]
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	#[[Fudhail Bin Iyadh]]		#[[Fudhail Bin Iyadh]]
	#[[Ibrahim Bin Adham]]		#[[Ibrahim Bin Adham]]
	#[[Huzaifah Al-Mar'ashi]] [[Basra]]<ref>https://makashfa.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/hadhrat-khuwajah-huzaifah-al-marashi-ra-chishtiya-sufi-order/</ref>		#[[Huzaifah Al-Mar'ashi]] [[Basra]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://makashfa.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/hadhrat-khuwajah-huzaifah-al-marashi-ra-chishtiya-sufi-order/\|title = Hadhrat Khuwajah Huzaifah al – Mar'ashi (Ra) Chishtiya Sufi Order\|date = 27 April 2012}}</ref>
	#[[Abu Hubayra al-Basri]]		#[[Abu Hubayra al-Basri]]
	#[[Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī]] [[Dinawar]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-mumshad-uluw-al-dinawari-2/~~</ref><ref>https://aalequtub.com/hazrat~~-~~khwaja-mumshad-dinawari-r-a/~~</ref>		#[[Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī]] [[Dinawar]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-mumshad-uluw-al-dinawari-2/\|title = Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al-Dinawari – Chishtiya Ribbat}}</ref>
	#[[Abu Ishaq Shamī]] ( Chishti Name start)		#[[Abu Ishaq Shamī]] ( Chishti Name start)
	#[[Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-ahmad-abdal-al-chishti-3/</ref>		#[[Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-ahmad-abdal-al-chishti-3/\|title=Khwaja Abu Ahmad Abdal Al-Chishti – Chishtiya Ribbat}}</ref>
	#[[Abu Muḥammad Chishti]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-mohammed-al-chishti-r-a-2/</ref>		#[[Abu Muḥammad Chishti]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-mohammed-al-chishti-r-a-2/\|title = Khwaja Abu Mohammed Al-Chishti r.a – Chishtiya Ribbat}}</ref>
	#[[Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan]]		#[[Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan]]
	#[[Maudood Chishti]]		#[[Maudood Chishti]]

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| background =
| name = Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
| image = File:Syed makhdoom ashraf jahangir.JPG
| religion = [[Islam]]
| alias =
| location = Kichaucha, Northern India
| title = {{unbulleted list|Jahangir|Ghousul Alam|Mehboobe-Yazdani|Qudwatul Kubra|Sultan|Ashraf Jahangir|Makhdoom-e-Simnani}}
| Period = Late 12th century to 13th century
| Predecessor = [[Alaul Haq Pandavi]]
| Successor = [[Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain]]
| ordination =
| post =
| previous_post =
| present_post =
| birth_name = Mir Ahauddin Sayyid Ashraf
| birth_date = 1285 CE 709 AH
| birth_place = [[Semnan, Iran|Semnan]] (in modern Iran)
| death_date = 1386 (AH 28 [[Muharram]] 808H)
| death_place = Kichhauchha, India
}}

'''Sultan [[Sayyid]] Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roar.media/hindi/main/history/syed-makhdoom-ashraf-a-great-sufi-scholar|title=सैय्यद मखदूम अशरफ: बादश्‍ााहत ठुकराने वाले महान सूफी संत!|language=hi}}</ref> ({{lang-ur|سلطان سید مخدوم اشرف جہانگیر سمنانی}}), ({{lang-hi|सुल्तान सय्यद मखदूम अशरफ जहांगीर सीमनानी}})&lrm; (1285–1386) <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3GXOqPa67MC&q=ashraf+jahangir+simnani&pg=PA28|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia|last=Hanif|first=N.|date=2000|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176250870|language=en}}</ref><ref>''Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani'' (1975), Second Edition (2017) {{ISBN|978-93-85295-54-6}} {{Citation
|location = MAKTABA JAMIA LIMITED, SHAMSHAD MARKET, ALIGARH-202002, U.P. INDIA
|title = HAYATE MAKHDOOM SYED ASHRAF JAHANGIR SEMNANI (2nd Ed.)
|author = Syed Waheed Ashraf
|edition =
|date = 2017
|ol = 26384309M
}}.</ref><ref>‘'MUQADDEMA-E- LATĀIF-E-ASHRAFI' Book in PERSIAN, Published by Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India</ref><ref>Akhbarul Akhyar' By Abdal Haqq Muhaddith Dehlwi [d.1052H-1642]. A short biography of the prominent sufis of India have been mentioned in this book including that of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani</ref> was an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] Sufi saint from [[Semnan Province|Semnan]], [[Iran]]. He was the founder of the [[Ashrafi Family|Ashrafi]] Sufi order.<ref>''Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH)'' by Dr. Syed Nurusyyidyn Madani Ashraf {{Cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Makhdoom-Ashraf-Jahangir-ebook/dp/|title=Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH)|last1=Ashraf|first1=Syed |last2=Madani|first2=Nurusyyidyn|date=2019-09-03|publisher=Amazon|asin= B07XBYV1V8|language=en}}}}</ref>

His father Sultan Ibrahim Noorbaksh was the local ruler of Semnan.<ref name="Springer">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-UYDAAAQBAJ&q=ashraf+jahangir+simnani&pg=PA78|title=Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond|last1=Ernst|first1=C.|last2=Lawrence|first2=B.|date=2016-04-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137095817|language=en}}</ref> Semnani was claimed to be the descendant of the Islamic prophet, [[Muhammad]], through his grandson [[Husayn ibn Ali]]. His mother Bibi Khadija was said to be a descendant of the [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] Sufi saint [[Ahmad Yasawi|Khwaja Ahmed Yasawi]].<ref name="Springer"/>

== Lineage ==
Semnani was said to be a descendant of [[Muhammad]] through his daughter [[Fatimah]] from the lineage of her son, [[Husayn ibn Ali]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/SahaifeAshrafi|title=Sahaife Ashrafi|last=Aala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan|date=2015}}</ref>

===Spiritual Linage===
Semnani spiritual lineage of [[Chishti Order]]<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/96341849/The-Mashaikh-of-Chisht-by-Shaykh-Muhammad-Zakariya-Kandhlawi</ref>{{unreliable source|date=February 2021}}<ref>http://dargahinfo.com/Dargah_History.aspx?HID=51</ref>
#'''[[Muhammad]]'''
#[[Fatima bint Muhammad]] and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]
#[[Hasan al-Basri]]
#[[Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid]]
#[[Fudhail Bin Iyadh]]
#[[Ibrahim Bin Adham]]
#[[Huzaifah Al-Mar'ashi]] [[Basra]]<ref>https://makashfa.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/hadhrat-khuwajah-huzaifah-al-marashi-ra-chishtiya-sufi-order/</ref>
#[[Abu Hubayra al-Basri]]
#[[Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī]] [[Dinawar]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-mumshad-uluw-al-dinawari-2/</ref><ref>https://aalequtub.com/hazrat-khwaja-mumshad-dinawari-r-a/</ref>
#[[Abu Ishaq Shamī]] ( Chishti Name start)
#[[Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-ahmad-abdal-al-chishti-3/</ref>
#[[Abu Muḥammad Chishti]]<ref>https://www.chishtiya.org/blog/2016/10/27/khwaja-abu-mohammed-al-chishti-r-a-2/</ref>
#[[Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan]]
#[[Maudood Chishti]]
#[[Shareef Zandani]]
#[[Usman Harooni]]
#'''[[Muinuddin Chishti]]'''
#[[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki]]
#[[Fariduddin Ganjshakar]]
#[[Nizamuddin Auliya]]
#[[Akhi Siraj]]
#[[Alaul Haq Pandavi]]
#'''[[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]]'''

== Early life ==
After the demise of his father, Semnani then aged 17, became the ruler of [[Semnan, Iran|Semnan]]. He was said to be inclined towards [[Sufism|mysticism]]. Always in the company of the [[Sufism|Sufis]], most notable among them being [[Ala ud-Daula Simnani|Ruknuddin Ala ul Daula Semnani]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Mir-atUl-israr-UrduTranslation|title=Mir-at ul-Israr - Urdu translation|last=Shaykh Abdul Rahman Chishti|language=Urdu}}</ref>

At the age of 23, Semnani abdicated his throne in favor of his brother Sultan Sayyid Muhammad. Thereafter, Semnani migrated to [[Bengal]] in order to meet the famous Sufi master [[Alaul Haq Pandavi|Ala ul Haq Pandvi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Khazinat-ul-asfiyaurduTranslation4Volumes|title=Khazinat-ul-Asfiya (Urdu translation) 4 volumes|last=[[Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Lahori]]}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>

== Travels ==

After performing the obligatory pilgrimage to the [[Holiest sites in Islam|Islamic Holy sites]] in [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], Semnani traveled to [[Gulbarga]] and Sarandib in [[South India]].<ref name=":0" />

== Meeting with other Sufis ==

Semnani is said to have met with various known Sufis of his time that being [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani|Mir Sayyid Ali Hamdani]], [[Hafiz shirazi|Hafez Shirazi]], [[Bande Nawaz]] and [[Sultan Walad]] the son of the famous Sufi poet, [[Rumi]]<ref name=":0" />

== Shrine and Urs==
Semnani's shrine is located in [[Kichhauchha Sharif|Kichhauchha]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His [[Urs]] is commemorated every year on the 28 [[Muharram]] of the [[Islamic calendar]].

{{Sufism}}

==See also==
* [[Ala ud-Daula Simnani]]
* [[Alaul Haq Pandavi]]
* [[Ashrafia]]
* [[Sufi Saints of South Asia]]
* [[Wahab Ashrafi]]
* [[Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf]]
* [[Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{Citation
|publisher = Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Academy, Baroda
|location = Baroda, Gujarat, India
|title = Lataife Ashrafi & Maktubaate Ashrafi As Sources of Indian Medieval History
|author = Syed Waheed Ashraf
|edition = Lataife Ashrafi & Maktubvate Ashrafi As Sources of Indian Medieval History
|date = 2010
|ol = 25423260M
}}

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