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'''Jan Muhammad of Jalna''' (or '''Sayyid Jan Muhammad Sufi''', '''Jan Muhammad Darwesh''') was a [[Sufi]] saint in the city of [[Jalna (city)|Jalna]] (in modern [[Maharashtra]] state).<br />
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In 1679 the Maratha leader [[Shivaji]] ransacked Jalna for three days, and being aware that Shivaji generally left alone sites of any religion, many of the wealthy of the town took refuge in the sa<br />
in the suburbs of the city.<ref name="Shashi1996">{{cite book|author=S. S. Shashi|title=Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_ovAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=24 October 2012|year=1996|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-7041-859-7}}</ref> However, on this occasion Shivaji looted the hermitage despite past precedent.<ref name="Dept1977">{{cite book|author=Maharashtra (India). Gazetteers Dept|title=Maharashtra State gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lto-AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=24 October 2012|year=1977|publisher=Director of Govt. Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State}}</ref> When Shivaji died in 1680, only five months after his coronation, Muslims attributed his death to a curse from Jan Muhammad for having threatened the Sufi for giving shelter to the townsfolk and their wealth.<ref name="Azad1990">{{cite book|author=Mohammad Akram Lari Azad|title=Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxluAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 October 2012|year=1990|publisher=Criterion Publications}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Jalna district]]<br />
[[Category:Shivaji]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sufi saints]]<br />
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:People of the Maratha Empire]]<br />
[[Category:People from Marathwada]]<br />
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