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| name = Nizamuddin Amethwi
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| religion = [[Islam]]
| school = [[Sufi]]
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| nationality = Indian
| birth_name = Nizamuddin
| birth_date = 1493
| birth_place = [[Amethi, Lucknow|Amethi]], [[Lucknow]], [[Awadh]]
| death_date = 1571
| death_place = [[Gopamau]]
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'''Shaikh Nizamuddin Usmani Amethwi''' (1493 – 1571 AD/900 – 979 [[Hijri year|AH]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-08 |title=ذوالقعدہ میں وفات پانے والے صحابہ کرام اور اولیائے کرام رضوان اللہ تعالیٰ علیہم اجمعین |url=https://hamariweb.com/articles/24792 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Hamariweb.com Articles |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Muhaddith Dehlwi |first=Abdul Haque |title=Akhbar al-Akhyar |publisher=Akbar Sellers |year=2004 |location=Urdu Bazaar, [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] |pages=549–550 |language=ur}}</ref> was an Indian [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] and [[Spirituality|spiritual]] [[Wali|Sufi saint]] of the [[Chishti Order|Chishtiyya Sufi order]]. He was a descendant of the Sufi saint [[Sari al-Saqati|Shaikh Sirri as-Saqti]] of [[Baghdad]].

== Lineage ==
The lineage of Amethwi is as follows:<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Lucknowi Hassani |first=Abdul Hayy |title=Nuzhat al-Khawatir |publisher=Dar ibn Hazim |year=1999 |location=[[Bairut]], [[Lebanon]] |pages=440 |language=ar}}</ref>

Nizamuddin ibn Muhammad Yasin ibn Fakhruddin ibn Abul Fazal ibn Tajuddin Usmani.

== Early life and education ==
He was born in 1493 in the village of [[Amethi, Lucknow|Amethi]] in the [[Lucknow district]] of the former [[Oudh State|Avadh state]] in the family of Muhammad Yasin Amethwi.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-11-22 |title=شیخ مبارک بودلے جائسی اور اودھ میں دعوت اسلام (تیسری قسط) |url=https://mazameen.com/personalities/%d8%b4%db%8c%d8%ae-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%da%a9-%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%af%d9%84%db%92-%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%b3%db%8c-%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%af%da%be-%d9%85%db%8c%da%ba-%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%88-3.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=مضامین ڈاٹ کام |language=ur |archive-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223155804/https://mazameen.com/personalities/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%92-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%BE-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88-3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

He started his primary education in his childhood. He then moved to [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]] and studied under Shaykh Maruf bin Abdul Waasi'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rahman Ali |first=Maulawi |title=Tazkirah-e-Ulama-e-Hind |publisher=Pakistan Historical Society |year=1962 |location=[[Pakistan]] |pages=524 |language=Ur}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He then went to [[Mankapur]] and received [[Bay'ah]] (discipleship) in the Chishtiyya Tariqa ([[Chishti Order]]) from Nuruddin Ibn Hamid Hussaini.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
He then returned to [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]] and after staying for some time returned to [[Amethi, Lucknow|Amethi]]. In Amethi he married Makhduma Jahan, daughter of Khassah-i-Khuda Salehi and then moved to [[Gopamau]]. Then Amethvi gave his daughter in marriage to Mufti Adam Ibn Muhammad Siddiqi and stayed there for some time. He then returned to his homeland and spent his days in worship and teaching. Then he was appointed as the [[Sheikh|Shaikh]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

== Death and legacy ==
He later moved to Gopamau and died there in 1571.<ref name=":0" /> He was buried in his birthplace Amethi. At his shrine, [[Tardi Beg]] built a large mausoleum.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

His wife, Makhduma Jahan, had six children. They are Abdul Jalil, Abdul Wahhab, Abdul Waasi', Muhammad, Ahmad and Abdul Halim. Among them, Abdul Wasi, Abdul Wahhab and Abdul Jalil died during his lifetime. His second wife gave birth to a son named Jafar.<ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:Indian Islamic studies scholars]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:1493 births]]
[[Category:1571 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Sufi saints]]
[[Category:Chishtis]]
[[Category:People from Hardoi district]]

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