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{{short description|Afghan founder of Malerkotla State in Hindustan (15th century)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Sadruddin-i-Jahan
| succession =
| title = [[Sheikh]]
| image =
| caption =
| reign =
| coronation =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| spouse = Taj Murassa, Bhatiyaniji Murtaza Begum
| issue = Bibi Mangi Hassan Muhammad Muhammad Isa Muhammad Musa
| full name = Sheikh Sadruddin Sadar-i-Jahan, Baba Haidar Sheikh
| royal house = [[Sarwani|Sherwani]]
| royal anthem =
| father = Sheikh Ahmed Zinda Pir
| mother =
| birth_date = 1434
| death_date = 1515 (aged 81)
| burial_place = Baba Haidar Sheikh [[Dargah]] in [[Malerkotla]]
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
}}
'''Sheikh Sadruddin''' was a [[Sufi]] mystic and chief of the jagir of [[Malerkotla State#History|Maler]] and an ancestor of the rulers of the [[Malerkotla State]]. He received the area of Maler as jagir from [[Bahlul Khan Lodi|Bahlul Lodi]] after marrying his daughter Taj Murassa in 1454.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/StudyofthePathanCommunitiesinF.shtml |title=Study of the Pathan Communities in four States of India |publisher=Khyber |access-date=7 June 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514122925/http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/StudyofthePathanCommunitiesinF.shtml |archive-date=14 May 2008 }}</ref> He belonged to [[Sarwani|Sherwani]] tribe of [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Ali Khan, Iftikhar ''[https://books.google.com.au/books/about/History_of_the_Ruling_Family_of_Sheikh_S.html?id=b1BuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y History of the Ruling Family of Sheikh Sadruddin, Sadar-i-Jahan of Malerkotla, 1449 A.D. to 1948 A.D.]'' (2000) "Not only was he an Afghan but a '''Sherwani''' Afghan."</ref>

==Early life==
Sheikh Sadruddin was the son of Sheikh Ahmed Zinda [[Pir (Sufism)|Pir]] and grandson of [[Sheikh]] Ali Shahbaz Khan. He was spiritually inclined from childhood as he came from a long line of [[Sufi]] mystics (known as ''[[Pir (Sufism)|pir]]s''). In 1449, he settled in [[Punjab region]] at the bank of the [[Sutlej]] river (Bhumsi) to engage in religious activities.<ref name="lifestory">{{Cite web |title=Hazrat Baba Haider Sheikh & Malerkotle Wale Pir |url=https://www.sufipost.com/2016/06/hazrat-baba-haider-sheikh-malerkotle.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Sufi Post {{!}}{{!}} The Relationship between Spirituality, Religion, and Culture}}</ref>

==Marriage==
In 1451 one night, [[Bahlul Khan Lodi]] camped at [[Malerkotla|Maler]] on his way to conquer [[Delhi]]. It was a stormy night and the only lamp aflame was in the hut on the mound. Bahlul went to meet the man whose lamp the harsh winds could not extinguish. Sheikh Sadruddin welcomed Bahlul into his hut and prophesied that Delhi would indeed be his. When Bahlul accomplished his mission (after conquering Delhi) the Sultan returned and in 1454 married his daughter Taj Murassa Begum to Sheikh Sadruddin, and gave her a number of villages in the region as a marriage portion. The Sheikh and his Afghan wife had two children–a daughter, Bibi Mangi, and a son, Sheikh Hassan Muhammad.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

==Career==
He sometimes served as Sardar-i-Jahan (Chief Judicial Officer) during the reign of [[Bahlul Khan Lodi|Bahlul Lodi]].

==Death==
The Sheikh died in 1515 C.E. He was buried at the same place where he always used to pray. Other family members of the family were also buried near the [[Mazaar]] of Sheikh Sadr-ud-Din. According to a history written by [[Iftikhar Ali Khan of Malerkotla|Iftikhar Ali Khan]], the last Nawab of the [[Malerkotla State]]; Bayazid Khan (Six Generation of Baba Hazrat Sheikh) was responsible for the building of the tomb shrine, Baba Hazrat Sheikh [[Dargah]] in [[Malerkotla]].<ref name=lifestory></ref>

==References==
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[[Category:15th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:1515 deaths]]

Sheikh Sadruddin - Revision history

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