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'''Muhammad bin Yousuf Al Hussaini''' (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422), commonly known as '''Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz''', was a [[Hanafi]] [[Maturidi]] scholar and [[Sufi]] saint from [[India]] of the [[Chishti Order]], who advocated understanding, tolerance and harmony among religions.
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'''Muhammad bin Yusuf Al-Hussaini''' (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422), commonly known as '''Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz''', was a [[Hanafi]] [[Maturidi]] scholar and [[Sufi]] saint from [[India]] of the [[Chishti Order]], who advocated understanding, tolerance and harmony among religions.


Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint [[Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi]]. When he moved to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]] around 1400, owing to the [[Timur (Tamerlane)#Indian campaign|attack]] of [[Timur]] on Delhi, he took the Chishti Order to [[South India]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vAdbCq8HQBIC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Nasiruddin+Chirag+-i-+Delhi&source=web&ots=aOZIh9Ffei&sig=8QEQTLeDGAM6O2cBiFx-gPaAwQE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi] ''The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity'', by [[M. J. Akbar]]. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN|0-415-28470-8}}. Page 111.</ref> He finally settled down in [[Gulbarga]], at the invitation of [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani Sultan]], [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah]].<ref name=ur>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206115933/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/27/stories/2007112760780600.htm Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow] "[[The Hindu]]", 27 November 2007.</ref>
Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint [[Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi]]. When he moved to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]] around 1400, owing to the [[Timur (Tamerlane)#Indian campaign|attack]] of [[Timur]] on Delhi, he took the Chishti Order to [[South India]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vAdbCq8HQBIC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Nasiruddin+Chirag+-i-+Delhi&source=web&ots=aOZIh9Ffei&sig=8QEQTLeDGAM6O2cBiFx-gPaAwQE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi] ''The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity'', by [[M. J. Akbar]]. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN|0-415-28470-8}}. Page 111.</ref> He finally settled down in [[Gulbarga]], at the invitation of [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani Sultan]], [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah]].<ref name=ur>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206115933/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/27/stories/2007112760780600.htm Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow] "[[The Hindu]]", 27 November 2007.</ref>
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==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Sufi Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz(RA).JPG|thumb|Dargah Entrance]]
[[File:Sufi Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz(RA).JPG|thumb|Dargah Entrance]]
[[File:Gulbarga-Dargah.JPG|thumb|Dargah entrance]]
Al-Hussaini was born to SMuhammad bin Yousuf Al-Hussaini in Delhi in 1321. At the age of four, his family shifted to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]] in Deccan (now in [[Maharashtra]]). In 1397, he went to [[Gulbarga]], [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] (presently in [[Karnataka]]) at the invitation of Sultan [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah]].{{Citation needed|date= February 2022}}
Banda Nawaz was born to Syed walShareef Muhammad bin Yousuf AlHussaini in Delhi in 1321. At the age of four, his family shifted to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]] in Deccan (now in [[Maharashtra]]). In 1397, he went to [[Gulbarga]], [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] (presently in [[Karnataka]]) at the invitation of Sultan [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah]].


At the age fifteen, he returned to Delhi for his education and training by [[Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi]]. He was also a very enthusiastic student of Kethli, Tajuddin Bahadur and Qazi Abdul Muqtadir. After teaching at various places such as [[Delhi]], [[Mewat]], [[Gwalior]], [[Chander]], Aircha, [[Chatra]], [[Chanderi]], Miandhar, [[Baroda]], Khambayat and [[Gulbarga]] in 1397 and died in Gulbarga in the year November 1422.
At the age fifteen, he returned to Delhi for his education and training by [[Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi]]. He was also a very enthusiastic student of Kethli, Tajuddin Bahadur and Qazi Abdul Muqtadir. After teaching at various places such as [[Delhi]], [[Mewat]], [[Gwalior]], [[Chander]], Aircha, [[Chatra]], [[Chanderi]], Miandhar, [[Baroda]], Khambayat and [[Gulbarga]] in 1397 and died in Gulbarga in the year November 1422.{{Citation needed|date= February 2022}}
 
His name as well as patronymic was Abul-Fatah and Gaisu Daraz was his title. Among the scholars and theologians he was Sheikh Abul-Fatah Sadr Uddin Muhammad Dehlavi but people called him Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraaz.
{{Sufism}}


==Parentage==
==Parentage==
He is a descendant of Ali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alhassanain.com/urdu/book/book/history_library/various_books/zaidi_sadaat/012.html|title=شجرہ مبارک|website=alhassanain.com|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-arif.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=574:shajra-tul-ashraaf&catid=134:seerat-section&Itemid=92|title=Shajra Tul Ashraaf|last=Administrator|website=www.al-arif.org|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> His forefathers resided in Hirat. One of them came to Delhi and settled down here. His father Syed walShareef Muhammad bin Yousuf was born here on 4, Rajab, 721 Hijri. His father Syed walShareef Yousuf bin Muhammad AlHussaini was a holy figure and devoted to [[Nizam Uddin Aulia]].
He is a descendant of Ali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alhassanain.com/urdu/book/book/history_library/various_books/zaidi_sadaat/012.html|title=شجرہ مبارک|website=alhassanain.com|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-arif.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=574:shajra-tul-ashraaf&catid=134:seerat-section&Itemid=92|title=Shajra Tul Ashraaf|last=Administrator|website=www.al-arif.org|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> His forefathers resided in Hirat. One of them came to Delhi and settled down here. His father Muhammad bin Yousuf was born here on 4, Rajab, 721 Hijri.{{Citation needed|date= February 2022}}


Sultan Muhammad-bin Tughlaq once transferred his capital to Daulatabad (Devgiri) and along with him went many scholars, theologians, and mystics. His parents also migrated to the place. He was four years at the time Malik-ul-Umar Syed Ibrahim Mustafa AlHashmi, his maternal uncle, was the governor of Daulatabad.
Sultan Muhammad-bin Tughlaq once transferred his capital to Daulatabad (Devgiri) and along with him went many scholars, theologians, and mystics. His parents also migrated to the place.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} He was four years at the time Malik-ul-Umar Syed Ibrahim Mustafa AlHashmi, his maternal uncle, was the governor of Daulatabad.{{Citation needed|date= February 2022}}


==In Delhi==
==In Delhi==
His father died when he was fifteen. He had heard a lot about Nizam Uddin Auliya and Nasir Uddin Roshan Chiragh Dehlavi from his father and maternal grand father and grew devoted to them. One day he went to perform his prayer in the Jama-Masjid of Sultan Qutub Uddin, there he saw Sheikh Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi and pledged obedience to him on 16, Rajab. Under the guidance of Nasir Uddin Chiragh Dehlavi he engaged himself in prayers and meditation and so much enjoyed them that he forbade studies and requested his teacher to allow him to do so. Nasir Uddin denied him permission and instructed him to study with attention Usool-e-Bizoori, Risals Shamsia, Kashaf, Misbah so he restarted the studies under the guidance of renowned teachers.
His father died when he was fifteen. He had heard a lot about Nizam Uddin Auliya and Nasir Uddin Roshan Chiragh Dehlavi from his father and maternal grand father and grew devoted to them. One day he went to perform his prayer in the Jama-Masjid of Sultan Qutub Uddin, there he saw Sheikh Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi and pledged obedience to him on 16, Rajab. Under the guidance of Nasir Uddin Chiragh Dehlavi he engaged himself in prayers and meditation and so much enjoyed them that he forbade studies and requested his teacher to allow him to do so. Nasir Uddin denied him permission and instructed him to study with attention Usool-e-Bizoori, Risals Shamsia, Kashaf, Misbah so he restarted the studies under the guidance of various teachers.{{Citation needed|date= February 2022}}


AlHussaini left Delhi on December 17, 1398, because the city was under siege by [[Timur]] and its fall was imminent.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Social History of The Deccan 1300–1761, Eight Indian Lives|last=Eaton|first=Richard|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-521-51442-2|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
AlHussaini left Delhi on December 17, 1398, because the city was under siege by [[Timur]] and its fall was imminent.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Social History of The Deccan 1300–1761, Eight Indian Lives|last=Eaton|first=Richard|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-521-51442-2|location=New Delhi}}</ref>


==Title Gesu-Daraaz==
==Title Gesu-Daraaz==
One day he with other disciples lifted the [[palanquin]] bearing Nasir Uddin. His long hair stuck into the foot of the palki and pained him severely but he did not disentangle them for love and respect to the teacher. When Nasir Uddin learned of the episode, he was overjoyed and recited the Persian couplet:
One day he with other disciples lifted the [[palanquin]] bearing Nasir Uddin. His long hair stuck into the foot of the palki and pained him severely but he did not disentangle them for love and respect to the teacher. When Nasir Uddin learned of the episode, he was overjoyed and recited the Persian couplet:{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}


"Har ki murid Syed gesu daraaz shud Vallah khilaf-e-nest ki Uoo ishq baaz shud." ("Syed Gesu Daraaz has pledged his obedience; there is nothing wrong in it because he has deeply fallen in love.")
"Har ki murid Syed gesu daraaz shud Vallah khilaf-e-nest ki Uoo ishq baaz shud." ("Syed Gesu Daraaz has pledged his obedience; there is nothing wrong in it because he has deeply fallen in love.")


He thus gained the title "Gesu Daraaz".
He thus gained the title "Gesu Daraaz".{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}


==In Gulbarga==
==In Gulbarga==
Having lived for over forty years in Delhi, he moved to Gulbarga at the age of around 76. Firoz Shah Bahmani ruled over the Deccan during this period. He gave him much respect. For a long time he was engaged in religious discourses, sermons, and spiritual training of the people. He stay in Gulbarga for 24 years
Having lived for over forty years in Delhi, he moved to Gulbarga at the age of around 76. Firoz Shah Bahmani ruled over the Deccan during this period.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} He gave him much respect. For a long time he was engaged in religious discourses, sermons, and spiritual training of the people. He stay in Gulbarga for 24 years. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}


==Death==
==Death==
Bande Nawaz died aged 101 on 16 [[Dhu al-Qadah]] 825 Hijri in Gulbarga and was buried there. His tomb is a place of Ziyaarat,
Bande Nawaz died aged 101 on 16 [[Dhu al-Qadah]] 825 Hijri in Gulbarga and was buried there. His tomb is a place of [[ziyarat]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}


==Works==
==Works==
Bande Nawaz wrote 195 books in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name=ur/> His ''[[masterpiece|magnum opus]]'', ''Tafseer Multaqat'', was compiled into one book very recently.{{When| date= May 2012}} He also composed a book on the [[Muhammad|Prophet of Islam]] titled ''Miraj-al Ashiqin'' for the instruction of the masses in [[Dakhni]], a South Indian branch of the Urdu language. He was the first Sufi to use this vernacular which was elaborated upon by many other Sufi saints of South India in later centuries.<ref>Mystical Dimensions of Islam By Annemarie Schimmel, Pg 351</ref> He wrote many treatises on the works on [[Ibn Arabi]] and [[Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi|Suhrawardi]], which made the works of these scholars accessible to Indian scholars and played a major role in influencing later mystical thought.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Irfan Habib|first=S.|date=October 2002|title=Book reviews and notices : M.T. ANSARI, ed., Secularism, Islam and modernity. Selected essays of Alam Khundmiri. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 308 pp. Notes, index. Rs. 250 (paperback)|url=|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|volume=36|issue=3|pages=568–570|doi=}}</ref> Other books authored are ''Qaseeda Amali'' and ''Adaab-al-Mureedein''.
Bande Nawaz wrote 195 books in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name=ur/> He also composed a book on the [[Muhammad|Prophet of Islam]] titled ''Miraj-al Ashiqin'' for the instruction of the masses in [[Dakhni]], a South Indian branch of the Urdu language. He was the first Sufi to use this vernacular which was elaborated upon by many other Sufi saints of South India in later centuries.<ref>Mystical Dimensions of Islam By Annemarie Schimmel, Pg 351</ref> He wrote many treatises on the works on [[Ibn Arabi]] and [[Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi|Suhrawardi]], which made the works of these scholars accessible to Indian scholars and played a major role in influencing later mystical thought.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Irfan Habib|first=S.|date=October 2002|title=Book reviews and notices : M.T. ANSARI, ed., Secularism, Islam and modernity. Selected essays of Alam Khundmiri. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 308 pp. Notes, index. Rs. 250 (paperback)|url=|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|volume=36|issue=3|pages=568–570|doi=}}</ref> Other books authored are ''Qaseeda Amali'' and ''Adaab-al-Mureedein''.


==Books==
==Books==
{{Unreferenced section|date= February 2022}}
* ''Tafseer-e-Qu'Orane-e-Majeed''  
* ''Tafseer-e-Qu'Orane-e-Majeed''  
* ''Multaqit''
* ''Multaqit''
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== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
Indian [[Muslim social]] films revolving around the saint and his [[dargah]] have been made. These include: ''Sultan E Deccan: Banda Nawaz'' (1982) by Malik Anwar, ''Banda Nawaz'' (1988) by Saini.<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7UEAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Screen World Publication|page=85}}</ref>
Indian [[Muslim social]] films revolving around the saint and his [[dargah]] have been made. These include: ''Sultan E Deccan: Banda Nawaz'' (1982) by Malik Anwar, ''Banda Nawaz'' (1988) by Saini.<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7UEAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Screen World Publication|page=85}}</ref>
==Spiritual lineage==
Sufi orders trace their origins ultimately to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who is believed to have instructed his successor in mystical teachings and practices in addition to the Qur'an or hidden within the Qur'an. Opinions differ as to this successor. Almost all Sufi orders trace their origins to 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin, whom the Shi'a regard as the first imam. The Chishti, though Sunni, trace their lineage through Ali. This is not unusual for Sufi orders, which tend to stress devotion rather than legalism and sectarianism.
The traditional silsila (spiritual lineage) of the Chishti order is as follows:
# Muḥammad
# Ali ibn Abu Talib
# Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 728, an early Persian Muslim theologian)
# Abdul Wāḥid Bin Zaid Abul Faḍl (d. 793, an early Sufi saint)
# Fuḍayl ibn 'Iyāḍ Bin Mas'ūd Bin Bishr al-Tamīmī
# Ibrāhīm bin Adham (a legendary early Sufi ascetic)
# Khwaja Sadid ad-Din Huzaifa al-Marashi Basra Iraq
# Abu Hubayra al-Basri Basra Iraq
# Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī
# Abu Ishaq Shamī (d. 940, founder of the Chishti order proper)
# Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
# Abu Muḥammad Chishti
# Abu Yusuf Nasar-ud-Din Chishtī
# Qutab-ud-Din Maudood Chishtī
# Haji Sharif Zindani (d. 1215)
# Usman Harooni (d. 1220)
# Mu'īnuddīn Chishtī (Moinuddin Chishti) (1141-1230 or 1142–1236)
# Qutab-ud-Din Bakhtyar Kaki (1173-1228)
# Farīduddīn Mas'ūd ("Baba Farid", 1173 or 1175 - 1266)
# Nizāmuddīn Auliyā (“Awliya”; 1238 – 3 April 1325)
# Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-Dehlavi (1274–1337)
# Bande Nawaz Gezu Daraz (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422)


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui]]
* [[Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui]]
* [[Sufi Saints of South Asia]]
* [[Sufism in India]]
* [[Maudood Chishti]]
* [[Maudood Chishti]]
* [[Wali Kirani]]
* [[Wali Kirani]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://nammagulbarga.com/photo-gallery/kbn-darga About KBN Darga|NammaGulbarga.com]
* [http://nammagulbarga.com/photo-gallery/kbn-darga About KBN Darga|NammaGulbarga.com]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6773155270458332583/ A lecture on the Khaja by Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri]
* [http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/dargah/gulbarga.htm Pictures of Dargah Sharif] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424040255/http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/dargah/gulbarga.htm |date=24 April 2008 }}
* [http://kalaburaginews.com/dr-syed-shah-khusro-hussaini/ Dr. Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini awarded with Karnataka Rajyotsva Prashasti 2017 by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah]
{{Gulbarga topics}}
{{Gulbarga topics}}


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Muhammad Al-Hussaini
Dargah of Banda Nawaz
Personal
Born7 August 1321
Delhi, Delhi Sultanate
Died1 November 1422 (aged 101)
Gulbarga Fort, Gulbarga, Bahmani Sultanate
ReligionIslam
EthnicityArab
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[1]
Main interest(s)Sufism
Muslim leader
Bande Nawaz
NationalityIndian

Muhammad bin Yusuf Al-Hussaini (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422), commonly known as Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz, was a Hanafi Maturidi scholar and Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order, who advocated understanding, tolerance and harmony among religions.

Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi. When he moved to Daulatabad around 1400, owing to the attack of Timur on Delhi, he took the Chishti Order to South India.[2] He finally settled down in Gulbarga, at the invitation of Bahmani Sultan, Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah.[3]

Biography[edit | edit source]

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Dargah Entrance

Al-Hussaini was born to SMuhammad bin Yousuf Al-Hussaini in Delhi in 1321. At the age of four, his family shifted to Daulatabad in Deccan (now in Maharashtra). In 1397, he went to Gulbarga, Deccan (presently in Karnataka) at the invitation of Sultan Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah.[citation needed]

At the age fifteen, he returned to Delhi for his education and training by Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi. He was also a very enthusiastic student of Kethli, Tajuddin Bahadur and Qazi Abdul Muqtadir. After teaching at various places such as Delhi, Mewat, Gwalior, Chander, Aircha, Chatra, Chanderi, Miandhar, Baroda, Khambayat and Gulbarga in 1397 and died in Gulbarga in the year November 1422.[citation needed]

Parentage[edit | edit source]

He is a descendant of Ali.[4][5] His forefathers resided in Hirat. One of them came to Delhi and settled down here. His father Muhammad bin Yousuf was born here on 4, Rajab, 721 Hijri.[citation needed]

Sultan Muhammad-bin Tughlaq once transferred his capital to Daulatabad (Devgiri) and along with him went many scholars, theologians, and mystics. His parents also migrated to the place.[citation needed] He was four years at the time Malik-ul-Umar Syed Ibrahim Mustafa AlHashmi, his maternal uncle, was the governor of Daulatabad.[citation needed]

In Delhi[edit | edit source]

His father died when he was fifteen. He had heard a lot about Nizam Uddin Auliya and Nasir Uddin Roshan Chiragh Dehlavi from his father and maternal grand father and grew devoted to them. One day he went to perform his prayer in the Jama-Masjid of Sultan Qutub Uddin, there he saw Sheikh Nasir Uddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi and pledged obedience to him on 16, Rajab. Under the guidance of Nasir Uddin Chiragh Dehlavi he engaged himself in prayers and meditation and so much enjoyed them that he forbade studies and requested his teacher to allow him to do so. Nasir Uddin denied him permission and instructed him to study with attention Usool-e-Bizoori, Risals Shamsia, Kashaf, Misbah so he restarted the studies under the guidance of various teachers.[citation needed]

AlHussaini left Delhi on December 17, 1398, because the city was under siege by Timur and its fall was imminent.[6]

Title Gesu-Daraaz[edit | edit source]

One day he with other disciples lifted the palanquin bearing Nasir Uddin. His long hair stuck into the foot of the palki and pained him severely but he did not disentangle them for love and respect to the teacher. When Nasir Uddin learned of the episode, he was overjoyed and recited the Persian couplet:[citation needed]

"Har ki murid Syed gesu daraaz shud Vallah khilaf-e-nest ki Uoo ishq baaz shud." ("Syed Gesu Daraaz has pledged his obedience; there is nothing wrong in it because he has deeply fallen in love.")

He thus gained the title "Gesu Daraaz".[citation needed]

In Gulbarga[edit | edit source]

Having lived for over forty years in Delhi, he moved to Gulbarga at the age of around 76. Firoz Shah Bahmani ruled over the Deccan during this period.[citation needed] He gave him much respect. For a long time he was engaged in religious discourses, sermons, and spiritual training of the people. He stay in Gulbarga for 24 years. [citation needed]

Death[edit | edit source]

Bande Nawaz died aged 101 on 16 Dhu al-Qadah 825 Hijri in Gulbarga and was buried there. His tomb is a place of ziyarat.[citation needed]

Works[edit | edit source]

Bande Nawaz wrote 195 books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu.[3] He also composed a book on the Prophet of Islam titled Miraj-al Ashiqin for the instruction of the masses in Dakhni, a South Indian branch of the Urdu language. He was the first Sufi to use this vernacular which was elaborated upon by many other Sufi saints of South India in later centuries.[7] He wrote many treatises on the works on Ibn Arabi and Suhrawardi, which made the works of these scholars accessible to Indian scholars and played a major role in influencing later mystical thought.[8] Other books authored are Qaseeda Amali and Adaab-al-Mureedein.

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Tafseer-e-Qu'Orane-e-Majeed
  • Multaqit
  • Havashi Kashaf
  • Sharah-e-Mashareq
  • Sharah Fiqah-e-Akbar
  • Sharah Adab-Ul-Murideen
  • Sharah Ta-arruf
  • Risala Sirat-Ul-Nabi
  • Tarjuma Mashareq
  • Ma-Arif
  • Tarjuma Awarif
  • Sharah Fasoosul Hikam
  • Tarjuma Risala Qasherya
  • Hawa Asahi Quwwat-Ul-Qalb

Death anniversary[edit | edit source]

His death anniversary takes place on 15, 16 and 17 Dhu al-Qadah at the Bande Nawaz mausoleum in Gulbarga. Several hundred thousand people from different religions gather to seek blessings.[3]

In popular culture[edit | edit source]

Indian Muslim social films revolving around the saint and his dargah have been made. These include: Sultan E Deccan: Banda Nawaz (1982) by Malik Anwar, Banda Nawaz (1988) by Saini.[9]

Spiritual lineage[edit | edit source]

Sufi orders trace their origins ultimately to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who is believed to have instructed his successor in mystical teachings and practices in addition to the Qur'an or hidden within the Qur'an. Opinions differ as to this successor. Almost all Sufi orders trace their origins to 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin, whom the Shi'a regard as the first imam. The Chishti, though Sunni, trace their lineage through Ali. This is not unusual for Sufi orders, which tend to stress devotion rather than legalism and sectarianism. The traditional silsila (spiritual lineage) of the Chishti order is as follows:

  1. Muḥammad
  2. Ali ibn Abu Talib
  3. Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 728, an early Persian Muslim theologian)
  4. Abdul Wāḥid Bin Zaid Abul Faḍl (d. 793, an early Sufi saint)
  5. Fuḍayl ibn 'Iyāḍ Bin Mas'ūd Bin Bishr al-Tamīmī
  6. Ibrāhīm bin Adham (a legendary early Sufi ascetic)
  7. Khwaja Sadid ad-Din Huzaifa al-Marashi Basra Iraq
  8. Abu Hubayra al-Basri Basra Iraq
  9. Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī
  10. Abu Ishaq Shamī (d. 940, founder of the Chishti order proper)
  11. Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
  12. Abu Muḥammad Chishti
  13. Abu Yusuf Nasar-ud-Din Chishtī
  14. Qutab-ud-Din Maudood Chishtī
  15. Haji Sharif Zindani (d. 1215)
  16. Usman Harooni (d. 1220)
  17. Mu'īnuddīn Chishtī (Moinuddin Chishti) (1141-1230 or 1142–1236)
  18. Qutab-ud-Din Bakhtyar Kaki (1173-1228)
  19. Farīduddīn Mas'ūd ("Baba Farid", 1173 or 1175 - 1266)
  20. Nizāmuddīn Auliyā (“Awliya”; 1238 – 3 April 1325)
  21. Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-Dehlavi (1274–1337)
  22. Bande Nawaz Gezu Daraz (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Nawaz, Bande. Tafseer-Al-Multaqat. Vol. 1. Maktabah Nafais al-Quran. p. 6.
  2. ↑ Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, by M. J. Akbar. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-28470-8. Page 111.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow "The Hindu", 27 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "شجرہ مبارک". alhassanain.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Administrator. "Shajra Tul Ashraaf". www.al-arif.org. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Eaton, Richard (2005). A Social History of The Deccan 1300–1761, Eight Indian Lives. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51442-2.
  7. ↑ Mystical Dimensions of Islam By Annemarie Schimmel, Pg 351
  8. ↑ Irfan Habib, S. (October 2002). "Book reviews and notices : M.T. ANSARI, ed., Secularism, Islam and modernity. Selected essays of Alam Khundmiri. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 308 pp. Notes, index. Rs. 250 (paperback)". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 36 (3): 568–570.
  9. ↑ Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988. Screen World Publication. 1988. p. 85.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Askari, Syed Hasan, Tazkira-i Murshidi—Rare Malfuz of the 15th-Century Sufi Saint of Gulbarga. Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission (1952).
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Gisudaraz on Wahdat al-Wujud. Studies in Islam 19 (1982), pp. 233–45.
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni Gisu Daraz: On Sufism Delhi: Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1985.
  • Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Shuhud vs. Wujud: A Study of Gisudiraz Islamic Culture 59 (1985), pp. 323–39.
  • Siddiqi, Mohd. Sulaiman, Syed Mohd. al-Husaini Gisudaraz Islamic Culture 52 (1978), pp. 173–84.

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