Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

Full name
	SHAH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI

SHEIKH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI
SHEIKH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI
	"SHEIKH E AZAM"
	The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah Jahanabadi beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi
Reign	Delhi
Born	1650; DELHI
Died	1729; DELHI
Full name
	SHAH KALEEMULLAH JAHANABADI
Father	Noor Ullah b.Ustad Ahmed Muamar
Religion	Islam, Sunni, sufi, Chistiyya, saint

Khwaja Shāh Kalīm Allāh Jahānābādī (شاه كليم الله جهانابادي) b. Nūr Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Miʿmār al-Ṣiddīqī (1650-1729) was a leading Chistī saint of the late Mughal period and is considered to be instrumental in the revival of the Chistī and Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani ṣūfī ṭarīqah (path).[1] His father, Noor Ullah, was a well-known astronomer and calligraphist. He was the grandson of Ustād Aḥmad Lahorī, the architect of the Taj Mahal and Lal Qila.

Legacy

Among his successors are Syed Shah Yousufain and Syed Shah Sharifuddin

In the popular discourses of modern India he is remembered for his inclusivist approach to Hindus.[2] The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah is situated opposite of the Red Fort, beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi.

Works

Tilka ʿAsharat Kāmilah
Kashkūl Kalīmī
Maktūbāt-i Kalīmī
Muraqqā Kalimi
Sawa alssabeel e kaleemi.

References

Ernst, Carl W. and Bruce B. Lawrence, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), p. 109. ISBN 1-4039-6026-7
"Indian Islam Shares Our Common Heritage," Times of India, 15 May 2001.

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[1] Ernst, Carl W. and Bruce B. Lawrence, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), p. 109. ISBN 1-4039-6026-7

[2] "Indian Islam Shares Our Common Heritage," Times of India, 15 May 2001.