Shaikh Jamali Kamboh
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Shaikh Jamali Kamboh was a 16th-century poet and Sufi of the Suhrawardiyya
sect, pupil of Poet Jami and of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh
Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb
are situated in Mehrauli
Archeological Park, close to the Qutb Minar.
Jamali came from a Sunni family of Kamboh lineage but was initiated into Sufism by the respected teacher Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He was the tutor of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi
and had married the daughter of Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He lived at Mehrauli
during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi (reign 1489 AD-1517 AD) and later composed panegyrics to the first of the Mughal
emperor, Babur
(b. 1483, d. 1530 AD) and his successor Humayun
.
Jamali Kamboh was a poet at the court of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi. The Sultan who himself was a poet (he wrote poetry under the pen-name Gulrukh) patronized learning and literary acquisitions and used to show his poetry to Shaikh Jamali Kamboh for corrections and improvement.
As a poet of Persian language
, Shaikh Jamall Kamboh had been styled Khusrau-i-sani ("Khusrau, the second") . He wrote Siyar-l-Arifin (completed between AD 1530 and 1536) in Persian which is an account of the Chishti and Suhrawardi Sufis of the period. He also authored other important works called Masnawi, Mihr wa Mähi Shaikh and a Diwan of verses.
Shaikh had once admonished Sultan Sikandar Lodi for his shaven chins and for his failure to observe the obligatory prayers, fasts and for his mundane indulgences.
Jamali Kamboh died in 1536 AD while accompanying the Mughal
emperor Humayun
in the latter’s expedition to Gujarat. His tomb and a mosque, known as Jamali-Kamali, is situated near the Qutab Minar opposite the Ahinsa Sthal on Mehrauli
's bypass. HIs son Shaikh Gadai Kamboh
, a famous scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.
Suhrawardiyya
Suhrawardy redirects here. For the East Bengali politician and Prime Minister of Pakistan, see Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. The well-known Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi "the Executed" , the Shia founder of Illuminationism, is unconnected....
sect, pupil of Poet Jami and of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh
Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb
Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb
Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb located in the Archeological Village complex in Mehrauli, Delhi, comprise two monuments adjacent to each other, one is the mosque and the other is the tomb of two persons with the names Jamali and Kamali...
are situated in Mehrauli
Mehrauli
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in the South West district of Delhi in India. It represents a constituency in the legislative assembly of Delhi. The area is located close to Gurgaon.-History:...
Archeological Park, close to the Qutb Minar.
Biography
Sikandar Lodhi
Sikandar Lodi , born Nizam Khan, was the second ruler of the Afghan Lodi Dynasty, who reigned over Sultanate of Delhi from 1489 to 1517.-Biography:...
and had married the daughter of Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He lived at Mehrauli
Mehrauli
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in the South West district of Delhi in India. It represents a constituency in the legislative assembly of Delhi. The area is located close to Gurgaon.-History:...
during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi (reign 1489 AD-1517 AD) and later composed panegyrics to the first of the Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
emperor, Babur
Babur
Babur was a Muslim conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty of South Asia. He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother...
(b. 1483, d. 1530 AD) and his successor Humayun
Humayun
Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but with Persian aid, he eventually regained an even larger one...
.
Jamali Kamboh was a poet at the court of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi. The Sultan who himself was a poet (he wrote poetry under the pen-name Gulrukh) patronized learning and literary acquisitions and used to show his poetry to Shaikh Jamali Kamboh for corrections and improvement.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Shaikh Jamall Kamboh had been styled Khusrau-i-sani ("Khusrau, the second") . He wrote Siyar-l-Arifin (completed between AD 1530 and 1536) in Persian which is an account of the Chishti and Suhrawardi Sufis of the period. He also authored other important works called Masnawi, Mihr wa Mähi Shaikh and a Diwan of verses.
Shaikh had once admonished Sultan Sikandar Lodi for his shaven chins and for his failure to observe the obligatory prayers, fasts and for his mundane indulgences.
Jamali Kamboh died in 1536 AD while accompanying the Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
emperor Humayun
Humayun
Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but with Persian aid, he eventually regained an even larger one...
in the latter’s expedition to Gujarat. His tomb and a mosque, known as Jamali-Kamali, is situated near the Qutab Minar opposite the Ahinsa Sthal on Mehrauli
Mehrauli
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in the South West district of Delhi in India. It represents a constituency in the legislative assembly of Delhi. The area is located close to Gurgaon.-History:...
's bypass. HIs son Shaikh Gadai Kamboh
Shaikh Gadai Kamboh
Shaikh Gadai Kamboh was the son, disciple and successor of famous scholar, philosopher and poet-laureate Shaikh Jamali Kamboh of Delhi and brother of the 'Master of Expression' --Shaikh Abd-al-Hai Hayati. His real name was Abdur Rehman but he became famous as Gadai. He was well-renowned for his...
, a famous scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.
See also
- Kamboj in Muslim and British Era