Mīr Sayyid Jalāl ad-Dīn an-Naqwī al-Bukhārī ( fa, ; 1308-1384), better known as Jahāniyān Jahāngasht ( fa, ), was a

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saint from South Asia.

Biography

Mir Sayyid Jalaluddin Bukhari was born into a

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family on 8th February 1308 AD (14 Shaban 707 AH). His father, Syed Ahmed Kabir, was the youngest son and chosen successor of Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh of

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.Marat-e-Jalali (مرآت جلالی) by Syed Khalil Ahmed Bukhari Hassami, First Edition 1918,

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, Second Edition 1999, Karachi. He was later given the title of ''Jahaniyan Jahangasht'' from which he gained prominence. He travelled to many countries, and visited Mecca 36 times in his life. He married the daughter of his half-uncle Sadruddin Muhammad Ghawth.Hassami S. K. A. B. ''Marat-e-Jalali (Red Clothed man from Bukhara)'' First Edition 1918,

, Second Edition 1999, Karachi. He visited Hazrat Pandua, the first capital of the

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, where he led the

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of Alaul Haq Pandwi, the court scholar of Bengal. Some of his gifts to Bengal include a ''Jhanda'' which is preserved in the dargah of Jalaluddin Tabrizi in Pandua and a '' Qadam Rasul'' at the

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in Gaur. The nearby

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of the 16th-century is said to be named in his honour too. Every year, during the urs of Akhi Siraj Bengali, Jahangasht's ''jhanda'' is taken from Tabrizi's dargah to Akhi Siraj's mausoleum.

Legacy

Makhdum Jahaniyan Jahangasht shrine from inside

His descendants use the surname

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Bukhari, and belong to the Suhrawardi Saadat. Some of them migrated to Tando Jahania in

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creating a sizeable community, whilst others migrated to many other places within the subcontinent.

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