Shaikh Jamali Kamboh (Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi, also known as ''Shaikh Hamid bin Fazlullah'', ''Dervish Jamali Kamboh Dehlwi'', ''Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi'' or ''Jalal Khan'' etc. ) was a 16th-century poet and

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of the Suhrawardiyya sect and pupil of Poet Jami and of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh'

Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb, located in the Archaeological Village complex in Mehrauli, Delhi, India, comprise two monuments adjacent to each other; one is the mosque and the other is the tomb of Jamali and Kamali. Their names are tagged to ...

are situated in Mehrauli Archeological Park, close to the

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Biography

Jamali came from a

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family but was initiated into

sm by the teacher Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He was the tutor of Sultan

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and had married the daughter of 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

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emperor,

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(b. 1483, d. 1530 AD) and his successor

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. 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. Jamali Kamali Masjid, Mehrauli

As a poet of

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, Shaikh Jamall Kamboh had been styled ''Khusrau-i-sani'' ("Khusrau, the second"). He wrote ''Siyar-l-Arifin'' (completed between AD 1530 and 1536) in

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n which is an account of the ''Chishti and Suhrawardi Sufis'' of the period. He also authored other 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.Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan, 1963, p 101, Asiatic Society of Pakistan - Oriental philology. Jamali Kamboh died in 1536 AD while accompanying the

emperor

in the latter's expedition to Gujarat. His tomb and a mosque, known as ''Jamali-Kamali'', is situated near the

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opposite the Ahinsa Sthal on Mehrauli's bypass. His son

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 h ...

, a scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.

Tomb of Jamali Kamali

The tomb of Jamali-Kamali is situated just near the mosque on north side which has square structure. It is painted in sharp red and blue colours. It contains a few Koranic inscriptions. The inside walls are adorned with inlaid coloured tiles inscribed with Jamali's poems. There are graves of Jamali Kamali built of marble material. File:Tomb of Jamali Kamboh,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg, Tomb of Jamali Kamboh,Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi File:Graves of Jamali Kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg, Graves of Jamali Kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi File:Interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg, Interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi File:Closer view of interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg, Closer view of interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi

References

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