Hazrat Ishaan

Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi, known as "Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb" (1563 — 5 November 1642) is a Sufi Saint from Bokhara.[1]

Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb
Darbare Hazrat Ishaan
Born1563
Bukhara, now Uzbekistan
Died4 November 1642 (aged 79)
Lahore, Mughal Empire, now Punjab, Pakistan
Resting placeLahore
Title
  • Imam ul- Awliyah Allah (the Imam of the Awliyah of Allah)
  • Imam al-Arifeen (The Imam of the Gnostics)
  • Qudwat Salikeen(The Destination of the seekers)
  • Hujjat ul Kamileen(The complete truth)
  • Padshahe Awliya(Emperor of the Awliyah, given by his master Khwaja Ishaq Wali Dahbidi)
  • Farzande delband Shahe Naqshband(Beloved son of Shahe Naqshband)
PredecessorHazrat Bahauddin Naqshband (Uwaisiyyah line)
SuccessorSayyid Mir Jan (Uwaisiyyah line)[2]
Parent(s)Hazrat Sayyid Mir Sharif Naqshbandi
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Ancestry

Hazrat Ishaan was a Sayyid, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima al Zahra and his son in law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib.

Paternal descendance

Two paternal Sayyid lineages of him are currently known. From one line he is a direct descendant of the seventh Imam Musa al Kadhim, through his son Ibrahim al Murtadha and of the well known Sufi master Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin Atar. Sayyid Alauddin Atar was the successor and son in law of Hazrat Bahauddin Naqshband. Therefore, Hazrat Ishaan is also from the progeny of Hazrat Bahauddin Naqshband, who was himself a descendant of the eleventh Imam Hasan al Askari, through his son Sayyid Ali Akbar.[3][4][5] Hazrat Ishaan Saheb is also known to have a familiary relationship with the Sufi saint Farid ul-din Attar.[6]

Maternal descendance

From his maternal line Hazrat Ishaan is of Hashimi descent from two lines. One line is linked to Imam Hussein though his maternal grandfather Marik ibn Zayn ul Abideen. Another line is linked to Imam Muhammad Ibn al Hanafiyyah

Biography

Family

Hazrat Ishaan was the second son of Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif Naqshbandi. His older brother was Khwaja Khawand Muhammad Naqshbandi, known as Khwaja Khawand Aftab, who also was a saint. Hazrat Ishaan had issued 5 daughters and 6 sons, who are all regarded as saints.[7]

Lineage

Registered lineages of him to the Prophet Muhammad, that are currently known are the following two:[8]

1. Prophet Muhammad

2. Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Al Zahra

3. Imam Hussain

4. Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin

5. Imam Muhammad al Baqir 

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sâdiq

7. Imam Musa al-Kazim

8. Imam Ali al Reza

9. Imam Muhammad al Taqi

10. Imam Ali al Hadi

11. Imam Hasan al-Askari

12. Mir Sayyid Ali Akbar 

13. Sayyid Mir Mahmud Fakhriddin

14. Amir Sayyid Mir Muhyuddin

15. Amir Sayyid Mir Khalwati

16. Amir Sayyid Mir Naqi Naqib

17. Sayyid Mir Ilaq

18. Sayyid Mir Mahmud

19. Sayyid Burhan Qilchy

20. Sayyid Mir Shaaban

21. Sayyid Mir Qasim

22. Sayyid Mir Zayn ul Abedin

23. Sayyid Mir Abdullah

24. Sayyid Mir Burhanuddin Qilichiy

25. Amir Sayyid Mir Jalalludin Muhammad Bukhari

26. Amir Sayyid Burhanuddin Muhammad Bukhari

27. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Bahauddin Naqshband

28. Shahe Naqshband´s daughter and her husband Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin Attar

29. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hussain Atar Bukhari

30. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Tajuddin Hussain

31. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad

32. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Zia ul Din

33. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif

34. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud, also known as Hazrat Ishaan


1. Prophet Muhammad

2. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Al Zahra

3. Imam Hussain

4. Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin

5. Imam Muhammad al Baqir 

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sâdiq

7. Imam Musa al-Kazim

8. Sayyid Mir Ibrahim

9. Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr al-Kabir

10. Sayyid Mir Abdul-Haq

11. Sayyid Mir Jafar

12. Sayyid Mir Muhammad Rumi

13. Sayyid Mir Abdullah

14. Sayyid Mir Musa

15. Sayyid Mir Hussein

16. Sayyid Mir Qasim

17. Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr Reza

18. Sayyid Mir Abdullah Zarbakhsh

19. Sayyid Mir Muhammad Khwarezmi

20. Khwaja Alauddin Attar

21. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hussain Atar Bukhari

22. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Tajuddin Hussain

23. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad

24. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Zia ul Din

25. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif

26. Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud, also known as Hazrat Ishaan

The significance of his lineage is an evidence for descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari.

Spiritual journey

Hazrat Ishaan was influenced by his ancestors´ teachings and was therefore a disciple of his father.[9] Hazat Ishaan was granted permission from his father to study in a royal college and had become an accomplished scholar.[10] In the age of 23 years Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb has received a letter to visit his father and to accompany him in his last days.[11] Upon his father, passing away, he has abandoned further studies and concentrated on the mystical quest.[12] In this he first left to Wakhsh[13], where he has become Shaykh ul Islam, performing his duties there.[14] While staying in Wakhsh, he got to know Khwaja Hajji[15]. They have met a second time in Balkh, where Khwaja Hajji has introduced him to his future master Khwaja Ishaq Dahbidi and has become his disciple.[16] He met him the second time in Bokhara and has become his disciple.[17] After twelve years of spiritual training Hazrat Ishaan Saheb has reached the level of a Shaykh in Tasawuff in year 1598.[18] Khwaja Ishaq Wali has welcomed him in his circle as the emperor of all Awliya Allah. On the order of Khwaja Ishaq Wali Hazrat Ishaan Saheb went to Lahore to propagate the Ishaqqiya path. Instead he went to Srinagar in Kashmir. In Srinagar he attracted many people, who have later followed him. The fame of his piety has reached many areas of Central Asia.[19] Hundreds of thousands of disciples in Khorasan, modern-day Afghanistan, especially in the cities of Kandahar, Kabul and Herat, followed him.[20] He has sent disciples in all over Central Asia under, whom 2 have been sent to Tibet. Unlike other Naqshbandi Masters he attracted many people, who were not only official patronages.[21] Hazrat Khwaja Khawand Mahmud was invited by the Moghul Emperor Jahangir to go to his court in Agra. Going there several times, he was unable to create firm connections to the court, because of the influences of Naqshbandis attached to the rival Jubairiyya branch.[22][23] Therefore, he came back to Kashmir. Becoming entangled in the struggle against the Shia community there, Moghul emperor Shah Jahan summoned him in year 1636 to Delhi and banned his way to Srinagar. Hazrat Ishaan spent his last six years in Lahore, where he also died.[24][25][26]

Succession

Hazrat Ishaan was succeeded by his son Moinuddin Naqshabnd in Kashmir.[27] His youngest son Bahauddin succeeded his father in Lahore in a very young age. His spiritual line died out in the late eighteenth century. Hazrat Ishaan has stated that one of his progeny will come to revive his lineage and to take his place as Ghawth. It has been found, that Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan is this person, who is his successor in the Uwaisiyyah way.[28]

Spiritual rank

Hazrat Ishaan was Qutb ul Aqtab, also called Ghawth, the highest ranking Wali Allah (saint) of his time. In Sufism the Ghawth is known as the cosmic leader of the whole universe and righteous successor of prophet Muhammad. It is said that Hazrat Ishaan stated that under his progeny there will come a son of him, who will revive the spiritual lineage and legacy of Hazrat Ishaan and who will take his place as Ghawth after him. His successor is Sayyid ul Sadaat Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan.[29][30]

Darbare Hazrat Ishaan after the renovation of his descendant Hazrat Khwaja Sardar Sayyid Mir Sultan Masood Dakik at night
Holy graves of Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb, Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb and Hazrat Sayyid Mahmud Shah Saheb
Masjid of the Darbar of Hazrat Ishaan after the renovation of his descendant Hazrat Khwaja Sardar Sayyid Mir Sultan Masood Dakik
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See also

References
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  8. Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p. 62 f.
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  12. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 50, l. 15-17
  13. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 51, l. 3
  14. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 6, l. 5
  15. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 59, l. 17-20
  16. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 60, l. 1
  17. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 60, l. 7-11
  18. Damrel in Forgotten Grace, p. 61, l. 17-20, p. 62, l. 1, 2
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  21. "the Naqshbandiyya: Orthodoxy and activism in a worldwide Sufi tradition" written and investigated by: Itzchak Weismann ;company: Routledge Taylor&Francis Group(p.52)
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  24. Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore)
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  27. "the Naqshbandiyya: Orthodoxy and activism in a worldwide Sufi tradition" written and investigated by: Itzchak Weismann ;company: Routledge Taylor&Francis Group(p.52)
  28. Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.65
  29. Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore)
  30. Sufi Sheikhs of Pakistan and Afghanistan
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