Sayyid Mir Jan

Ghous Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb ibn Hasan Naqshbandi Ishaani (غوث السيد مير جان شاه صاحب بن حسن النقشبندي الإيشاني) was a Sunni saint from Kabul and contemporary supreme leader of the Naqshbandi Tariqa and Naqshbandi Ishaani Sub-Tariqa as the 7th hereditary successor of his ancestor Hazrat Ishaan.

Ancestry
Sayyid Mir Jan was a Sayyid (a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib), both maternally and paternally. His ancestors immigrated to Bukhara and after that to Kabul, where Sayyid Mir Jan was born. They also migrated to Bukhara, where the prominent Sufi saint Bahauddin Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, was born. A descendant of Bahauddin Naqshband after 7 generations was Hazrat Ishaan, whose descendants later immigrated to variable regions of Central Asia, like Khorasan, today known as Afghanistan in order to spread the Naqshbandi Ishaani sub-order's teachings.

Early life and education
Sayyid Mir Jan was introduced in Tasawwuf in the age of 5 years. His father Sayyid Mir Hasan was also a high ranking saint, who used to teach his sons about Islam and Sufism. Sayyid Mir Jan was educated in Kabul and became a professor of Islamic theology. Later he has built his own university in Lahore. Sayyid Mir Jan and his brother Sayyid Mahmud also wrote poems.

Spiritual journey
After his education in Kabul, Sayyid Mir Jan stayed in Medina for a decade to be trained by one of his masters, and while there married a local woman. Later, he traveled to Lahore to the tomb of Hazrat Khwaja Khawand Mahmud, also known as Hazrat Ishaan. Hazrat Ishaan was a Sufi saint from Bukhara, whose wilayat was also in Lahore. Hazrat Ishaan's successors included his two sons Moinuddin Naqshband in Srinagar, Kashmir and Bahauddin in Lahore and their descendants until the late 18th century, by which time the lineage was lost. According to a legend, Hazrat Ishaan made prophecies about Sayyid Mir Jan, naming him as his successor to revive his lineage. Sayyid Mir Jan was a Qutb, more commonly known as Ghous al-Azam or simply Ghous, the highest ranking Wali (Saint) of his time.

Family
Sayyid Mir Jan was a son of Sayyid Mir Hasan. Both his brothers Khwaja Sayyid Mir Fazlullah and Sayyid Mir Mahmud are regarded as saints as well. His younger brother Sayyid Mahmud Agha was his disciple, becoming a Ghous one rank below Sayyid Mir Jan. Other siblings included two brothers named Sayyid Mir Azimullah and Khwaja Sayyid Mir Taqiqullah, and five sisters. Sayyid Mir Jan married his wife in Medina, and had 2 sons. His wife and his sons died during a natural disaster.

Lineage
The lineage of Sayyid Mir Jan's family is the following:


 * 1 Muhammad


 * 2 Ali and Fatima Al Zahra


 * 3 Imam Hussain Shaheed Reza


 * 4 Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin


 * 5 Imam Muhammad al Baqir


 * 6 Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq


 * 7 Imam Musa al Kazim


 * 8 Abu Qasim Sayyid Mir Hamza


 * 9 Sayyid Mir Qasim


 * 10 Sayyid Mir Ahmad


 * 11 Sayyid Mir Muhammad


 * 12 Ismail Muhammad Hakim


 * 13 Sayyid Mir Latif


 * 14 Sayyid Mir Muhammad


 * 15 Sayyid Mir Kulal


 * 16 Sayyid Mir Ahmad


 * 17 Sayyid Mir Hashim


 * 18 Sayyid Mir Mustaali


 * 19 Sayyid Mir Dost Ali


 * 20 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Latif


 * 21 Sayyid Mir Abdullah


 * 22 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Shamah


 * 23 Sayyid Mir Latifullah


 * 24 Sayyid Mir Ruhollah


 * 25 Sayyid Mir Baitullah


 * 26 Sayyid Mir Nimatullah


 * 27 Sayyid Mir Azimullah


 * 28 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Hasan


 * 29 Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha, brother of Sayyid Mir Jan


 * 30 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan Ahmadi


 * 31 Sayyida Bibi Rahima Ahmadi


 * 32 Mir Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik


 * 33 Sayyid Mir Rafaiyl Dakik, Sayyid Mir Matin Dakik, Sayyid Mir Hamid Dakik