Talk:Mihr-un-nissa Begum

Ladli Begum in Sikandra Agra
Shaikh MubarakRA Nagauri was the scion of a family from Yemen, which had come and settled in Reel in Sindh (now in Pakistan). His father Shaikh Khizr migrated and settled in Nagaur near Ajmer. Shaikh MubarakRA was born in Nagaur in 911 AH (1505-06 AD). His teacher in initial stages was Shaikh Attan (Turky). He then moved to the school of Khwaja Ahrar. When he left Nagaur and came to Ahmadabad, he joined the school of Shaikh Gazarooni, an eminent scholar of the city. Shaikh treated Mubarak as his son. During his stay in Ahmadabad, he met many scholars and learnt whatever he could from each of them. He returned home in 1551 AD but settled down in Agra (Chhar Bagh) instead of Nagaur. At Agra Mir Rafiuddin Safavi Muhaddith was the sajjada. Shaikh MubarakRA's two elder sons, Abul Faiz Faizi and Abul Fazal were born here. Shaikh MubarakRA was free in his thinking and beliefs and naturally all these things were nothing less than infidelity (kufr) and heresy (ilhad) in the eyes of the conservatives. The result was that till Faizi and Abul Fazal reached the Mughal Emperor Akbar's court, he could not rise to any position. Shaikh MubarakRA was persecuted by the conservative court ulama. When Faizi and Abul Fazal joined the Emperor's court as courtiers, Shaikh MubarakRA heaved a sigh of relief. There is no doubt that Shaikh MubarakRA, along with his two sons, had a great role to play in the development of Emperor Akbar's religious thinking and his launching Deen-e-Ilahi. Shaikh MubarakRA is the author of many books. The most famous among them is tafseer (commentary on Quran), Manba al-Uyoon al-Maani-o-Matla al-Shamoos al-Masani, in four volumes. He wrote this book during the last days of his life, when he had lost his eyesight. He dictated the whole book with, the help of his memory. Shaikh MubarakRA died at the age of 90 years on 17 Ziqada, 1001 AH (4 December, 1593 AD) at Lahore. His body was brought to Agra (Chhar Bagh) and buried there. It appears that his grave was later shifted to Roza Ladli Begum in Sikandra. — Malik Ram. Shaikh MubarakRA's being a Mahdavi is well known among the Mahdavis and non-Mahdavis. Mullah Badayuni admits that Shaikh MubarakRA was a Mahdavi in his book, Nijat al-Rashid. NagauriRA had compiled a chronogram, Maza Mahdi, on the death of Imam Syed MuhammadAS Jaunpuri (910 AH). Shaikh MubarakRA had sent an istifta (religious enquiry) to Hazrat Abdul Malik SujawandiRA Aalim Billah who, in reply, wrote a book, Minhaj al-Taqweem, in Arabic. Tareekh-e-Sulaimani says that during the debate in the court of Salim Shah, Shaikh MubarakRA supported Hazrat Shaikh AlaiRA and suffered for it. Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi says that Shaikh MubarakRA's father Shaikh Khizr Nagauri also was a Mahdavi. — Muqaddima Siraj al- Absar, III edition, Hyderabad, 1990 AD, pages 239-242). Iftequarfohyan (talk) 18:14, 2 January 2018 (UTC)