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Brief biography of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. Warangal.

There was great share of work  which belongs to Shaikh Abdul Quadir Jilani R.A for the  propagation and preaching of Islam and for this purpose he had sent  his followers in all directions of the world and after him his descendents also followed his way and they had also left their birth places  to the foreign lands for the spreading Islam  there. Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani is from 11th direct descendent  of Shaikh Abdul Quadir Jilani  R.A. and who had left Baghdad   many centuries ago  for India for the propagation of  Islam  and he  was great successful there and he had got   great position in India  especially in South India. Due to the presence of seven famous personalities  from  the chain of Quaderia  and for this reason they are called  the seven stars. His name and descendent details are mentioned as follows. His name is Hammad and his Alqab ( epithets ) are Jalal uddin and Jamal Al- Bahar but his great fame and popularity is attached with his Qitab  ( title ) of  Mashooq Rabbani. His ancestral and lineage   details are as follows. Syed Shah Jalal uddin Hammad  R.A.  Syed Hasan Abdul Quadir  R.A. Syed Ahmed  R.A. Syed Shah Yousuf  R.A. Syed Shah Mohammed  R.A. Syed Shah Hyder Hilal uddin R.A. Syed Shah  Shabuddin  R.A. Syed Shah Mohammed  R.A. Syed Shah Emad uddin Abi Saleh Syed Shah Tajuddin Abi Baher Abdul Razzaq R.A. Shaikh Abdul Quader Jilani R.A.     Birth and Education : His holy birth took place about five hundred year ago on the  7th Rajab in the year 896 A.H. in the city of Baghdad  and at  that time the Turkey was province  under the  Baghdad government and   the ruler of Turkey’s  name was Saleem. His early education  and training was    completed under the  direct supervision  of his father at  his  house  as their house  belongs to great  knowledge and  wisdom and by the age of 12 years  he was completed his education and he was  perfect in many knowledges. His mother was also perfect lady in many knowledges so when she will use to observe any miracle from any of the her sons then she used to say them baby take rest and then at that time the boy will suddenly die  at once and in this way many of her sons were died. Till the age of 12 years no miracle was occurred by him and   he had completed the  education in knowledge of  Zaheri (manifest ) and then his father had awarded him Qirqa (saintly dress ) and Khilafat (spiritual successorship ). The reasons for his journey to Harmain (holy Makkah and Madina). Once he was standing in the house building and at that  time some  ducks  and gooses were  running  towards him so  he shook his leg and due this  reason the duck  died at once there. The housemaid  had reported this miracle to Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. mother’s and she had given her instructions of not to  disclose this matter to others  persons and she had began her preparations  to separate him from his father for the above reason. Upon obtaining  father’s permission Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani  R.A. had left  Baghdad along with some disciples and Mutaqadien (followers) and his mother asked him to proceed towards holy Makkah and Madina Munnarwara. He first had visited Makkah and from there  h ad proceed to  Madina Munnwara and had stayed there for a period of two years. Permission to leave towards Deccan ( South of India). When he had reached Madina Munnawara and there he was awarded the Qitab  (Title) of Mashooq Rabbani  ( The  lover of Allah ) due to the kindness and nobility of holy noble prophet of Allah  and he was asked to leave for Deccan (South of  India ) for the propagation of Islam there. In the year 916 A.H. or 917 A.H. he had arrived in Warangal along with many of disciples and darwesh persons   during the period of Quli Qutub  Shah who was the ruler of Golconda dynasty. There were seventy or eighty elephants with him which were also reached with him in Warangal and on  them  the luggage of followers and darwesh persons was loaded. At that time the Lodi kings   was ruling  on the throne of Delhi. Stay at Somawarm village. Upon his arrival in Warangal he had proceed directly towards Somawaram  village which is  16 miles away in the southern side from the city of  Warangal    and  where he had stayed there  for a period of 12 years on  the hill side and   he was busy in the standing position in the meditation  of Anwar Qaq (the lights of Allah ). Stay at Qazipura village. After the above stay he was proceeded for his stay in Qaizpura village which is five miles away from Warangal. As per the reference   from the book  Miskawat Nabiya   in which it was  quoted  reference from  the another book Anwar Aqbar  that Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. after his  arrival from Baghdad to Deccan (South of  India )  and he had began his worship at the mountain in Hanmakonda village. Where there was a Hindu Jogi who was very powerful there in the worship of  the idols and he was used to commit many harmful acts. Due to his ill will the Jogi thrown a big stone on the sheikh but due to  the grace of Allah he had stopped the big stone with his  finger and his finger impression  is still available on the stone and that place is named as Chilla and that stone is  also preserved even today. When the visitors used to see that stone will feel  a sense great  peace and satisfaction  in this matter. After this miracle he get down from the hill and had proceed towards Qazipura village and went towards the tomb of  Qazi Ziauddin  and asked his permission to stay there and upon approval of  the permission he had  stayed there and from that place 150 yards onwards  he had  pointed  his  final resting place by fixing  his staff on the ground. The Qazi had  proceed with the armies of Delhi king Mohammed Tughlaq for the expedition of Warangal and died in the war and for this reason that village is known as Qazipura village but due to several Urs (annual celebration of death anniversaries ) of  Hazrat  Mashooq  Rabbani R.A.  the village became very  famous as Urs Jagir village. Marrainge and his sons .As per the reference from  the  history book    of  Qila  (Fort ) Warangal the sheikh was married in the year 925  A.H.  and there were two wives of him and from them he had three sons and one daughter and  from  them two sons and one daughter were died  in the early ages  because of  their miracles. The three graves of them are available on the left side of the tomb of  Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A.. Only one son Hazrat Ghouse Moinuddin of  Hazrat Mashooq  Rabbani R.A.  was survived and from him the linage is being continued and blessed by Allah for the  preaching  and propagation Islam in the region. His miracles. The author of the book Mishkawat Nibwa had mentioned  that  Sheikh  was a man of  miracles and Kashaf (revelations ). He did many miracles  and for this reason it is very difficult  and tough task to  cover  all of them. Regarding the great miracle of  Hazrat  Mashooq Rabbani. R.A. The Ranga Samudram, which is a large  water tank located on the western side of the Urs Jagir  village and which was presented to the Sheikh by a local ruler when the Shaikh had  shown him his great miracle by given life to the dead horse due to  grace and kindness of Allah. Some more details of this miracle is as follows. Once the local ruler had presented him a costly horse for  the use of the Sheikh and that horse was slaughtered by the order of the Sheikh  to feed the disciples and darwesh  persons of the shrine who had faced severe starvation at that time. Upon reaching this news the local ruler  had become very upset in this matter so he had asked the Sheikh to return back his costly horse and he  was insisted and  had forced him for this reason so  the Sheikh had ordered the darwesh  persons to collect the bones of the horse and upon collection he had looked at them and told Qum Bizin Allah   ( Rise by the grace of Allah) and then the horse become alive at once due to kind grace and mercy of Allah. Due to his great miracle the local ruler was regretted in this matter and touched the foot of the Sheikh with great respect and honour  and granted him the  large water tank of Ranga  Samudram. The date of sheikh’s demise  and  death anniversary details are mentioned as follows. He had left this world on 22th Rajab 999 A.H,. But As per other history record his date of   demise is 17th Rajab 977 A,H. and the death anniversary usually will commence in the village Urs Jagir on 17th Rajab every year. The Urs (death anniversary ) ceremony is being performed by the trustees of the shrine every year in the best possible manner for the comfort and  best service of the visitors of the shrine. From the two places of  old Gadi and new Gadi (Small fort) the ceremony of sandal carrying is held at the same time. The visitors of the shrine are provided food  and benediction on this occasion in one of the Gadies (small fort) separately.

On every Saturday and Thursday the visitors in large numbers will visit the shrine and pray Allah for the fulfilment of their desires and wishes  for the sake of the Shaikh’s name. For the management of old shrine and  for  the poor feeding and for the other expenses the rulers of Golconda and Asif Jahi kings ( Hyderabad State) had granted some villages  to the trustees of the shrine who are decendent  of the sheikh. First of all Sultan Quli Qutub Shah of Golconda dynasty in 1095 A.H had granted Qazipura village to the shrine and the following villages also had been given to the trustees by the rulers of Hyderabad State for the  administration  and  other  expense of the shrine. 1.	Farm of Aliabad. 2.	Alipur village. 3.	Chotpally village. 4.	Somaram village and Jamalpur  farm. 5.	Dobba Kunata and Tinkur Kunta farm. At the time of  re-organisation of Hyderabad State all the above service Inam (grants) villages which were having annual revenue source of over Rupees of one hundred thousand at that time had been taken back from the trustees by the government and in lie of the above villages  for every three months some small amount of grants are allowed by the government to cover the expenses of the shrine adminstration  at Urs Jagir village in Warangal. The above are some of the brief extracts from the book “ Hayat Mahsooq Rabbani R.A.” which  was written by Auliya Quadri     who  was   brother of the former trustees of the shrine. - Translated from Urdu to English by Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Translator of Muslim Saints  and Mystics (Tadkhiratal Awiliya ) Hyderabad, India. Email ; hafeezanwar@yahoo.com ---