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SHAJRAH OF DR RASHID MASOOD

I, Dr Rashid Masood, was born in Allahabad City, Uttar Pradesh, India in the year 1946. My father late Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi (1916-1994), son of late Haji Abdul Quddus (1889-1968) belonged to a Zamindar family of Sheikhpur, Pargana Chail, though he spent his life in Allahabad City. He retired as a Principal of Islamia Inter College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P. My mother late Mrs. Masuda Mushtaq (1920-2001) was daughter of late Khan Bahadur Nawab Syed Muhammad Isa of village Niwan, PraganaChail, Allahabad. My elder brother Dr Ahmad Masood, born in 1944 in Allahabad City, Uttar Pradesh, retired as an Advisor in Planning Commission, New Delhi.

I descend in the direct male line from the great sufi saint Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardy (1260-1349) (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Pragana Chail, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The family lineage of Makhdoom Sheikh Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardy (rahmatullahalaih) is traced back to Asad (485-582), the son of Hashim (464-497), grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). (Sir Lepel H. Griffin,”The Punjab Chief”,vol I & II Edn.2, Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette Press, 1890).

Asad ibn Hashim was son of Hashim ibn Abd al-Manafand, the brother of Abdul Muttalib. He was the father of Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Ali and cousin and wife of Abu Talib. Asad ibn Hashim was the maternal great grandfather of Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib. Makhdoom Sheikh Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardy (rahmatullahalaih) was son of Sheikh Sadr-ud-Din Arif, who was descended lineally from Asad bin Hashim. Asad ibn Hashim was son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abdul Muttalib. He was the father of Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Hazrat Ali and cousin and wife of Abu Talib. Asad ibn Hashim was the maternal great grandfather of Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib. (Ibn Hisham, “Seeratun Nabi”, vol I, New Delhi,1982).

Other accounts say that Sheikh Sadr-ud-Din Arif was descended from Asad bin Al-Uzza (Noor Ahmad Khan Faridi, “TazkirahHazrat Baha-ud-Din Zakaria Multani”,Lahore, 1980). The same family tree has also written in his diary Aashiq Ali bin Nusrat Ali bin Wazir Ali of Sheikhpur, Allahabad that Makhdoom Sheikh Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardy (rahmatullahalaih) was descended from Asad bin Al Uzza bin Qusai.

The family lineage of Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) to Asad bin Hashim is well established in the most authentic and reliable book written by Sajjada Nashin of Dargah of Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zakaria Multani (Makhdoom Hasan Baksh Al-Qureshi Al Asadi Al Hashmi, “Anware Ghausia”). My family tree is as follows: Dr Rashid Masood son of Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi son of Abdul Quddus son of Ibn Ali son of Kausar Ali son of Bunyad Ali son of Shah Badi al-Zaman son of Shah Abdul Aziz son of Shah Muhammad Ibrahim son of Shah Mukarram Ali son of Shah Qutub-ud-Din son of Shah Gada son of Mueenud-Din son of son of Zaheer ud-Din son of Habib al-Allah son of Rooh al-Allah son of Shahab ud-Din son of Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail son of Sadr ud-Din Arif son of Baha ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria son of Wajih ud-Din son of Sultan Abu Bakr son of Sultan Jalal ud-Din son of Sultan Ali Qazi son of Sultan Husain son of Sultan Abd al-Allah son of Sultan Al-Matrafah son of Sultan Hazeemah son of Ameer Hazim son of Ameer Taj ud-Din son of Abl al-Rehman son of Abd al Rahim son of Ameer Mahya son of Asad son of Hashim son of Abd Manaf. It is evident that we belong to Al Qureshi Al Asadi Al Hashmi tribes.

The original Shajrah with the signature and Shahi Mohar (seal) of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was submitted to Allahabad High Court in a litigation over a piece of agricultural land between two family members of Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad. In the absence of original Shajrah, there was a misunderstanding that name of Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad is Imad Uddin Ismail Al Qureshi Al Asadi Al Hashmi. This confusion was created by Khalid bin Umar who compiled a Profile entitled “Ismail Qureshi Asadi Hashmi Suhrawardi” published in Wikipedia in which he has written that the name of Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al-Hashm rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad was ‘Imad Uddin Ismail’. This is not acceptable for two reasons: firstly, Imad-ud-Din was a Shaheed and secondly, his grave is in Multan and not in Bamrauli. Full name of “ Imad Uddin Ismail” was Imad Ud-Din Ismail Shaheed who was son of Sadr-ud-Din Arif (rahmatullahalaih) and grandson of Baha-ud-Din Zakaria Multani (rahmatullahalaih), Since Rukn Alam (rahmatullahalaih), son of Sadr ud-Din Arif (rahmatullahalaih) had left no children, his younger brother Imad ud-Din Ismail Shaheed was appointed Sajjada Nashin of the dargah of Hazrat Baha ud-Din Zakaria Multani (rahmatullahalaih).

Noor Ahmad Khan Faridi has mentioned in his book that the grave of Imad ud-Din Ismail Shaheed is in Multan (Noor Ahmad KhanFaridi, “TazkirahHazrat Baha-ud-Din ZakariaMultani”,Lahore, 1980). Syed Khalil Ahmad Bukhari Hisami has also written in his Miratul Jalali that Imad-ud-Din Ismail Shaheed was buried in Multan (Syed Khalil Ahma d Bukhari Hisami,“Miratul Jalali”, 1918, Allahabad, p.25). But Syed Khali Ahmad Bukhari Hisami created another controversy that Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) was nephew of Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zakaria Multani. He has not given any authentic reference to prove it.

There is no doubt that Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) was son of Sadr-ud-Din Arif (rahmatullahalaih) and his burial place is in Bamrauli, Allahabad. (H.R.Nevill, “Állahabad: A Gazetteer; District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra & Oudh:”, vol XXIII, 1911).

Ameer Taj-ud-Din was the first who migrated from Mecca and settled in Al-Jabal Abad, Khwarizm (which is now known as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and then Sultan Husain migrated from Khwarism to Multan, India (now in Pakistan). He was appointed to the post of Qazi at Kot Karore Fort. After the death of Taj-ud-Din, Khwarizm was ruled over for eight generations by his descendants viz., Amir Hazim, Sultan Hazeem, Sultan Al-Matraf, Sultan Abdullah, Sultan Husain, Sultan Ali Qazi, Sultan Jalal ud-Din and Sultan Abu Bakr.

Shaikh-ul-Islam Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Multani, known as Bahawal Haq (rahmatullahalaih) was son of Wajih ud-Din and grandson of Sultan Abu Bakr. He was one of the most distinguished disciples of Shaikh Al-Shuyukh Shahab-ud-Din Suhrawardi and was the founder of Suhrawardi Silsila in the Sub-Continent. He was born in Kot Karore in 1170 AD. For fifteen years he travelled far and wide to preach Islam. After performing Haj he visited Jerusalem, Syria, Baghdad and many other countries and finally settled at Multan in 1222 AD, and passed away in Multan in 1270 AD.

Makhdoom Sheikh Muhammad Ismail Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih), son of Sheikh Sadr ud-Din Arif (rahmatullahalaih) and grandson of Baha ud-Din Zakari (rahmatullahalaih), was born in Multan, India in 1260 AD. He migrated from Multan, known as The City of Saints, to Delhi and then to Allahabad. He settled at Bamrauli village, Allahabad and passed away from this world in 1349 AD.

Shah Badi-uz-Zaman with eleven links in the lineage to Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi was a big zamindar in Ibrahimpur Bamrauli, Allahabad. A dispute arose between two brothers of the same zamindar family and in consequence to the lengthy legal battle, Badi-uz-Zaman along with his family left his house and agricultural land at village Bamrauli and settled at Ibrahimpur that was renamed as Sheikhpur. His eldest son, Bunyad Ali established and expanded his agricultural land in Sheikhpur while his younger brother Muharram Ali laid a foundation of a new village just a miles away from Sheikhpur that is called Mohiuddinpur.

It is a well-known fact that my father, Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi bin Abd-al-Quddus bin Ibn Ali is a direct descended from Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardi (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad. I am 17th in descent from Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad. My elder brother, Dr Ahmad Masood is also 17th in descent from Makhdoom Muhammad Ismail Al-Quraishi Al-Asadi Al-Hashmi (rahmatullahalaih) of Bamrauli, Allahabad This is worth to mention here that Muhammad Rasool Allah (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was third in descent from Hashim bin Abd al-Manaf while I am 34th in descent from Hashim bin Abd al-Manaf bin Qusai.