Hazrat Ja’far Tayyar (Radi Allahu anhu.) He was the real brother of the Commander of the faithfuls. Amin ul Mu’amineen, Hazrat Ali (Karam Allahu wajjahul kareem). and he belongs to the first batch of the migrants who migrated to the country of Abyssinians, i.e Ethiopia and he come back to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta’ala’alayhi wa sallam on the day the Fort Khaiber was conqured. The Prophet Salla Allahu ta’ala’alayhi wa sallam greeted him with full of joy and embracing him said that his abundance of joy and happiness was due to his arrival or due to the conquest of the Khaiber. He had come to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta’ala’alayhi wa sallam in the year of the 7th Hijri. He embraced martyrdom in the war of Moutha. He was called the biwinged for the very reason that both of his arms were cut down in the war. And that is why Allah. the Highest bestowed him with two wings studded with gems and pearls like those of the angels, into the paradise. And he would make flights with the help of those wings. His death occured at the age of forty one years in the year 8 Hijri. Tarikhul Awliya, 1291 H. Vol I. Printed at Marghoub Printing Press, Hardayar at Bombay city TheLifeHistory Of Hazrat Shaikh Makhdum Ali Paro Qutb-ul- Aqtab Qutb-e-Kokan, Al-Mahaimi of Mumbai (May Allah Sanctify His Soul) Compiled By Mohammad Abdullah Mama Paro Qaisary, Makhdumi, Niyazi, Fakhri, Nizami, Kalimi, Chishti, AL- Mahaimi 71/73 Zakaria Masjid Street, Third Floor, Room No 19. Mumbai 400 009. First Edition : August 1999 Second Edition : June 2000 Published by: Mohammad Abdullah Mama Paro Qaisary, Makhdumi, Niyazi, Fakhri, Nizami, Kalimi, Chishti, AL- Mahaimi 71/73 Zakaria Masjid Street, Third Floor, Room No 19. Mumbai 400 009. Typeset & Printed by: Ghazali Typestters & Printers Birya House, 265 Perin Nariman Street (Bazargate Street), 1st Floor, Room No.112 Fort, Mumbai 400 001 Tel. Off. : 266 3495 Res: 262 1240 Price : Free Available at Publisher’s address. FOREWORD The reason of arranging and compiling this brief history of life of Hazrat Shaikh Makhdum Ali Paro’s rehmatullahi alaih is that when his honourable father Hazrat Maulana Shaikh Ahmad Paro’s rehmatullahi alaih residential quarter which later on was turned into a mausoleum after his death, situated at Ghas Bazar, Kalyan. Maharashtra was under dispute through a suit into the Kalyan High Court, that time, here was no record or any documents in English regarding Hazrat Shaikh Makhdum Ali Paro rehmatullahi alaih, or Hazrat Maulana Shaikh Ahmad Paro rehmatullahi alaih. Consequently, the pleaders, the advocates and the Magistrate were unable to understand the very basis of the suit. Not only that was so but also, the Muslim advocates and the pleaders were not knowing Urdu language and that is why it was very difficult to present the case in its right perspective. Moreover, today we find that most of the Muslim people have opted to get their children admitted to the English medium schools due to some kind of compulsion or the other. The younger generation of today, is totally unaware of the life history of the renowned saint Hazrat Makhdum Ali Paro rehmatullahi alaih This very fact is the reason of venturing upon compiling a brief life sketch and his forefather’s brief history in English. We have taken care and we have endeavoured to collect the subject matter through books, treatises, magazines and newspapers. And here it is that we are presenting this for your kind information. In compilation and completion of this book we are graced by the favour of Hazrat Shaikh Makhdum Ali Paro rehmatullahi alaih Hazrat Nizamuddin Awliya rehmatullahi alaih Maqbool-e-Ilahi Kalimi, Chishti, Qutb-e-Daccan Aurangabadi Hazra Maulana Mohammad Fakhruddin rehmatullahi alaih, Muhibbun Nabi Fakr-e-Jahan Nizami Kalimi Chishti Dehlavi and this slave’s patrons Hazrat Al Haj Baba Abdul Rehman rehmatullahi alaih Shah Karam Nawaz Fakhri Nizami Chishti and my saintly guide and spiritual leader, Hazrat Moinuddin Alias Hazrat Mohammad Qaisaruddin rehmatullahi alaih (Qaisar Miyan) Fakhari Nizami Kalimi, Chishti have graced me with their blessings and I am very much obliged to them in this regard and I am very much thankful to them. Those who have given me their support and concrete help in compilation of this book are our brother respectable Mr. Shaikh Hakim Burhanuddin Gariburrehmani Qadri, Qaisary Fakhri Nizami Chishti. Mr.Sayyed Noor Mohammed Sayyed Alauddin Peerzadah Saheb. Mr. Sayyed Mohammad Salim, Sayyed Alauddin Saheb Peerzadah. Mr.Mohammad Hanif Saheb. Mohammad ShakeeL Saheb Jurai and Mohammad Rafique Abdul Ghani. Shaikh Saheb. Lastly I would like to mention the name of our younger brother Mr. Gulam Husain Mama Paro Qaisary Fakhri Nizami Kalimi Chishti who helped us with his memory about the events and information regarding Hazrat Makhdum Shah rehmatullahi alaih and his predecssors. Seeking the blessing of all of you. Your’s sincerely Mohammad Abdullah Mama Paro Qaisari, Makhdumi, Niyazi, Fakhri, Nizami, Kalimi, Chishti, Al- Mahaimi Allah – beginning with the name of the most Beneficent and Merciful. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HISTORICAL CONDITIONS OF MAHIM The Western territorial side of India. almost all of it is situated close to the sea. In the era of Maha Bharat it was called by the name of Uprant and the Arab tourists named it. ‘Kunkun’ or Kum Kum. Bomaby and its suburbans are but a part of this very kun kun which later on was continued to be called Kokan. In ancient times, it consisted of seven different islands. Their names are as follows: (1)Colaba .(2) Bambai , (3) Majgaon. (4) Parel. (5) Worli. (6) Sion, (7) M A H A I M As regards to these islands, the most ancient reference can be obtained from the book of Ptolmey (which was printed in the year 150 A.D. who had given these islands the name of HEPTANESIA. These islands remained desolate and uninhabited for a long time. But, today. it is brewing with hustle and bustle to no limit. The coins belonging to the era of Raja Krishnan (375 A.D. to 400 A.D.) which are found. reveal the fact that, in that age. Bombay and the territories around it had begun to be inhabited. Then it was the sixth century A.D. when the Mauryas got control over the North Kokan inclusive of the islands of Bombay. The Mauryas had made Elephanta (Purl) their capital. Afterwards. Kirti Vennari. The First (156 A.D. - 591 A.D.), of the Chalukia Dynasty invaded the whole of the Kokan territory. In the year 810 A.D.. the Salhar Dynasty caine to its height in the North Kokan. Its twenty rulers, in succession, ruled over the North Kokan alongwith the islands of Bombay till 1260 AD. In their period Thana. Sanjan, Sopara, Kalyan, Bassein. Uran and Cheeval etcetera were the famous and commercial centres. In the beginning, the Arab Traders came into contact with those territories where there were the sea-ports. In those days. it was the Southern India where there were more seaports than any other part of India. Then. these came into existence in Sindh, Gujrat and Baluchistan Provinces. To name the ports, it would be like this: In Madras ( The State-Province) Kolam. Milli, Malaibar, Ras Kuman. in Gujrat Thana. Khambayat Sopara, Chemboriya, in Sindh Vaibal. in Baluchistan Nezu etcetera. There were other islands like Sarandeep. Mal Deep that were like the sea-ports. The Salhars had made their stay and were living. in these territories for centuries prior to the establishment of the rule of Muslims in India. The first of all the Arab tourist that came to India is Sulaiman, The Trader (235 Hijri). He has made description of the kings who ruled over the territories adjoining the coast of india, in his travelogue, in which the first name is of Raja Baihara, The name of his territory under his rule is ‘ Kum Kurn ( Kokan) which is situated along the sea-side. The historian Bilazari describes that just near Bombay. there is Thana (which in Arabic is written ‘Tana’). This is the port that achieved the honour of stepping here by one of the Most Revered Companions of The Holy Prophet Salla Allahu ta’ala’alayhi wa sallam, in the year of fifteenth Hijri when Hazrat Urnar Farooq Radi Allahu anhu was the Caliph in Arabia. That is why, there were some such Muslims in this territory who claimed to have their decendence from the Companions of the Holy Prophet Salla Allahu ta’ala’alayhi wa sallam. In the Bombay Gazette, Volume Third, it is mentioned that the predecessors of Hazrat Makhdum Ali Faquih rehmatullahi alaih came to Mahim in about 252 Hijri i.e., 860 AD. In 1312 A.D. Alauddin Khilji attacked the King of Devgiri, Shankar Deo and killed him. The killing of Shankar Deo was on the pretext that he had refused to be ready to give yearly revenue to the King of Delhi. After Shankar Deo, Har Gopal was appointed in his place. He, too, resorted to faithlessness and ingratitude and, consequently, he was deprived of the crown and the throne by the King of Delhi. After the rebellion, treachery and consequently his exemplary end, in 1318 A.D. Sultan Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah I ordered his armies to annex Bombay (Mahim) to his kingdom and he declared Thana to be the central City of this territory. Thus Mahim was captured and controlled by the army of the king. After the death of Muzaffar Shah, his grandson Ahmed Shah became the king in 813 Hijri.