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Biography of Hazrat Syed Shah Ismail Quadri Ghod Wadi Sharif.

Hazrat Syed Shah Ismail Quadri who was great Sufi saint of nineth century Hijri and he belongs to Sadat family of Hussaini chain (descendant of the holy prophet through his daughter Hazrat Fatima ).He was pious and has good conduct and character and he was very kind and used to help the poor and needy persons and he used to welcome guests in the house so in this way he possess the good habits of Sadat family (descendant of the holy prophet). He used to like the learned persons very much. Lineage and Geneology. His lineage and geneology record is connected to Syedna Imam Hussain in the 32th generation. His geneology record is mentioned as follows. 1.Hazrat Ismail Shah Quadiri. 2.Hazrat Syed Hussain. 3.Hazrat Abul Hussain. 4.Hazrat Syed Mohammed. 5.Qutub Syed Alam. 6.Syed Ali. 7.Syed Zainuddin.

8.Syed Sirajuddin. 9.Syed Maqdoom Ismail. 10.Syed Ali Asghar. 11. Syed Abdul Aziz. 12. Syed Shams uddin. 13. Syed Mohammed. 14. Syed Qutub Alam. 15. Syed Alam. 16 . Syed Sharaf Uddin. 17. Syed Abu Jamal. 18. Syed Mohammed. 19. Syed Taher. 20. Syed Abu Mohammed. 21. Syed Azzam. 22. Syed Abdullah. 23. Syed Abu Kamal. 24. Syed Eisa. 25. Syed Ali. 26. Syed Mohammed al Quraishi. 27. Syed Mosa Kazim.

28. Syed Imam Jaffer Sadiq. 29. Syedna Imam Mohammed Baqer. 30.Syedna Imam Zainul Abdin. 31. Syedna Imam Hussain. He was sisters son of Hazrat Syed Shah Chanda Hussaini of Gogi Sharif. During the reign of Sultan Ala Uddin Bahmani in the year 838 A.H. he became an employee in the royal army and he was used to stay at Mohamedabad (Bider). During his stay at Bider one Brahman girl was kidnapped and taken to the royal palace of Sultan Himayun Shah Bahmani so for this reason he wore his military uniform and entered the palace to save the Brahman girl from there. The details of this event is mentioned as follows. Sultan Himayn Shah Bahmani was well known due to his bad character and conducts and for this reason he name became well known as cruel king of Bahmani kingdom. During his rule this event was happened.There was one Brahman neighbour of Syed Ismail Shah Quadri and he has one beautiful and lovely daughter and she was used to visit him and pay her respect and honor to him. when she became adult then the news of her beauty has reached to the sultan so he has given instructions to the royal servants to bring her to the palace by force. So as per order of the sultan she was snatched by royal servants from her parents and she was presented in the palace of the sultan. Upon this event the parents of the girl approached the Shaikh for his kind help for the early recovery of the girl. Upon informing the details of kidnapping case of the girl the parents have

requested his kind help in this matter so that the girl will be free from the royal palace. Upon hearing all details of the case Hazrat Ismail Quadri was much effected and became upset and angry due to bad act of kidnapping case of the sultan and also due to great injustice in this matter. So he wore his military uniform and has entered the palace without any problems and difficulties despite of huge securities measures at the royal palace and .Upon his entry there he has watched that the girl was decorated well in best royal dress and presented before the sultan. When the girl has saw him then she stood and ran towards him and came into his custody and control. So the Shaikh Saheb took her and went out of the palace safely without any difficulty and problem even though there were many thousand security guards were there to protect the palace. Upon reaching the resident of the girls house and he has handed over the girl to the parents and instructed them to leave the place and to go some other area for the safety measure in this matter and he assured them that there will be great help of Allah with them and Allah will protect the girl and help them lot in this matter and they will be safe and secure in this problem. Upon this work he has came to his house and took his 3 sons and wife on high speed horses and went away from the city of Bider and went towards in the west direction. Upon his departure of his family from there was dangerous cry of pain and moaning and mournful atmosphere in the palace. During the investigation in the palace it is revealed by the guards and they have informed the sultan that they have not seen from where that person has gone and they do not know any information in this matter. As the sultan was not successful

is his bad deed so he was very upset and angry in this matter. So for this reason he has ordered his army men for the revenge in this matter and so he has ordered to caught and kill him on the way. When the army of the sultan has proceeded to caught or kill Hazrat Ismail Shah Quadri but they could not able to caught him or kill him so the army has attacked on him. So for this reason the Shaikh has used arrows in his defense and has thrown his arrows on the army of the sultan. Due to kind grace of Allah and due to his miracle one arrow used to kill large number of army men of the sultan and at last the army of the sultan was defeated badly by the Shaikh and due to this reason the sultan has called back his remaining army from the war field to Bider city . Upon this event the Shaikh Saheb went upon the top of the mountain which is near to Ghood Wadi village. Due to arrangements of his stay on the ground so he has thrown an arrow from the top of the mountain and has ordered his servants to find out the arrow and bring it back to him and to mark the place where it will fall. When the servant pulled the arrow from the ground and they find a spring at the point at which arrow was fixed on the ground and from where spring emerged from an underground course. After this event he along with three sons and wife get down from the mountain and came near the spring water area and after ablution he has started his worship there. Upon finish of his worship he has thrown another arrow in the western direction and which went in the thick forest. He asked his servants to find out that arrow but they could not find it in the thick forest. So for this reason he himself went there in the thick forest and found the arrow which was available there. He and his family members settled down permanently there and after some time he has left this world.

His family members. The name of his wife and the names of his sons are mentioned as follows. All these family members were with him during his stay in Bider and Ghod Wadi Sharif. Wifes name is known as Zahra Bi Saheba. The names of his sons are as follows. 1.Syed Shah Mahatab Quaderi. 2.Syed Shah Faiz Ullah Quaderi. 3.Syed Shah Haider Quaderi. The graves of the above family members are available in the shrine area. The importance of his holy sons. His elder son Syed Shah Mahatab Quaderi is man of many miracles and well known in the area for this reason. Once Syed Ismail Quaderi was digging the foundation of one wall and at that time Syed Shah Mahatab Quader came there by holding a stick of sendhi tree (date liquor tree). For this reason upon seeing the stick of sendhi tree (tree of date liquor) he became very upset and angry with him as he thought that his son may make habit of drinking sendhi (date liquor). As per his fathers instruction Syed Shah Mahatab Quaderi get down in the foundation of the wall and filled it with soil and has constructed the wall there. So in this way Syed Mahatab Quaderi follwed his fathers instruction sincerely and get down in the foundation without caring of his life.

Death and his mission work of Islam. Upon his arrival in Ghod Wadi village he has started his mission work of calling the mankind towards the right path of Allah and due to his multi services and benefits he was became well known and famous pious personality of his time in Bider and Ghod Wadi Sharif area. So for this reason large number of people approached towards him in this matter and there was good and positive results in their lives as they followed the tradition of Allahs last prophet and Allahs commandments for the success of their lives after the death. He came to Ghod Wadi Sharif and lived there for a period of 18 or 20 years and he was much busy in the multi services for the mankind and as well as he was also very busy in the following. 1.Worship. 2.Mystical excercise. The Shaikh was left this world on 29th Zil Haj in the year 882 A.H.on the Thursday. There is tradition which is well known and famous in the area that he was entered in the earth alive along with his horse. The Urs (death anniversary). On this ocassion people from various walks of life, irrespective of caste and creed, assemble to celebrate the Urs (death anniversary) which takes place on the 29 day of Zil-hajj to first of Muherram of Muslim calendar at the famous Syed Ismail Quaders dargah (shrine) in Ghod Wadi Sharif every year. Several hundred thousand devotees from near and far, irrespective of religion and beliefs, gather there to seek blessings. Conclusion.

To write about this great Sufi saint is not only it is difficult and but it is very hard task as he was not only a great pious personality of his time in the area of Deccan (South India) but he was also did many great miracles so in brief he was Qutub (highest cadre in spiritual pivot at axis) of his time in the Deccan region. So in brief he did also many great endeavors for the preaching and propagation work of Islam in Deccan and around this region and there was no such personality during his time. On every Thursday the visitors in large numbers will visit the shrine and pray Allah for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of the Shaikhs name . During the summer time the visitors in large number will visit the shrine for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of the Shaikhs name and offer sacrifice of goats and specially on Amvas (lunar months last night) day the local visitors in large number will visit the shrine and offer coconuts there. His live miracles. There is small tank near the shrine building and its water color is red due to its soil color and the visitor used this water for the cooking purpose during their stay there. If somebody use the water from other areas for the cooking purpose so in such case there will be possible that there will be insects in the food items. Many times this was happened that the visitors who brought water from other places and used that water for the cooking food items and find insects there in the food. So for this reason the visitors were upset and approached the shrine care takers help in this matter and the shrine care taker

has brought some water from the tank and spread water on the food items in which there were find insects upon cooking with water from other places and due to live miracle of the Sheikh Saheb and upon reciting the first chapter of Fateha the insects were no more there in the food items. This is his great live miracle which is still find in the shrine and which shows that he was a great pious personality of his time in the area of Deccan (South India). 2. No body is not allowed to enter in the shrine without taking bath and in the condition of nasha (intoxication ) and if there will be any act against such above orders so there will be punishment for such defaults. 3. On On every thursday the visitors in large numbers will visit the shrine and pray Allah for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of the Shaikhs name and sacrifice goats there and during the summer time the visitors in large number visit the shrine and sacrifice goats in large quantity but next day morning in the sacrifice area there will be not find blood, bones and dung and which is surprising thing and also which shows his live great miracle in the shrine and this live miracle is well known and famous since long time. 4. The main miracle in this shrine is mentioned as follows. The visitor who will visit the shrine and pray Allah for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of the Shaikhs name and due to kind grace of Allah his desires and wishes will be fulfilled there and since long time nobody was not returned back with empty hands from the shrine of Syed Shah Ismail Quaderi. His shrine has became famous for fulfillment of desire and wishes of all general persons who visit the shrine there.

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Upon fulfillment of desires and wishes the visitors used to sacrifice goats in the shrine area. Reference book : Faizan Auliya by Mohamed Ali Khan Naqshbani. ========================= Translated from Urdu into English by: Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com., Translator of Tadhkirat Auliya, Hyderabad-36, India. ==================

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