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A brief biography of Shah Mohammed Quaderi Thani

Sahab Hyderabad

The mausoleum of Hazrat Gesu Daraz Gulberga

Translated by
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.,
Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid Eldin Attar
Email : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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He was among the grandsons of Shaikh Abdul Quader Jilani in

the 19th genealogical link as follows.
Syed Shah Mohammed Thani Quaderi bin Syed Shah Meran
Quaderi his patronymic name was Shah Miyan bin Shah
Mohammed Kalan Bin Shah Yad Allah, whose patronynic name
was Peer Badashah Bin Syed Asad Allah (Syed Saduddin) Bin
Ghouse Thani Syed Meran Hussain Quaderi al-Mahvi, whose
geneological record was connected in the 14th link with Shaikh
Abdul Quader Jilani. He was born in the Malkapur village near
Langer House in Hyderabad and he was brought up there.
    Ha  was obtained pledged and the caliphate from his uncle
Syed Abdul Quadri Thani and who was the Qutub of his time.
An trusted person on Allah and he was a contented person. He
was a was pious person and  well known for his miracles. And in
his nature there much cleanliness and he used to wear good
dress always. Among the children he used to mingle and talk
with them with intimacy and among the learned persons he used
talk  as a scholar.
His condition of piety and cleanliness  as such that till the
day of his death he was in a state of ablution. And at that time
he told old audience that "His last come,so about knowledge
reality he has  told   some sayings in matter,And he has said
three times ‘Ya Ali’, ‘Ya Ali’, ‘Ya Ali’ and at time of saying
third time ‘Ya Ali’, his soul left from his body to other world.
Death : Hazrat left this mortal world on Muherram on the 24th
of Muherram in the year 1202 Hijiri, corresponding to 1786
A.D. Upon his death, there was a smile on his face and on
fingers, the effect of the counting of beads. He is buried in his
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ancestor's cemetery in the Lungar hosue area and he had no male

children at the time of his death.
(See Mikwat Nabwa, page 384, and Auliya Deccan, page 431)
Location :Hazrat’s tomb is located in the wide cemetery of the
shrine of Hazrat Ghouse Thani, situated on the eastern side of
the tomb near the mosque. The tomb is made of mortar and the
roof is strong. All four sides of the tomb are open. And there
was full light in it. And the inside of the floor of the tomb is
made of mortar. But there is a requirement now for the repair
work. The tomb’s dimensions are as follows.
On the northern and south side, it is 12 feet 8 inches, and on the
eastern and western side, it is 9 feet.
In the tomb there is only one grave of Hazrat. The grave is made
of mortar and it is in good condition. And its dimensions are as
follows:
Two tamarind trees are found on the eastern side of the grave,
providing shade for the Hazrat's tomb.
There is no tablet found on the grave, but at the head side of the
grave in the inside wall there is an inscription in Arabic
calligraphy in which is written ‘Rahdi Allah Anhu’ and from
which Hazrat’s year of death is known as 1201 Hijiri.This type
of inscription in the soil and lime is a sample of old work.
There will be no annual death anniversary or Urs ceremony of
the Hazrat separately, but on the prescribed date there will be a
ceremony of the Fatah at the house of the custodian in the
simple way. But there will be cleaning, white washing, lighting,
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and garlanding of the grave during Hazrat Ghouse Thani's Urs

ceremony.
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Part 3 of Syed Murad Ali Talah's Tazkera-Auliya-E-Hyderabad
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