The Life and Times of Shah Wali Allah: Important Events During and Immediately After his Lifetime

‫قطب الدين أحمد ولي هللا بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي‬

SHAH LEFT DELHI WITH THIRD BATTLE OF EAST INDIA CO. GRABBED THE
RETURN FROM SOJOURN IN THE DEATH OF SHAH
SECOND NADIR SHAH RANSACKS HIS FAMILY FOR PANIPAT. DIWANI RIGHTS OVER BENGAL,
BIRTH FIRST HAJJ JOURNEY HAJJ HOLY CITIES WALI ALLAH
MARRIAGE DELHI BUDHANA DUE TO MARATHAS ROUTED BIHAR AND ORISSA, THE
MARRIAGE COMPANY WAS AWARDED THE
TURMOILS IN DELHI
DISTRICTS OF BANARAS AND
GHAZIPUR AS ITS JAGIR (FIEF)
29th
Muharram
8 Rabi al- 10th Rajab End of April
4 Shawwal 1151 H/ 1176 AH/ 20
Thani, 1143, 1145/16th 1731 till end 14 January
1114 H/ 1717 1744 1739 1173/1760 August 1762
21st Oct. December of June 1761
21st Feb 1703 1179/1765
1730 1732 1732
BURIED BESIDE HIS FATHER SHAH
PERFORMED HIS SECOND HAJJ IN ABDUR RAHIM AT MEHDIYAN (A
IN PHULET, WESTERN FATIMA, BI IRADA,
TO DELHI THE BEGINNING OF JUNE 1732 GRAVEYARD TO THE LEFT OF DELHI
UP, TO SHAH ABD-UR- Daughter of his Daugther of Sayyid FROM SURAT
BRITISH FORCES GATE)
RAHIM maternal uncle Hamid 'Ali SunipattL SADASHIV RAO, KNOWN AS BHAO,
DEFEATED SIRAJ-UD- DDEFEAT OF TIPU SULTAN, WHO DIED
DAULA IN THE BATTLE ENTERED DELHI FORCED Y'AQUB BRITISH FORCES VANQUISHED
Shah Wali Allah Dehlawi is widely recognized as a mujaddid of the eighteenth century CE. He is often considered on ‘ALI TO HAND OVER THE CHARGE OF SHUJ‘A-UD- DAULA AT BAKSAR FIGHTING THE BRITISH AT
OF PLASSEY IN 1757 SERINGAPATAN, SEALED THE FATE OF
par with Imam Ghazali and Ibn Taimiyyah for his revivalist efforts and his astute scholarship. Muslims of the Indian THE RED FORT TO HIM.
sub-continent to this day are indebted to Shah Wali Allah whose epoch-making writings and statesmanship during MUSLIM RULE IN INDIA
extremely troubled times, ensured better cohesion in the community and kept the true spirit of Islamic learning alive
despite the decline of political power and the depredations of the Marathas, the Sikhs, the Jats and the British during 9th Dhil
23rd
the 18th and 19th Centuries. The resilience of the ummah that was witnessed in the 20th century also owes its origin 1757 Hijjah ll73/
October,
to the Shah’s efforts. His example can even now serve as a beacon to the bewildered and battered Indian Muslim 24th June
community faced with a strident fascist regime determined to wipe out all traces of Islam and Muslims from the land. 1764. 1799
1760