Sahib-ul-Barkaat, Hazrat, Maulana, Shaikh, Sufi, Sayyid
Syed Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi Pemi Ishqi
सैयद शाह बरकतउल्लाह मारहरावी
Personal
Born
Syed Shah Barkatullah

1660
Bilgram, India (present-day Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh)
Died1729
Marehra, India (present-day Etah district, Uttar Pradesh)
Resting placeKhanquah-e-Barkaatiya
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
Home townMarehra
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Notable work(s)Pem-Prakadh
TariqaQadiriyya–Barkatiyya
Pen namePemi (in Hindi) and Ishqi (in Persian and Arabic)

Syed Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi (1660–1729) also known as Pemi and Ishqi and Sahib-ul-Barkaat was an Indian poet, author and Sufi saint.[1][2][3] He wrote in Awadhi, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic.[4][5] He was a contemporary of Aurangzeb.[6]

Early life and education

Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi was born Syed Shah Barkatullah in Bilgram Sharif, Hardoi (present-day Uttar Pradesh) in 1660 to Syed Shah Owais Bilgrami.[7][8] He learnt under his father,[2] who was a direct descendant of Ali Ibn Abi Talib through his son Hussain and grandson Zaid Ibn Ali.[9]

Barkatullah was a mureed and Khalifa of his father in the Chishti Order, and was a Khalifa of his cousin, Syed Murabbi Ibn Syed Abdul Nabi, in the Qadiriyya order.[10]

Works

He wrote Pem-Prakash, a collection of Hindi poems. It was recently published by Lachhmi Dhar Kalla.[11]

  • Pem-Prakash
  • Awarif-e-Hindi[8]
  • Char Anwah[8]
  • Diwan-e-Ishqi[8]
  • Biyaaz-e-Baatin
  • Wassiyat Nama
  • Masnavi Riyazul Aashiqeen
  • Biyaaz-e-Zahir
  • Irshadus Salikeen
  • Risala Takseer

Death and legacy

He was buried in Khanquah-e-Barkaatiya, Etah district of Uttar Pradesh.[12][13]

He was the founder of Qadiriyya–Barkatiya silsila.[14]

References

  1. ↑ بحوث مهداة للأستاذ الدكتور سيد مقبول احمد، ١٩١٩-١٩٩٨ م (in Arabic). جامعة آل البيت،. 1999. p. 611.
  2. 1 2 Hindustānī (in Hindi). Hindustānī Ekeḍemī. 1987. pp. 16–17.
  3. ↑ Hindī bhāshā kī śabda-saṃracanā (in Hindi). Sāhitya Sahakāra. 1985. p. 108.
  4. ↑ Literature, Panjab University Sheikh Baba Farid Department of Medieval Indian (1978). Panjab University Journal of Medieval Indian Literature. Sheikh Baba Farid Department of Medieval Indian Literature, Panjab University. p. 21.
  5. ↑ Mohammada, Malika (2005). Culture of Hindi. Kalinga Publications. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-81-87644-73-6.
  6. ↑ Javed, Ajeet (2002). Heritage of Harmony: An Insight Into Medieval India. Gyan Publishing House. p. 274. ISBN 978-81-212-0817-8.
  7. ↑ "Profile of Barkatullah Pemi". Sufinama. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Hadi, Nabi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Abhinav Publications. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-7017-311-3.
  9. ↑ Siddiqui 2016, p. 15.
  10. ↑ Siddiqui 2016, p. 16.
  11. ↑ Islamic Culture. Islamic Culture Board. 1971. pp. 218–219.
  12. ↑ "एटा के मारहरा की खानकाह के उर्स में विदेशों से आते लोग, अलाउद्दीन खिलजी के आदेश पर राजा मुनीराम ने रखी थी नींव". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  13. ↑ "अलाउद्दीन खिलजी-राजपूतों के रिश्ते का गवाह है यूपी का ये कस्बा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  14. ↑ Lanzillo, Amanda (2024-01-23). Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India. Univ of California Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-520-39857-3.

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