{{Short description|South Asian Sufi Saint (1588–1671)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}} {{Sufism}} '''Syed Shah Jamal Uddin Naqvi Bukhari''' ([[Urdu]]:{{Nastaliq|سید شاہ جمال الدین نقوی بخاری}}; 1588–1671) also known as '''Baba Shah Jamal''' was a [[Sufi saint]]. He is also known as Hussaini Syed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dargahinfo - Complete Collection of Dargahs World Wide |url=http://dargahinfo.com/Dargah_History.aspx?HID=322 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=dargahinfo.com }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Ancestry == Syed Shah Jamal was descendant of Makhdoom Syed Sadruddin Rajan Qattaal, who was a son of Makhdoom Syed Sultan Ahmad Kabir Bin Makhdoom Syed [[Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari]].<ref name=":0" /> Syed Shah Jamal belonged to the school of [[Qadiriyya|Qadriyya]], [[Suhrawardiyya]] and [[Chishti Order|Chishtiyya]] sufi orders. Baba Syed Shah Jamal's descendants mostly live in Kotli Shah Saleem, [[Shakargarh]]. His grandson Syed Shah Saleem Bin Baba Syed Shah Moosa Bin Shah Jamal's Tomb is situated in Kotli Shah Saleem village.

== Life == He lived in [[Lahore]]'s neighbourhood of [[Ichhra]] at the time of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar the Great]]. The emperor, along with the council of his advisers, introduced the [[Din-i-Ilahi]] ("Divine Faith") a [[syncretic]] religion intended to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire (primarily [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]; elements were also taken from [[Christianity]], [[Jainism]], and [[Zoroastrianism]]) and thereby reconcile the sectarian differences that divided his subjects. Syed Shah Jamal fought against Akbar’s [[Din-i-Ilahi]]<ref name="thenews.com.pk">{{Cite web |title=Account of a typical Thursday night at Lahore’s famous shrine of Shah Jamal {{!}} Special Report {{!}} thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/613876-shah-jamal-afterglow |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> and brought the people back to orthodox Islam.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Baba Shah Jamal – The Syed Family |url=https://thesyedfamily.com/prominent-family-members/baba-shah-jamal.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-30 |title=Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2007_pg7_45 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330120755/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2007_pg7_45 |archive-date=30 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Shrine == {{Main|Shrine of Shah Jamal}} Jamal died in 1671. [[Tomb of Shah Jamal|His shrine]] is located near [[Muslim Town, Lahore|Muslim Town]] in [[Shah Jamal]] [[Lahore]], opposite to [[Forman Christian College|Forman Christian (FC) College]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rehman |first=Noor Ur |date=2018-08-03 |title=Baba Shah Jamal: A Spiritual Enclave |url=https://www.charcoalgravel.com/baba-shah-jamal-a-spiritual-enclave/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Charcoal + Gravel |language=en-US |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227103346/https://www.charcoalgravel.com/baba-shah-jamal-a-spiritual-enclave/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Festivities take place there every Thursday.<ref name="thenews.com.pk"/> His [[Urs]] is conducted annually on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of [[Rabi' al-Thani]],<ref name=":1" /> and is attended by hundreds of thousands of devotees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-13 |title=Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C03%5Cstory_3-5-2006_pg13_5 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313153840/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C03%5Cstory_3-5-2006_pg13_5 |archive-date=13 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A characteristic part of the rituals was the late [[Pappu Sain]], who used to play the [[dhol]] at the shrine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The sufi drummer {{!}} Encore {{!}} thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/908172-the-sufi-drummer |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>

==Khalifa Akbar & Sajjada Nasheen== His [[Khalifa]] Akbar and Sajjada Nasheen [[Gaddi Nasheen]] is [[Pir (Sufism)|Pir]] Dr Syed Ali Hussain Shah Naqvi al [[Bukhari (surname)|Bukhari]] [[Hussaini]]. who is a descendant and the Trustee and successor of '''Baba Shah Jamal''' through the [[Silsila tul Zahab]] ([[Silsila-e-Zahab]]) or Golden Chain. He holds regular [[Khatam Khawajgan]] and issues [[Fatwas]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C03%5Cstory_3-5-2006_pg13_5 ''Pappu Saeen beats the drum for Shah Jamal''], Daily Times (3 May 2006) * [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/May/subcontinent_May149.xml&section=subcontinent&col= ''Devotees whirl to dhol at Baba Jamal’s Urs''], Khaleej Times (5 May 2006) * [http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=640217 ''Gonga Saeen & Mithu Saeen beats the drum for Baba Shah Jamal, Photo by Yasuo Osakabe''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605143810/http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=640217 |date=5 June 2016 }}, Photographer, Yasuo Oaskabe

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