Jamali Kamboh

'''Shaikh Jamaluddin Kamboh Dehlwi''' (died 1536), better known as '''Jamali Kamboh''',{{Efn|Also known as Shaikh Hamid bin Fazlullah, [[Dervish]] Jamali Kamboh Dehlwi, Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi and Jalal Khan.}} was a 16th-century [[Sufi]] saint and poet from [[Delhi]] during the [[Delhi Sultanate]] and [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] eras. He was a part of the [[Suhrawardiyya]] Order and a pupil of poet [[Jami]] and of [[Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Husaini |first=Syeda Bilqis Fatema |title=A Critical Study of Indo-Persian Literature: During Sayyid and Lodi Period |pages=41}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chopra |first=Pran Nath |title=The Gazetteer of India: History and Culture |date=1973 |publisher=India Gazetteers Unit |pages=460}}</ref>

Jamali Kamboh was father of [[Shaikh Gadai Kamboh]].<ref name="a">{{Cite book |last=Fisher |first=Michael Herbert |url= |title=A Short History of the Mughal Empire |date=2019 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=978-0-7556-0491-3 |page=67 |language=en |quote=|author-link=Michael H. Fisher}}</ref> [[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb|His tomb]] is situated in the [[Mehrauli]] Archeological Park, close to the [[Qutb Minar]] in Delhi.

==Biography== Jamali came from a [[Punjabi Muslim]] [[Sunni]] family but was initiated into [[Sufi]]sm by his teacher [[Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh]].<ref name="a" /> He was the tutor of Sultan [[Sikandar Lodhi]] and had married the daughter of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He lived at [[Mehrauli]] during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi (reign 1489–1517) and later composed panegyrics to the first of the Mughal emperor, [[Babur]] (1483–1530) and his successor [[Humayun]].

Jamali Kamboh was a poet at the court of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi. The Sultan who himself was a poet (he wrote poetry under the pen-name Gulrukh) patronized learning and literary acquisitions and used to show his poetry to Shaikh Jamali for corrections and improvement.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=M. P. |title=Social and Cultural Trends in Islamic India, 1206–1719 A.D. |date=1989 |pages=148}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=1977 |title=Journal of Research (Humanities) |journal=Journal of Research (Humanities) |publisher=University of the Punjab |pages=4}}</ref>

[[File:Jamali Kamali Masjid, Mehrauli.jpg|thumb|[[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb|Jamali Kamali Masjid]], Mehrauli Archaeological Park]] As a poet in [[Persian language|Persian]], Shaikh Jamali had been styled ''Khusrau-i-Sani'' ("[[Amir Khusrau|Khusrau]], the second").<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Muḥammad (Manjhū Akbar Sikandar ibn Muḥammad) |first=Sikandar ibn |title=Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar |date=1899 |pages=195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Yar Muhammad |title=Iranian Influence in Mughul India |date=1978 |pages=4}}</ref>{{Efn|Note: "[[Amir Khusrau]] who flourished during the reign of Alauddin (1295 A.D.–1315 A.D.) was called the "[[Philip Sidney]] of the East" (see fn 1, ''Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar'', 1899, p. 195).}} He wrote ''Siyar-i-Arifin'' (completed between 1530 and 1536) in Persian which is an account of the [[Chishti Order|Chishti]] and [[Suhrawardiyya|Suhrawardi]] Sufis of the period. He also authored other works called ''[[Mathnawi|Masnawi]]'', ''Mihr wa Mähi Shaikh'' and a ''[[Diwan (poetry)|Diwan]]'' of verses.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hadi |first=Nabi |title=Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature |date=1995 |pages=278-79}}</ref>

Shaikh Jamali had once admonished Sultan Sikandar Lodi for his shaven chins and for his failure to observe the [[Salah|obligatory prayers]], [[Fasting in Islam|fasts]] and for his mundane indulgences.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1963 |title=Oriental Philology |journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan |publisher=Asiatic Society of Pakistan |pages=101}}</ref>

He died in 1536 while accompanying the Mughal emperor Humayun in the latter's expedition to [[Gujarat]]. His son [[Shaikh Gadai Kamboh]], a scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.<ref name="a" />

==Tomb of Jamali Kamali== [[File:Jamali Kamali tomb.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb|Jamali Kamali tomb]], Mehrauli Archeological Park, Delhi]]The complex, known as [[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb]], is situated near the [[Qutab Minar]] opposite the [[Ahinsa Sthal]] on [[Mehrauli]]'s bypass. The tomb of Jamali-Kamali is situated just near the mosque on north side which has {{convert|7.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} square structure. It is painted in sharp red and blue colours. It contains a few [[Quran|Quranic]] inscriptions. The inside walls are adorned with inlaid coloured tiles inscribed with Jamali's poems. There are graves of Jamali Kamali built of marble material.<ref name="Peck">{{Cite book |last=Peck |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Peck |url= |title=Delhi: A Thousand Years of Building |work= |publisher=Roli Books |year= |isbn=81-7436-354-8 |location=New Delhi |page=234 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |accessdate=|date=2005}}</ref>

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