# Jamali Kamboh

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**Shaikh Jamaluddin Kamboh Dehlwi** (died 1536), better known as **Jamali Kamboh**,[a] was a 16th-century [Sufi](/source/Sufi) saint and poet from [Delhi](/source/Delhi) during the [Delhi Sultanate](/source/Delhi_Sultanate) and [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) eras. He was a part of the [Suhrawardiyya](/source/Suhrawardiyya) Order and a pupil of poet [Jami](/source/Jami) and of [Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh](/source/Shaikh_Sama'al-Din_Kamboh).[1][2]

Jamali Kamboh was father of [Shaikh Gadai Kamboh](/source/Shaikh_Gadai_Kamboh).[3] [His tomb](/source/Jamali_Kamali_Mosque_and_Tomb) is situated in the [Mehrauli](/source/Mehrauli) Archeological Park, close to the [Qutb Minar](/source/Qutb_Minar) in Delhi.

## Biography

Jamali came from a [Punjabi Muslim](/source/Punjabi_Muslim) [Sunni](/source/Sunni) family but was initiated into [Sufism](/source/Sufi) by his teacher [Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh](/source/Shaikh_Sama'al-Din_Kamboh).[3] He was the tutor of Sultan [Sikandar Lodhi](/source/Sikandar_Lodhi) and had married the daughter of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He lived at [Mehrauli](/source/Mehrauli) during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi (reign 1489–1517) and later composed panegyrics to the first of the Mughal emperor, [Babur](/source/Babur) (1483–1530) and his successor [Humayun](/source/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.[4][5]

[Jamali Kamali Masjid](/source/Jamali_Kamali_Mosque_and_Tomb), Mehrauli Archaeological Park

As a poet in [Persian](/source/Persian_language), Shaikh Jamali had been styled *Khusrau-i-Sani* ("[Khusrau](/source/Amir_Khusrau), the second").[5][6][7][b] He wrote *Siyar-i-Arifin* (completed between 1530 and 1536) in Persian which is an account of the [Chishti](/source/Chishti_Order) and [Suhrawardi](/source/Suhrawardiyya) Sufis of the period. He also authored other works called *[Masnawi](/source/Mathnawi)*, *Mihr wa Mähi Shaikh* and a *[Diwan](/source/Diwan_(poetry))* of verses.[8]

Shaikh Jamali had once admonished Sultan Sikandar Lodi for his shaven chins and for his failure to observe the [obligatory prayers](/source/Salah), [fasts](/source/Fasting_in_Islam) and for his mundane indulgences.[9]

He died in 1536 while accompanying the Mughal emperor Humayun in the latter's expedition to [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat). His son [Shaikh Gadai Kamboh](/source/Shaikh_Gadai_Kamboh), a scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.[3]

## Tomb of Jamali Kamali

[Jamali Kamali tomb](/source/Jamali_Kamali_Mosque_and_Tomb), Mehrauli Archeological Park, Delhi

The complex, known as [Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb](/source/Jamali_Kamali_Mosque_and_Tomb), is situated near the [Qutab Minar](/source/Qutab_Minar) opposite the [Ahinsa Sthal](/source/Ahinsa_Sthal) on [Mehrauli](/source/Mehrauli)'s bypass. The tomb of Jamali-Kamali is situated just near the mosque on north side which has 7.6 m (25 ft) square structure. It is painted in sharp red and blue colours. It contains a few [Quranic](/source/Quran) 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.[10]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Also known as Shaikh Hamid bin Fazlullah, [Dervish](/source/Dervish) Jamali Kamboh Dehlwi, Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi and Jalal Khan.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Note: "[Amir Khusrau](/source/Amir_Khusrau) who flourished during the reign of Alauddin (1295 A.D.–1315 A.D.) was called the "[Philip Sidney](/source/Philip_Sidney) of the East" (see fn 1, *Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar*, 1899, p. 195).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Husaini, Syeda Bilqis Fatema. *A Critical Study of Indo-Persian Literature: During Sayyid and Lodi Period*. p. 41.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Chopra, Pran Nath (1973). *The Gazetteer of India: History and Culture*. India Gazetteers Unit. p. 460.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-a_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-a_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-a_4-2) [Fisher, Michael Herbert](/source/Michael_H._Fisher) (2019). *A Short History of the Mughal Empire*. I.B. Tauris. p. 67. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7556-0491-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7556-0491-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Srivastava, M. P. (1989). *Social and Cultural Trends in Islamic India, 1206–1719 A.D*. p. 148.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_6-1) "Journal of Research (Humanities)". *Journal of Research (Humanities)*. University of the Punjab: 4. 1977.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Muḥammad (Manjhū Akbar Sikandar ibn Muḥammad), Sikandar ibn (1899). *Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar*. p. 195.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Khan, Yar Muhammad (1978). *Iranian Influence in Mughul India*. p. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Hadi, Nabi (1995). *Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature*. pp. 278–79.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** "Oriental Philology". *Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan*. Asiatic Society of Pakistan: 101. 1963.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Peck_12-0)** [Peck, Lucy](/source/Lucy_Peck) (2005). *Delhi: A Thousand Years of Building*. New Delhi: Roli Books. p. 234. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [81-7436-354-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-7436-354-8).

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