{{Short description|Sufi saint and scholar}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox religious biography | background = | name = Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini | image = Hazrath_syed_sultan_mahmoodullah_shah_hussaini(Rh)_mazar_shareef_in_hyderabad,_india.jpg|alt=Photo of Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini's grave | caption = Grave (Mazaar) photo | religion = Islam | location = Hyderabad, India | Predecessor = Shaikh Syed Burhanuddin Haqqani Haqnuma<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/> | sect = [[Sunni]] [[Hanafi]] | profession = Author | Successor = [[Machiliwale Shah|Syed Machiliwale Shah]]<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/> | death_date = 6th Zilhajja, 1311 AH, 1894 CE<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/> | website = http://www.mgshah.com }}
'''Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini''' (died 1894 CE), also known as "Shah ji", was a renowned Muslim [[Sufi]], saint and scholar of the [[Quadriya|Quadri]], [[Chisti]] order from the Indian subcontinent. He was the native of Kurnool . His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was [[Machiliwale Shah]], who in turn became the spiritual master of India's noted Sufi saint.<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/><ref name="taruf shah"/>
==Biography== Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini was a spiritual student (murid or disciple) of the famous Sufi Shaikh Syed Burhanuddin Haqqani Haqnuma (whose tomb is situated in Trunk Road, [[Rayachoti]], [[Kadapa district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]). He stayed in Secunderabad and Hyderabad for many years. Many scholars of twin cities learned the intricacies of Tauheed and Tasawwuf from him. He initiated Shah Kamalullah popularly known as [[Machiliwale Shah]] in tasawwuf and made him his spiritual successor (Janasheen-e-Silisa).<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/><ref name="taruf shah">Prof. Ikramullah Shah. Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah. ''Publisher: Idara-e-alnoor''</ref>
==Death== He died on 6th Zilhajja, 1311 AH corresponding to 1894 CE. His ''[[Mazar (mausoleum)|mazar]]'' (grave) is situated in Takia Munnamiya, beside Osmania general Hospital, Afzalgunj, Hyderabad.<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin"/>
==Urs== His annual Urs is organized by his present successor Moulana Ghousavi Shah (Secretary General:The Conference of World Religions & President: All India Muslim Conference)<ref name="taruf munsif">By: Prof.Dr.Khwaja Muzaffaruddin Quadri, Ph.D.(Glasgow) Taruf in '' The Munsif Daily Newspaper, Hyderabad, India. '' Dated: 13 July 1998</ref><ref name="Sufiyai 2009">Dr.Sayed Basheer Ahmad. ''Anwar-E-Sufiyai Salasa Hyderabad''. Educational Publishing House, 2009, p. 12-20. {{ISBN|978-81-8223-620-2}}</ref> on 29th Rabi-us-sani every year.<ref name="ghouse mohiuddin">Moulana Ghouse Mohiuddin. Sarsari Taruf Hazrath Syed Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini(Rh), ''Publishers:idara-e-alnoor''.</ref>
==Related== * [[Machiliwale Shah]] * [[Kareemullah Shah]] * [[Ghousi Shah]] * [[Moulana Sahvi Shah]] * [[Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah]] * Syed Ahmed Muhayuddin Noori Shah
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