# Shah e Alam

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Sufi saint

Shahenshah E Gujarat, Hamshabi E Rasool, Mehboob E Baari, Saiyed Muhammad Sirajuddin Shah E Alam Bukhari Personal life Born 17 Zilqadah 817 Hijri/January 1415 Ad Died 20 Jumada al akhira 880 Hijri/21 October 1475 AD (aged 63) Resting place Shah-e-Alam's Roza Flourished Late 13th century and early 14th century Parents Qutbul Aaftab Saiyed Abdullah Burhanuddin Qutub E Alam (father) Sultana Makhdooma Bibi Aminah Siddiqua (mother) Religious life Religion sunni Islam Denomination specifically the Suhrawardiyya of Sufism Senior posting Based in Ahmedabad Predecessor Shaikh Ahmed Ganj Bakhsh, Qutub e Alam Syed Burhanuddin Suhrwadiya

**Shah-E-Alam**, born on 17 Dhul Qidah 817 Hijri/18 January 1415 AD at Patan city in Gujarat, India, is a [Muslim](/source/Muslim) religious teacher and great Wali residing in [Ahmedabad](/source/Ahmedabad), [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), [India](/source/India) during the [Gujarat sultanant](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gujarat_sultanant&action=edit&redlink=1).

## Life

Syed Sirajuddin Muhammad, the son and successor of Syed Burhanuddin Qutub-e-Alam, came to be called by the title of Shah-e-Alam, king of the world. His father Sheikh Burhanuddin, also known as Qutub-e-Alam, was the grandson of Syed Makhdoom [Jehaniya Jehan Gasht](/source/Jahaniyan_Jahangasht).[1] He arrived in Gujarat during the beginning of the fifteenth century during rule of [Ahmed Shah I](/source/Ahmed_Shah_I), settling on the outskirts of Ahmedabad of Gujarat

He died on 20 Jumada al akhira 880 Hijri/1475 AD. The mausoleum was built by Taj Kham Narpali and now known as [Shah-e-Alam's Roza](/source/Shah-e-Alam's_Roza).[2]

## See also

- [Shah-e-Alam's Roza](/source/Shah-e-Alam's_Roza), the mausoleum and the mosque complex dedicated to him

- [Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque](/source/Qutub-e-Alam's_Mosque) at Vatva

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Marat-e-Jalali (مرآت جلالی) by Syed Khalil Ahmed Bukhari Hassaini, First Edition 1918, [Allahabad](/source/Allahabad), Second Edition 1999, [Karachi](/source/Karachi).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Yagnik2011_2-0)** Achyut Yagnik (2 February 2011). [*Ahmedabad: From Royal city to Megacity*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ivMAUx6Hdl8C&pg=PT35). Penguin Books Limited. p. 35. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-81-8475-473-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8475-473-5).

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