Zainuddin Shirazi

{{More citations needed|date=March 2025}} {{Short description|14th-century Sufi saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{coord|20|0|18.54|N|75|11|29.33|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=title}} {{Sufism}} '''Hazrat Khwaja Syed Shah Maqdoom Zain-ud-din Davud ibn Hussain Shirazi''' is a [[Sufi]] saint of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], belonging to the [[Chishti Order]].

==Syed Zainuddin's life== [[File:Khaje Zainuddin Shirzai Maqbara.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Zainuddin Shirzai's Maqbara at [[Khuldabad]]]]'''Syed Zain ud din Davud''' (*[[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] 701/1302 CE, † Hijri 771/1370 CE) was born at [[Shiraz]] and went to [[Delhi]] by way of [[Mecca]]. He studied under Maulana Kamaluddin of Samana, and came with him to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]]. The author of the "Mayrat-al Walayeh" mentions that Zainuddin, on his arrival at Daulatabad, disapproved of the singing and dancing in the convent of [[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din|Burhan uddin]]; but when he visited the [[tekkieh]], he was perfectly satisfied, and he and his companions were initiated in the [[Chishti Order|Chishtia order]]. Syed Zainuddin held the office of "[[Qadi|kazi]]" at Daulatabad, and in H. 737 (1336 CE) was invested with the mantle of the [[caliphate|kaliphat]], but did not actually succeed till after [[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din|Burhan ud din]]'s death in H. 741 (1340 CE). Syed Husain has recorded all the sayings of Zainuddin in his "Hidayat ul Kalul", and mentions that in H. 747 (1346 CE), sultan [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] (H.699-H.752/1300-1351 CE) directed him to leave for [[Delhi]] with the other inhabitants. After the death of the sultan, his successor [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq|Firoz Shah]] permitted the saint to return to [[Daulatabad Fort|Daulatabad]].

Zainuddin was greatly respected by the [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani]] king sultan Mahmud, who was first reproved by the saint for misgovernment. Malik raja the founder of the [[Faruqi dynasty|Faruki dynasty of Khandesh]] became one of Zainuddin's disciples, and when the next sovereign Nasir ud din Nasir Khan Faruki captured [[Asirgarh]] in H.801 / 1399 CE, Zainuddin went expressly from Daulatabad to Asirgarh, to tender his congratulations. It was to commemorate this visit that the town of [[Zainabad (princely state)|Zainabad]], on the left bank of the [[Tapti River|Tapti]], was founded after him; and [[Burhanpur]] on the opposite bank was founded about the same time in honour of [[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din|Burhan ud din]].

Zainuddin died in H. 771 / 1370 CE, and a handsome mausoleum was erected over his tomb at [[Khuldabad|Roza]], which is visited by devout Musalmans of the [[Deccan Plateau|Dakhan]].

The relics of the "parahan" (the robe of the [[Muhammad|prophet]]) and "taj" given to Burhan ud din on succeeding to the kalifat, are carefully preserved in a wooden box placed in one of the apartments of Zainuddin's [[dargah]].

Every year on the 12th [[Rabi' al-awwal|Rabi-ul-awal]], the sacred hair of the [[Muhammad|prophet]] is first shown to visitors, and then the "parahan", the "taj", and a few likenesses of some of the most sacred personages among the [[Muslims]] are exhibited.

The tombs of [[Muhammad Azam Shah|Azam Shah]], of his [[Begum]], and of a Muslim saint, are in a small enclosure to the east of Zainuddin's mausoleum; while [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Aurangzeb]]'s tomb lies to the west. Opposite this last is a large quadrangular courtyard, having open-fronted buildings on all sides, and a "[[naqqar khana]]" or musical drum hall at the east end. The west end is used as a school where the Qur'an is taught, and gives access to an inner courtyard which contains a number of graves. Facing the entrance is the shrine of [[Sayyad Burhanuddin|Burhan ud din]]; and a little to the right is the last resting-place of [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah]] I, the founder of the [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad dynasty]] and of one of his consorts. To the left is the tomb of [[Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad|Nasir Jang]], the son of Asaf Jah, who at one time contemplated rebellion against his father, but overcome by contrition for his conduct, performed penance at the tomb of saint Zainuddin.

The Dargah in [[Khuldabad]] attracts thousands of pilgrims each year from 12th [[Rabi' al-awwal|Rabi-ul-awal]], for the Urs of the saint.

==Malfoozat (''sayings'') of Zainuddin Shirazi==

===Hidayatul quloob===

Hidayat ul Quloob: Malfoozat Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quranwahadith.com/product/malfoozat-khwaja-zainuddin-shirazi/|title=Malfoozat Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi, ملفوظات حضرت زین الدین شیرازی, ہدایت القلوب|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-date=5 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145439/https://quranwahadith.com/product/malfoozat-khwaja-zainuddin-shirazi/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Dalilul Salikeen===

===Habbatul Quloob Min Makamil Mahboob=== ===Habbatul Muhabbat=== These Malfoozat are recorded by Amir Ala Hasan Sanjari, famous poet and author of his time who has also recorded malfoozat of [[Nizamuddin Auliya]], Delhi titled as Fawaydul Fawad. He is also resting in Khuldabad.

==See also== *[[Khuldabad]] *[[Sufi Saints of Aurangabad]] *[[Zar Zari Zar Baksh]] *[[Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *''Gazetter of Aurangabad'' - H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884. (Chapter VI page 395 & 396)

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