Shah e Alam, born on 17 Dhul Qidah 817 Hijri/18 January 1415 AD at Patan city in Gujarat, India, is a
Muslim
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religious teacher and great Wali residing in
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...
,
Gujarat
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,
India
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during the
Gujarat sultanant.
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.
[Marat-e-Jalali (مرآت جلالی) by Syed Khalil Ahmed Bukhari Hassaini , First Edition 1918, ]Allahabad
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, Second Edition 1999, Karachi
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. He arrived in Gujarat during the beginning of the fifteenth century during rule of
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.
See also
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Shah-e-Alam's Roza, the mausoleum and the mosque complex dedicated to him
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Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque at Vatva
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History of Ahmedabad
Indian Sufi saints
Year of birth unknown
14th-century deaths