Sahib-ul-Barkaat, Hazrat, Maulana, Shaikh, Sufi, Sayyid
Syed Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi Pemi Ishqi
सैयद शाह बरकतउल्लाह मारहरावी
Personal
Born
Syed Shah Barkatullah

1660
Bilgram, India (present-day Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh)
Died1729
Marehra, India (present-day Etah district, Uttar Pradesh)
Resting placeKhanquah-e-Barkaatiya
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
Home townMarehra
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Notable work(s)Pem-Prakadh
TariqaQadiriyya–Barkatiyya
Pen namePemi (in Hindi) and Ishqi (in Persian and Arabic)

Syed Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi (1660–1729) also known as Pemi and Ishqi and Sahib-ul-Barkaat was an Indian poet, author and Sufi saint.[1][2][3] He wrote in Awadhi, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic.[4][5] He was a contemporary of Aurangzeb.[6]

Early life and education

Shah Barkatullah Marehrawi was born Syed Shah Barkatullah in Bilgram Sharif, Hardoi (present-day Uttar Pradesh) in 1660 to Syed Shah Owais Bilgrami.[7][8] He learnt under his father,[2] who was a direct descendant of Ali Ibn Abi Talib through his son Hussain and grandson Zaid Ibn Ali.[9]

Barkatullah was a mureed and Khalifa of his father in the Chishti Order, and was a Khalifa of his cousin, Syed Murabbi Ibn Syed Abdul Nabi, in the Qadiriyya order.[10]

Works

He wrote Pem-Prakash, a collection of Hindi poems. It was recently published by Lachhmi Dhar Kalla.[11]

  • Pem-Prakash
  • Awarif-e-Hindi[8]
  • Char Anwah[8]
  • Diwan-e-Ishqi[8]
  • Biyaaz-e-Baatin
  • Wassiyat Nama
  • Masnavi Riyazul Aashiqeen
  • Biyaaz-e-Zahir
  • Irshadus Salikeen
  • Risala Takseer

Death and legacy

He was buried in Khanquah-e-Barkaatiya, Etah district of Uttar Pradesh.[12][13]

He was the founder of Qadiriyya–Barkatiya silsila.[14]

References

  1. بحوث مهداة للأستاذ الدكتور سيد مقبول احمد، ١٩١٩-١٩٩٨ م (in Arabic). جامعة آل البيت،. 1999. p. 611.
  2. 1 2 Hindustānī (in Hindi). Hindustānī Ekeḍemī. 1987. pp. 16–17.
  3. Hindī bhāshā kī śabda-saṃracanā (in Hindi). Sāhitya Sahakāra. 1985. p. 108.
  4. Literature, Panjab University Sheikh Baba Farid Department of Medieval Indian (1978). Panjab University Journal of Medieval Indian Literature. Sheikh Baba Farid Department of Medieval Indian Literature, Panjab University. p. 21.
  5. Mohammada, Malika (2005). Culture of Hindi. Kalinga Publications. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-81-87644-73-6.
  6. Javed, Ajeet (2002). Heritage of Harmony: An Insight Into Medieval India. Gyan Publishing House. p. 274. ISBN 978-81-212-0817-8.
  7. "Profile of Barkatullah Pemi". Sufinama. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Hadi, Nabi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Abhinav Publications. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-7017-311-3.
  9. Siddiqui 2016, p. 15.
  10. Siddiqui 2016, p. 16.
  11. Islamic Culture. Islamic Culture Board. 1971. pp. 218–219.
  12. "एटा के मारहरा की खानकाह के उर्स में विदेशों से आते लोग, अलाउद्दीन खिलजी के आदेश पर राजा मुनीराम ने रखी थी नींव". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  13. "अलाउद्दीन खिलजी-राजपूतों के रिश्ते का गवाह है यूपी का ये कस्बा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  14. Lanzillo, Amanda (2024-01-23). Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India. Univ of California Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-520-39857-3.

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