Hazrat Shah Jalal(R:)

Hazrat Shah Jalal (R:) Mazar

His biography was first recorded in the mid 16th century by a certain Shaikh 'Ali (d. 1562), a descendant of one of Shah Jalal's companions. Thus there is a gap of several centuries between the life of the saint and that of his earliest biographer. According to this account, Shah Jalal had been born in Turkestan, where he became a spiritual disciple of Saiyid Ahmad Yasawi, one of the founders of the central Asian Sufi tradition.Therefore, although his existence is not debated, much of his life story is debated.

Early life and education

Born Jalāl ad-Dīn bin Mahmoud and became a makdhum teacher  of Sunnah and, for performing prayers in solitary milieu and leading a secluded life as an ascetic al Mujarrad was postfixed to his name. He was conferred with the title of Shaykh-ul-Mashāykh (Great Scholar). Shah Jalal's date and place of birth is not certain. Various traditions and historical documents differ. A number of scholars have claimed that he was born in 1271 CE in konia in modern-d (then in the Sultanat of ram) and later moved to Yamen  either as a child or adult while many believe he was born in a village call in  Yemen. His mother, Syeda Hasina Fatimah, and his father, Mahmoud bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim, were descendants of    dynasty of Qurayshi of Mecca His father was a Muslim cleric, who was a contemporary of the Persian poet and Sufi mystic,Jalal uddin Muhammed Rumi.

. Shah Jalal was educated and raised by his maternal uncle Syed Ahmed Kabir in Mecca. He excelled in his studies;  became Hafiz  and mastered fiqh. He achieved spiritual perfection (Kamaliyyat) after 30 years of study, practice and meditation.