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A brief biography of Hadrat Sayyadi Machli Wale Shah

Sahib Hyderabad

Mausoleum of Hadrat Sayyadi Machli Wale Shah Sahib in

Hyderabad

In the praise of Hazrat Hadrat Sayyadi Machli Wale Shah Sahib

 
Oh, Shah, you are known in the Hyderabad and in the world
And still, your favours are well known in the city Hyderabad
So, for this reason, no one leaves empty from your kind door
And he will return back for an act of obliged in this matter
Oh, Shah, Hafeez is your devotee not forget him at your door
Kindly fulfill his wishes and desires as he is the true devotee
Not wishes of Hafeez but Shah consider wishes of all others
Oh Shah your favour is there since for centuries in Hyderabad
So for this reason favour for the glory of the Islam at soon 
So that great flag of Islam will shine again in the world soon
Oh Shah yourself and your spiritual master are well known 
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And your favour is there for all so well known in the world

By Hafeez Anwar
Translator of the Tadhkirtal Auliya
Email :hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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A brief biography of Hazrat Machili Wale Shah Saheb

Machiliwale Shah Saheb (died 8 September 1932), also known

as Syed Kamalullah Shah, was a
renowned Muslim Sufi, saint and scholar of the Quadri, Chisti
Sufi order from Indian sub continent. He was the disciple and
the spiritual successor of Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah
Hussaini (Shaji). His most famous disciple and spiritual
successor was Ghousi Shah, who in turn became the spiritual
master of India's noted Sufi saint.
Biography : Hazrat Syed Kamalullah Shah was popularly
known as Machiliwale Shah Saheb. He was spiritually
illuminated by his spiritual preceptors and could explain
mysteries of life and existence even to highly educated
professors and scholars. Ilahi Chaman (Nimboliadda,
Kachiguda) his residence became the centre of Ulemas and
Sufis. Professors, poets, jurists and bureaucrats would pride
themselves, sitting at the feet of Machiliwale Shah. He stressed
inner illumination and the leading of a pure and simple life.
Spiritual history: Kamalullah Shah (Machiliwale Shah), a
businessman from Mysore, surrendered himself to Syed
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Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini when he first met him

in Secunderabad. He was initiated (mureed) in the Sufi order
and later became the successor (janasheen) of the saint. When
Ghousi Shah came to his shrine building (khankha) he took him
into baiyat and awarded khilafath instantly. And later made him
successor (janasheen).
Influence :A few prominent personalities who used to visit the
saint for acquiring knowledge of tasawwuf (Sufism) include:

 Maharaja Kishan Parshad (Prime Minister of Hyderabad)

 Sir Akbar Hyder Yar Jung
 Nawab Mehdi Yar Jung
 Sir Nizamuth Jung Samad Yar Jung,
 Nawab Sayeed Jung
 Moulana Anwarullah Khan, honorifically known as
Fazeelath Jung (founder of Jamia Nizamia)
 Moulana Barkath Ahmed Tonki (famous Aalim-E-Deen)
 Moulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani,
 Professor ilias Burni. TitlesSirajus Salikeen

 Shaikus Shuyoq Shamsul Aarefin Khulafa

 Moulana Shah Syed Hussain

 Moulana Shah Mohammad Hussain Nazim (Judge)
Vanaparthy
 Ghousi Shah 
 Moulana Meer Ahmed Hussain Bilyamin
 Syed Barkath Ahmed Tonky
 Moulana Syed Obaidullah Alhussaini
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 Moulana Zainul Abedeen

 Death :He died at 1351 Hegira year on Thursday 29th Rabi-
us-sani corresponding to 8th sept 1932 His tomb is situated at
Elahi Chaman, besides Masjid-E-Elahi, Kachiguda,
Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Urs :His annual Urs is organized by his present successor
Moulana Ghousavi Shah on 29th Rabi-us-sani every year.
Moulana Ghousavi Shah (Secretary General: The Conference of
World Religions and President: All India Muslim
Conference) and other religious scholars presides the function
every year. The Urs celebrations will end with sama (Qawwali
Programme) at Baith-Un-Noor, Hyderabad. People from all
corners of country irrespective of cast and creed comes to attend
this occasion every year.
Related
. Mahmoodullah Shah
. Kareemullah Shah

 Ghousi Shah
 Moulana Sahvi Shah
 Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah

Concludion : He was well known and very pious person of his

time. His name is Hadrat Kamal Allah Shah Sahib and but he
was famous and well known by the name of Hadrat Sayyadi
Machli Wale Shah Sahib. In the area of Secundrabad for his
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livelihood, he has opened a shop for selling dry fish and

provision store of food grains.
He was pledged with Hadrat Syed Sultan Mahmud Allah
Hussaini who was left this world in the year 1311 Hegira
Islamic year and he was shifted from Secundrabad to Kachiguda
street and he was constructed one grand shrine building with the
name of Sarai Ilahi Chaman and from where his favor and good
turn of manifest and innermost were began spreading. So, for
this reason, most famous and learned persons as well as perfect
Sufi persons of the time and royal title holding persons used to
present in his shrine building by folding their hands there. In the
unity of God and existentialism his color was similar and
matching with the Islamic Shariah law.
His hands of favour and kindness were always open and he
was used to benefitted somebody by his prayer and to another
person by his act of kindness and even the King of Hyderabad
State Nawab Mir Usman Ali Khan was requested him for his
prayer and Allah was kind enough to him that He was accepted
his kind favour of prayer in this matter and King of Hyderabad
due to kind prayer was able to get return back some of his lost
areas.
He left the mortal world on the 29th Rabi Thani in the year
1315 Hegira. He was buried in a mausoleum near of Ilahi
Mosque in the grave yard of Sarai Ilahi in Kachiguda street
Hyderabad.
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His mausoleum is in Kachiguda Street, which is famous even

today for the fulfillment of desires and wishes of the persons
who visit his grave there.
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By
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez B.Com.
Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid Eldin Attar)
& Hasth Bahist
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