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The biography of Hadrat Shah Mohammed Saudagar Sahib

Name
His name is well known and famous as Mohammad and his
Alqab ( epithets ) is well known and famous as Shah and but
his great fame and popularity are attached with his poetic name
Saudagar. He was a great learned man and Sufi person of his
time. Hazrat Shah Mohammed Saudagar belongs to 24th direct
descendent of Hadrat Abu Baker R.A. and he was perfect in
the spiritual knowledge and which is evident from his books.
He was a disciple of Hadrat Mir Ghulam Hussain Ahmed
and who well known as Hadrat Mirza Sardar Baig Sahib. His
father Hadrat Shah Abdul Qader Siddiqui and who was a great
learned man and great Sufi person of his time and who was
included among companions of King Aurangzeb Alamgir of
Delhi and he was visited Kashmir and he was settled down
there.
Blessed birth and Education
His blessed birth has taken place on the 6th Rajab in the
year 1276 Hegira in Nal Bazaar lane in Bombay city. He has
visited Hyderabad in his early age during the period of King
Mehboob Ali Khan and in the beginning, he was busy in sales
of Kashmir garments in Hyderabad and then he was settled
down in lane Mehboob Shahi (Petla Burj).

His early education and training have completed under the

direct supervision of his teachers and whose details are
mentioned as follows.
Since an early age, he was much interested in the following
knowledge.
1.Knowledge of wisdom
2.Knowledge of tradition
Moulana Abdur Rasheed, Maulavi Abdul Karim Bajodi and
teacher of excegis of Quran Moulana Abbas Ali are very famous
at that time in Hyderabad. He was become a disciple of
Moulana Sardar Baig Saheb at the age of 17 years. He has
completed recital and endeavours , mystic knowledge under
the direct supervision of his spiritual master.
As per instruction of his Sufi master he has discontinued
commercial activities and he was engaged in the completion of
mystic knowledge. He has done hard endeavours and mystical
exercise and for a period of 13 years and he has avoided eating
the meat of the animals. Due to the kind attention of the
spiritual master he has completed the mystic initiation and
knowledge about the attributes of the names of Allah .
The total number persons who become his disciples upon
pledging on his hand were more than 300,000 persons all over
the Indian sub-continent.
During the year 1310, Hegira after the demise of his spiritual
master Hadrat Sardar Baig Sahib he has seen Hadrat Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz Ajmer by revelation and due to his kind favour
and attention and he has paid attention towards him and he
instructed him to visit his mausoleum in Ajmer. So he has visited

Ajmer and there Khwaja Sahib favoured him with the benefits
of spiritual support and he addressed him as Shah Mohammed.
He used to participate in the annual Urs (death anniversary) of
Hadrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz in Ajmare where there will be
available for him one seat of honour in Sama (listening house)
Khana. Upon finishing of the Urs ceremony (death anniversary)
at Ajmer he used to visit Delhi where he will use to visit the
mausoleums of Hadrat Qutubuddin Bakhtiari Kaki, Hadrat
Nizamuddin Auliya, Hadrat Nasiruddin Chirag Delhi, Hadrat
Kamaluddin, Hadrat Sheikh Kalimuddin Jehanabadi and Hadrat
Moulana Fakher and also he has visited the mausoleum of
Hadrat Hafiz Mohammed Ali Khairabadi and Hadrat
Nizamuddin Aurganabadi number of times. In last due to the
star of his luck when it was shined to such a great extent and at
that time when he has seen the last prophet of Allah two times
in by revelation and this event he has explained in poetry and its
translation and interpretation is as follows.
There will be such look in such light so the eyes will be closed
In it there is finding the love and graceful look of the last
prophet
He was a great lover of his spiritual master also he was a
lover of the names of Allah and on which there will be easy to
act upon them. The attribute of love which is required to get into
the world. To get any attribute of the personality and in other
words is to get the personality. So it is to get the attribute of love
and which is easy and effortless and which can be obtained by

the love of the spiritual master easily. In this matter, he says in

poetry and its translation and interpretation are as follows.
He is that trader who has sacrificed his soul and
Who got magnificence of Allah in the face of Mir Mirzai
His experience of knowledge and ability of spirituality which
can be found by the readers of his books. nevertheless his one
disciple Mavlavi Muhaib Hussain who was teacher of womens
education and who was died on 5th Jamad Awwal in the year
1348 Hegira and here to mention his reference is proper as he
was a great teacher and also he was among learned person of
knowledge manifest and innermost and who has written many
books on Sufism and he has translated the bookQuran in poetry
and he has written exegesis of Quran and has given books
name Masnavi Asrar Quran and which is a great master
piece work which will leave great effects upon its readers and
so, for this reason, this book should be read and understood for
this reason.
During the year 1913 Mavlavi Muhib has written one book on
the instruction of his spiritual master Hadrat Saudargar Sahib
Musdas Touhid and at that time Hadrat Saudar Sahib was
staying in the mosque of Alamgiri in Tadban lane and shrine
building of Khaja Phadi was under construction there. The
translation and interpretation of some lines of poetry from the
above book are as follows.
But he is Shah Mohammed and who is perfect spiritual master

Whose knowledge and mystic exercise are all world renown

Nobody did not go empty from his door of the benevolence
The veil of magnificence opened and he was met with the truth
If you want to see the truth and if so you have a desire for this
Then go and see in the mosque who is sat and available there
He is in Tadban and to be too evident there on the high place
It is known as the mountain of Khaja or as well known hill of
Khaja
There is find one pious person and lover and saint of Allah
If you are lucky then going and become a disciple of him
To search of Allah which is the desire of learning persons
If you cannot find Him, then all your life will become spoiled
It is also necessary here to mention the opinion and the
connection of Moulana Mufti Noor Zia who is well known as
Nawab Zia Yar Jung with him and who has passed his opinion
about him which is as follows and as the above person of
knowledge is well known among learned person and whose
criticism is much valued as well as hard as per his perfection
of knowledge and excellence. So for this reason, unless he will
not know about the perfection of knowledge of anybody fully
and if there will be no satisfaction in this matter then he will not
give an opinion and certify for this reason about details of
knowledge and wisdom of any person.
So Nawab Zia Yar Jung has said to Mavlavi Masood Ali
Mahvi that When he was learning with Mavlavi Abbas for
exegesis of prophets traditions and at that time Shah
Mohammed was his classmate there. At that time he was much
interested in Sufism than Fiqh (Islamic law) and exegesis of the

traditions of the prophet. At that time as for as I know the

fundamentals and knowledge of Sufism which were known by
Shah Mohammed but no other Sufi persons among them did not
know with them such knowledge of Sufism. Even thought he
was a person of mendicant class and Qalander (dauntless) type
but in spite of this he used to follow Islamic law strictly and he
used to instruct specially the same to his disciples in this matter.
During his serious illness also, he did not use to left his
congregational prayers. In the Sama (ecstasy) meetings also he
used to take care about prayer timings. He has much interest in
ecstasy meetings. During the condition of ecstasy usual, there
was find too much effect of ecstasy upon him. Some time it was
also happening that the condition of ecstasy was very severe
upon him and it has become such that and it seems that his
soul will leave his body. So for this reason upon hearing the
poetry of Hafiz Shirazi and Kabir, there was prevailed such
severe condition of ecstasy upon him for many hours.
Also upon him, there was prevailed a strange condition of
engrossment due to hearing of the poetry of the above poets
which is mentioned as above. It is an obligation upon the salik
(especially for a Taleb (student) and it refers to a person who is
committed to a Murshid (spiritual master) in a Tariqa (spiritual
path) of Sufism and is also known as a Salik (Arabic: ). A
mureed is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism) that
to ignore the condition of criticism and take care of this matter
about its application.

He was a poet who has had Diwans (collected odes of the

single poet) poetry of Persian and Urdu languages. He was a
poet of Urdu Persian and Arabic
as well as he was writing
poetry in the Hindi language. His Diwans (collected odes of the
single poet) are full of secrets and knowledge of Allah and it
especially is that in the Gazals (odes) concluding couplet which
is not there in which there is not mentioned devotion with his
spiritual master Hadrat Sardar Baig Sahib.
In the year 1892 after the demise of Hadrat Sardar Baig Sahib,
he was used to be present at the monthly meeting of Fateha
(opening chapter of the holy Quran and this recited as prayers
for the dead) on every 13th month in the shrine building at
Mahboob Shahi lane in Petla Burj in Hyderabad. Then after that
on every 14th month, he used to conduct a monthly Fateha
meeting of his spiritual master due to his love and devotion in
his shrine building at Mahboob Shahi lane in Petla Burj. During
the flood of 1908 in the Moosi river in Hyderabad his house and
shrine building as well his library was flown in the water of
Moosi river and so for this reason in Tadban lane on the
mountain where is mosque of Alamgiri is there in which he was
stayed there and there he was constructed one grand shrine
building and named it as Khaja Phadi in the name of Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz of Ajmer and where he was started conducting
monthly Fatah meeting for of his spiritual master and due to
kindness and grace of Allah this meeting is being continued till
date and in which large number of devotees and disciples used
to participate in it. Because of his devotion to his spiritual

master he used to conduct monthly meeting of Fateha and this

devotion showed such a great miracle that he has left this
mortal world at the age of 90 on the 14h Ramazan in the year
1366 Hegira corresponding to First August 1947 and he was
buried in special room on the Khaja Phadi. Till now his monthly
of Fateha is being continued due to the kindness and grace of
Allah. His annual death anniversary used to be performed every
year on 13th and 14th Shawwal month because due to a holy
month of Ramazan, the meeting of Sama (Ecstasy) is not
conducted.
He has written many books on the subject of Sufism in the
countrys national lanague Urdu in Nizams State of Hyderabad.
But his first book Al-Wajub he has written in Persian language
and this books translation has been published in the Urdu
language.
The details of his books are as follows.
1.Al-Wajub 2. Wajda al-Wajud 3. Eyan Thabita 4. Fana Baqa 5.
Mahud Asbat. 6. Ghebat Wa Ghairat 7. Noon Wa Qalam 8.
Qatrat 9. Naftat Rahmani 10. Al-Qalab 11. Sahu Wa Sakar 12.
Qabz Wa Basit 13. Ghaib Wa Huzur 14. Nafas 15. Sharah Fasus
al-Hukam.
During this year his Urs annual anniversary was conducted on
11th and 14th July 2016 corresponding to 20 Shawwal 1437
Hegira.
The Urs (death anniversary)
People from various walks of life, irrespective of caste and
creed, assemble to celebrate the Urs (death anniversary) which
takes place on the 11 and 14 July 2016 corresponding of 20

Shawwal month of the Muslim calendar at the famous shrine

(Dargah) in Khaja Phadi Hyderabad every year. Several
hundred thousand devotees from near and far, irrespective of
religion and beliefs, gather there to seek blessings.
Conclusion
To write about this great Sufi saint and great author is not
only it is difficult and but it is very hard task as he was not only
a great pious personality of his time in the area of the Deccan
(South India) but he was also a great author of so many great
books so, in brief, he was a great Sufi saint and as well as a
famous author of Islamic books of his time in the Deccan region.
For a long time, he was engaged in religious discourses,
sermons, and spiritual training of the people and he did also
many great endeavors for the preaching and propagation work of
Islam in Deccan (South India) and around this region and there
was no such personality during his time.
-----------------------------------------------------------Reference from an Urdu article published in Siasat Urdu daily
Hyderabad dated 23 July 2016.
------------------------------------------------------------Translated by
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez
Translator Muslim Saints and Mystics
(Tadhikaratal Awliya ) and Hasth Bahist .
Email : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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