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Muhammad Jaunpuri

Muslim mystic (1425–1488)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Hazrath Imamuna Mehdi Mauood Khalifathullah, Muradullah, Amrullah, Khalamullah, Hamsare Rasoollah
name	Syed Muhammad Imam al-Mehdi al-Mauood (Jaunpuri)
image	The Holy Tomb of Imam Mahdi AS at Farah,Afghanistan.jpg
caption	The Tomb of Syed Muhammad Mehdi Al Mauood AS-Farah Mubarak
birth_name	Syed Muhammad Mehdi
native_name
native_name_lang	ur
birth_date
(14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H)
birth_place	Jaunpur, Jaunpur Sultanate
death_date
(19, Ziquada 910H)
death_place	Farah, Safavid Empire
resting_place	Farah, Afghanistan
spouse	{{Ubl
children	{{Ubl
parents	{{Ubl
website	http://khalifathullahmehdi.info/hadith.asp

(14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H) (19, Ziquada 910H) | Bibi Alhadadi (866H) | Bibi Bhika | Bibi Malkan | Bibi Buwan | Bibi Bhanmati | Syed Mahmood alias Sani-e-Mahdi (Title given by the followers after the death of his father Syed Muhammad (Jaunpur) who they accepted to be the Promised Mahdi - Mahdi al-Mauood.) | Syed Ajmal | Syeda Khunza | Syeda Fatima | Syed Hameed | Syeda Hadaitullah | Syed Ibrahim | Syed Ali | Syed Abdullah AS Alias Syed Khan (Father) | Syeda Bibi Aminah AS (Mother) Syed Muhammad Mehdi (; 9 September 1443 – 23 April 1505) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Mahdavia movement. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Mahdī, in fulfillment of the Islamic prophecies regarding the end times. Hailing from Jaunpur, he traveled extensively throughout India, Arabia and Khorasan.

Early life

His first wife, Bibi Alahdadi, was the daughter of his uncle, Syed Jalaluddin. He married her in Jaunpur in 866H, when he was nineteen years old. Syed Muhammad and Alhadadi had two sons and two daughters together, Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi, Syed Ajmal, Syeda Khunza and Syeda Fatima.

Travels

He left Jaunpur along with his family and a group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering companions, that would later become the core of the Mahdavia sect founded by him, until he reached Farah in Afghanistan.

Pilgrimage and claim to be the Mahdi

By the age of 53 he embarked on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where in 1496 (901 Hijri), after circumambulating the Kaaba, he declared that he was the Promised Mahdi and whoever believes in him is a Momin.

After staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months, he returned to India where he proclaimed himself Mahdi at Ahmedabad and later at Badhli (near Patan, Gujarat).

References

(September 1989). "The Biography of Imam Mahdi Maud Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri AS". Al-Haj Syed Munawar Husain Balkhi.
(4 February 2005). "The Promised One". Tanzeem-e-Mahdavia.

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