Jan-ul-lah Shah Muhammad explained

Honorific-Suffix:Hazrat Janullah Shah Baba
Native Name:Miya Sahab
Religion:Islam
Known For:Spreading Islam in Deccan
Other Names:Sayyid Jan Muhammad Sufi
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Nationality:Indian
Home Town:Punjab
Death Place:Jalna, Maharashtra
Resting Place:Miya Sahab Dargah, Jalna, Aurangabad, Mughal Empire.
Currently Jalna, Maharashtra.
Resting Place Coordinates:19.8379°N 75.9018°W
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Jan Muhammad of Jalna (or Sayyid Jan Muhammad Sufi, Jan Muhammad Darwesh) was a Sufi saint in the city of Jalna (in modern Maharashtra state).

In 1679 the Maratha leader Shivaji ransacked Jalna for three days, and being aware that Shivaji generally left alone sites of any religion, many of the wealthy of the town took refuge in the saint's dargah in the suburbs of the city.[1] However, on this occasion Shivaji looted the hermitage despite past precedent.[2] When Shivaji died in 1680, only five months after his coronation, Muslims attributed his death to a curse from Jan Muhammad for having threatened the Sufi for giving shelter to the townsfolk and their wealth.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: S. S. Shashi. Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. 24 October 2012. 1996. Anmol Publications. 978-81-7041-859-7.
  2. Book: Maharashtra (India). Gazetteers Dept. Maharashtra State gazetteers. 24 October 2012. 1977. Director of Govt. Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State.
  3. Book: Mohammad Akram Lari Azad. Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century. 24 October 2012. 1990. Criterion Publications.