History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.185

c6.185

⁷⁹ The Shaikh was born at Badaon in 634 A.H. His father’s name was Ahmad Dāniyal. While yet a child, the Shaikh was left an orphan and the entire responsibility of bringing up the child devolved upon his mother. After sometime the Shaikh’s mother migrated to Dihli where he began his education at the age of 25. But being a precocious youth he rapidly rose in favour with Khwajah Shams-al-Din Khwaizmi, a recognised teacher, of theology in those days. As time passed, the young saint acquired fame by reason of his spiritual attainments, and his influence in Dihli increased considerably. He died in 725 A.H. at Dihli and was buried in a tomb which exists to this day. The Matlub-al-Tālibīn is a detailed biography of the Shaikh. Jarrett Ain-i-Akbari, III, p. 365. Firishta, Lucknow Text, pp. 391—98.