Makhdoom Yahya Maneri

{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Islam

| name = Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri

| honorific prefix = Hazrat, Makhdoom, Shaikh

| official_name = Yahya Maneri

| birth_place = Jerusalem

| home_town = Maner Sharif

| spouse = Bibi Raziya alias Badi Bua

| children = 5 {{Small|including Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri}}

| Sufi_order = Suhrawardiyya

| movement = Sufism

| creed = Maturidi

| jurisprudence = Hanafi

| birth_name = Kamaluddin Yahya Quraishi Hashmi

| death_place = Maner Sharif, Bihar

| death_date = 1323

| resting_place = Badi Dargah, Maner Sharif, Bihar

| father = Shaikh Imaduddin Israil Maneri

| education = Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad

| allegiance =

| denomination = Sunni Islam

| image = Mausoleum of Makhdoom Shah Daulat, Maner, Patna, 19th century.jpg

| caption = Mausoleum of Makhdoom Shah Daulat, a descendant of Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri, at Maner

| region = Bihar

| occupation = Islamic scholar

| disciple_of = Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi

}}

Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri ({{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|مخدوم کمال الدین یحییٰ منیری}}}}; Died 1323){{Cite book |last=Pemberton |first=Kelly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy8UCAAAQBAJ&dq=yahya+maneri&pg=PT188 |title=Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India |date=2013-02-19 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-61117-232-4 |language=en}} popularly known as Makhdoom Yahya Maneri was an Indian Sufi saint of the 13th century. His tomb is known as Badi Dargah, near a mosque located in Maner Sharif, 29 km from Patna, Bihar, India.[http://www.india-tourism.com/EN/patna.html Patna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624171539/http://www.india-tourism.com/EN/patna.html |date=2008-06-24 }} www.india-tourism.com.

Early life and education

Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri was born to Shaikh Imaduddin Israil Maneri, who came to India from Jerusalem in 1180 with their family.{{Cite book |last=Aḥmad |first=Iẓhār |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWpuAAAAMAAJ&q=yahya%20maneri%20israil |title=Madhubani, Through the Ages: A Regional History of Madhubani |date=2007 |publisher=Image Impressions |pages=53–55 |language=en}} Maneri's father Makhdoom Imaduddin Israil was the eldest son of Imam Muhammad Taj Faqih Hashmi. His father and uncles settled in Maner which was later also called Maner Sharif.{{Cite book |last=Chopra |first=Ravindra Mohan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf9DqFjez5IC&q=Makhdoom%20Yahya%20Maneri |title=The Rise, Growth, and Decline of Indo-Persian Literature |date=2013 |publisher=Iran Culture House |pages=181–182 |language=en}}

Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri studied Islamic law at Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad. He was a disciple of Sheikh Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order. His associates include Baha-ud-din Zakariya, Saadi Shirazi and Kamal al-Din Isma'il al-'Isfahani and Makhdoom Syed Shahabuddin Pir Jagjot of Balkh who settled in Jethuli near Patna.

Personal life

He married Bibi Raziya alias Badi Bua, daughter of Makhdoom Syed Shahabuddin Pir Jagjot and they had four sons and one daughter together including Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri.{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_LXAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80 |title=The Way of a Sufi, Sharafuddin Maneri |date=1987 |publisher=Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli |pages=33, 86 |language=en}}

Death and legacy

Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri died in 1323 and was buried in Badi Dargah, Maner Sharif near the tomb of his father. The sacred shrine is known as Bari Dargah, while the mausoleum of one of his descendants, Makhdoom Shah Daulat Maneri is known as Chhoti Dargah which is nearby.

Badi Dargah has remained a place of pilgrimage for a long time. Notable visitors include Sikandar Lodi and the Mughal emperor Babar.

Among his descendants, Makhdoom Shah Daulat Maneri died in 1608. His mausoleum Chhoti Dargah was built by Ibrahim Khan Kakar, then Governor of Bihar, and completed in 1616. It is still known as an excellent example of Mughal architecture.[http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/sufi_circuit.htm Maner Sharif] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210150820/http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/sufi_circuit.htm |date=2008-12-10 }} Bihar Tourism official website.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20050405230828/http://bihar.nic.in/Depts/Tourism/Patna.htm Government of Bihar]
[https://www.dargahmanersharif.wixsite.com/home Dargah Maner Sharif]

Category:Indian Sufis

Category:People from Patna district

Category:13th-century Indian philosophers

Category:Scholars from Bihar