Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi
Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi | |
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The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah Jahanabadi beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi | |
| Title | "SHEIKH E AZAM" |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1650 |
| Died | 1729 (aged 78–79) |
| Spouse | Qudsia Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiyya |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Sect | Sufi Chishti Order |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Delhi, India |
| Predecessor | Shaikh Yahiya Mandi |
Khwaja Shāh Kalīm-Ullāh Jahānābādī (شاه كليم الله جهانابادي) b. Nūr Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Miʿmār al-Ṣiddīqī (1650-1729) was a leading Chistī saint of the late Mughal period and is considered to be instrumental in the revival of the Chistī Order and Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani ṣūfī ṭarīqah (path). His father, Noor Ullah, was a well-known astronomer and calligraphist. He was the grandson of Ustād Aḥmad Lahorī, the architect of the Taj Mahal and Lal Qila.