Makhdum Shah

Not to be confused with Shah Makhdum Rupos.

Makhdum Shah Daulah

Shahid

Dargah of Shah Makhdum

Personal
Born|

13th-century

Middle East

Died| 1313 CE

Shahzadpur

Resting place| Shah Makhdum Mazar, Shahzadpur, Sirajganj District, Bangladesh
Religion| Sunni Islam
Denomination| Sufi
Relatives| Muadh ibn Jabal (ancestor)
Senior posting
Based in| Shahzadpur

Influenced by

* Shams Tabrizi, Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

Post| Sufi missionary

Makhdum Shah Daulah (Arabic: مخدوم شاه دولة) was a thirteenth-century Sufi Muslim figure in present-day Bangladesh. He is associated with the spread of Islam into the Sirajganj District.[1] He was martyred in Shahzadpur (meaning city of the prince), an area named after him.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Life
* 3 Death
* 4 References

## Background[edit]

Makhdum Shah was a descendant of Muadh ibn Jabal, and he was the second son of a ruler in Yemen.

## Life[edit]

His Pir Murshid was Shams Tabrizi (who was also the Murshid of Rumi, author of the famous Musnavi Sharif).[citation needed] Together with some twenty companions, he travelled east by the land route through Bukhara and into the subcontinent preaching Islam. In Bukhara, he met Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari and spent some time with him. Bukhari presented Daulah with a pair of gray pigeons. Eventually they settled in Shahzadpur, at the time part of a Hindu kingdom ruled by Raja Vikrama Keshari.

## Death[edit]

The king was displeased with the disruption caused by Makhdum Shah and his followers and ordered them expelled from his kingdom. Makhdum Shah refused to comply and he and nearly all of his followers were killed. Makhdum Shah is buried in Shahzadpur in Sirajganj District, near the Shahi mosque.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ismail, M (1989). Development of Sufism in Bengal (Doctoral dissertation) (PDF). Aligarh, India: Aligarh Muslim University. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
2. ^ Abdul Karim (2012). "Makhdum Shah (R)". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

* Wali, Maclavi Abdul (January 1904) "On the Antiquity and Traditions of Shahzadpur" Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: January to December 1904, Calcutta, p. 2, at https://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN08000086&id=kEAOAAAAIAAJ
* Haq, Muhammad Enamul (1975) A History of Sufi-ism in Bengal Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dacca;
* Karim, Abdul (1959) Social History of Muslims in Bengal, down to A.D. 1538 Asiatic Society of Pakistan, Dacca;