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28th Qutb His Holiness Reza Ali Shah Deccani
The Propagator of Sharia, and the Reviver of Tarigha, the Guardian
Gnostic, and the Glorious Sultan, His Holiness Reza Ali Shah of Deccan.
His noble name Seyed Ali Reza and his spiritual title is Reza Ali Shah.
He is the son and successor of Sheikh Shams-e-din. His birth place was
Hyderabad of Deccan and after the death of His Holiness Shams-e-din his
honorable father, took the responsibility of guidance and instructing
the people and by his blessed hands, initiated a great number of seekers
into the Nimatullahi Spiritual Order. According to whatever has been
translated by the book “Mahboobe
Zolmanin Tadhkirat-ul-Ouliya of Deccan”
written by Mohammad Abdul Jabar Fazel Hendi which has been complied in
Urdu language and as narrated by the book “Meskkat ul Nobavat” it is inferred that, His Holiness Reza Ali Shah
after his esteemed father, was engaged in guiding the worshippers in
upmost tranquility and calm for a period of one year. Until he was
attracted by a divine attraction of the Al-Rahman, and he was ruptured
in such a way that for sometimes he had no attention to the world and
its surroundings. During this time Mir Ali, brother of His Holiness who
though was a close kin but was like scorpion and was caught in the grip
of his own carnal desires, jealousy and selfishness, used the
opportunity and with the help and co-operation of His Holiness’ mother
made out a list and ascribed His Holiness Reza Ali Shah to insanity and
attributed the dominant divine attraction upon His Holiness as a result
of insanity and decline of intellect, and proposed to the fughara and
friends that till the recovery of health of His Holiness, he should be
prohibited to leave the Khanegha and Mir Ali in place of His Holiness be
the master and leader of the fughara and in the rank of a vicegerent sit
on the throne of guidance. And had this list craftily signed by many
notables and Sheikhs, and based on this held His Holiness Reza Ali Shah
in custody and started deviating the fughara from His Holiness and
directed all their attentions to him (Mir Ali). Until, His Holiness’ son
Mr. Mir Seyed Ahmad wrote a complaining letter to the ruler of that time
Nezam Ali Khan and requested the rescue of his noble father from the
custody of his bad paternal uncle. On the orders of the ruler, His
Holiness was rescued from custody, and once again became the beautifying
adornment of the assembly of fughara and for a long time was engaged in
guiding the people.
His Holiness for many times manifested and revealed extraordinary
generosities. Among them: Nezam Ali Khan who with his order Hazrat Shah
was rescued from custody, came up a military expedition in the year 1209
and for the suppression of the Marathas who were a large and rebellious
clan in Deccan, was compelled to attack Kerala to stop the viciousness
of the rebellious and during that time when Nezam Ali Khan was engaged
in severe fighting, again the state of attraction occurred on His
Holiness Reza Ali Shah, and he took a sword in his hands and cut down
some trees in the garden of the Khanegha, after then sheathed the sword
and returned back to his room. After recovery from that state, in answer
to the question of disciples and those present said: I saved the life of
thousands of Muslims. Disciples did not understand the mystery of that,
until news reached that on the same day, an intense fighting between
Nezam Ali Khan and the infidels of Marathas took place and the army of
Nezam Ali Khan defeated the enemy with the least casualties and won
victory.
His Holiness Reza Ali Shah had a pompous and luxurious life and would
come out from the khanegha with full dignity, and always groups of
specials and commons, ignobles and nobles were in his retinue. There is
disagreement regarding the duration of His Holiness’ life. In most
complied biographies and histories in Iran, His Holiness’ age has been
written as up to a hundred and twenty years but according to the records
of the book of “Muskkoot ul Nobavat” which has been complied in India and was home
country and residence of His Holiness Reza Ali Shah should be nearer to
reality. The duration of His Holiness’ life is written as seventy years
and the date of His Holiness’ death is mentioned as the 8th
of Ramazan 1215 Hijri, and this date of demise in so far as it has been
recorded in other biographies is compatible.
However, many guided by His Holiness’ hand, reached the degree of
perfection with auspicious of his training and favors and attention and
were successful to obtain permission for initiation and guidance. Among
such were His Excellency Seyed Masum Ali Shah and Sirr Ali Shah and
Mahmoud Ali Shah and Hydar Ali Shah Hindi and Assad Ali Shah Dehlavi and
Ahmad Ali Shah and Enayat Ali Shah and Shah Tahir Deccani and His
Excellency Hussein Ali Shah Isfahani who was his successor and
vicegerent and is the next Qutb (pole) after him.
His Holiness Reza Ali Shah ordered His Excellency Masum Ali Shah to
travel to Iran and to guide and spiritually instruct Iranians, His
Excellency Seyed departed for Iran and in that country guided and
initiated many and under his auspicious shelter reached Their
Excellencies Faiz Ali Shah and Nour Ali Shah to the perfection and with
permission for guidance delegated them to travel to other cities. Since
this honorable Seyed was in Iran and far away from India and did not
have apparent access to the Pole of the Poles His Holiness Reza Ali
Shah, with the permission he had from His Holiness appointed His
Excellency Nour Ali Shah as his successor after him, and assigned him as
Sheikh of the Sheikhs. As cited before, His Holiness Reza Ali Shah in
the year 1215 (Hijri) died in Hyderabad. His vicegerent is His Holiness
Nour Ali Shah Isfahani. His sacred grave is in the khanegha of his
elevated grandfather His Holiness Sheikh Mahmoud and in the vicinity of
his noble father Sheikh Shams-e-din.
Contemporaries of His Holiness from religious authorities and
jurists:
1)
Sheikh Jafar Ibn Sheikh Khezr, famed as Kashef-ul-Qeta.
2)
Seyed Sadiq bin Seyed Hussein Husseini, famed as Faham
3)
Agha Mohammad Baqer bin Mohammad Akmal, famed as Agha Behbahani
4)
Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaie, famed as Bahr-ul-Uloum
5)
Mirza Mohammad, famed as Shahrestani Haeri
From Mystics and authorized Sheikhs:
1)
Sheikh Zahed Thani Gilani
2)
Seyed Sadr-e-din Dezfuli Zahabi
From Sultans and Emirs
In India
1)
Sultan Jalal-u-din, called as Shah-e-Alam
2)
Nezam Ali Khan Asef-Jah the second
In Othmani
1)
Sultan Abdul Hamid the first
In Iran:
1)
Lutf Ali Khan Zand
2)
Jafar Khan Zand
3)
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
From Poets and Sages:
1)
Seyed Ahmad Hatef Isfahani
2)
Mirza Hussain Ronaq Ali Shah
3)
Mirza Abdullah Shahab Tarshizi
4)
Mirza Jafar Isfahani with the pen name of Safi
5)
Soliman Sabahi Shaer (the poet).
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