Jahaniyan Jahangasht

Mīr Sayyid Makhdoom Jalāl ad-Dīn an-Naqwī al-Bukhārī / Naqvi Al Bukhari (; 1308-1384), better known as Jahāniyān Jahāngasht , was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi saint from South Asia.

Biography

Jahaniyan Jahangasht was born on 8 February 1308 AD (14 Shaban 707 AH) in Uch. His father, Sayyid Aḥmad Kabīr, was the youngest son and chosen successor of Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh of Bukhara.

He visited Hazrat Pandua, the first capital of the Bengal Sultanate, where he led the janazah of Alaul Haq Pandwi, the court scholar of Bengal. The Jhan Jhaniya Mosque of the 16th-century is said to be named in his honour. Every year, during the urs of Akhi Siraj Bengali, Jahangasht's jhanda is taken from Tabrizi's dargah to Akhi Siraj's mausoleum.

Legacy

His descendants use the surname Naqvi Bukhari, and belong to the Naurang Jahania family Some of them migrated to Jalalpur Pirwala, Depalpur, Karmanwala and Tando Jahania in Sindh creating a sizeable community, whilst others migrated to many other places within the subcontinent.