Khwaja Shāh Kalīm Allāh 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 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.

Legacy

Among his successors are Syed Shah Yousufain and Syed Shah Sharifuddin

In the popular discourses of modern India he is remembered for his inclusivist approach to Hindus. The shrine of Kaleem Ullah Shah is situated opposite of the Red Fort, beside the Meena Bazaar, Old Delhi.

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

Works

Tilka ʿAsharat Kāmilah

Kashkūl Kalīmī

Maktūbāt-i Kalīmī

Muraqqā Kalimi

Sawa alssabeel e kaleemi.

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi

References

1650 births

1729 deaths

Chishti Order

Indian Sufi saints

Taj Mahal

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi