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Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri (Urdu: سید محمد جونپورى; 9 September 1443 – 23 April 1505) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Mahdavia movement. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Mahdī, in fulfillment of the Islamic prophecies regarding the end times. Hailing from Jaunpur, he traveled extensively throughout India, Arabia and Khorasan.
Early life
His first wife, Bibi Alahdadi, was the daughter of his uncle, Syed Jalaluddin. He married her in Jaunpur in 866H, when he was nineteen years old. Jaunpuri and Alhadadi had two sons and two daughters together, Syed Mahmood Thani-e-Mahdi, Syed Ajmal, Syeda Khunza and Syeda Fatima.
Travels
He left Jaunpur along with his family and a group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering companions, that would later become the core of the Mahdavia sect founded by him, until he reached Farah in Afghanistan.
Pilgrimage and claim to be the Mahdi
By the age of 53 he embarked on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where in 1496 (901 Hijri), after circumambulating the Kaaba, he declared that he was the Promised Mahdi and whoever believes in him is a Momin.
After staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months, he returned to India where he proclaimed himself Mahdi at Ahmedabad and later at Badhli (near Patan, Gujarat).
References
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- Abdullah Syattar
- Daftar tokoh Sufi
- Zij
- Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
- Islam di Uttar Pradesh
- Muhammad Jaunpuri
- List of Mahdi claimants
- Mahdavi movement
- Yunus Jaunpuri
- Jaunpuri
- Al-Shafi'i
- Dawah
- Zikrism
- Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
- Muhammad al-Baqir
