Hazrat Agah Mohammed Dawood Sahu Abu al-Alai Hyderabad

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Hazrat Agah Mohammed Dawood Sahu Abu al-Alai

Ancestors

His ancestors were famous and well known personalities from Iran.

They were migrated from Iran to Deccan (South India) and were settled

donw in Balkonda village of Nizambad district during the period of

Golconda kingdom. The rulers of Hyderabad government also respected

them greatly and granted them two villages and Rupees 250 as mansib(grant) as well as military awards to their pious personalities of their

family members.

Blessed birth.

He was born in Balkonda village of Nizambad district in the year 1249

A.H. and his name is well known and famous as Agah Mohammed

Dawood and his fathers name is Agah Mohammed Haider and who

son of Agah Mohammed Quader.

Childhood.

Since his childhood he was much interested in the following things.

1.He was lover of fakirs.2.He was lover of Sufism.

From the early age he was not interested the relations of world andits people.

Bayah (allegiance)

Upon seeing his above condition, his father Agah Mohammed Haider

who was disciple of Hazrat Shah Mohammed Hasan took him in the


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company of his murshid (spiritual teacher) for his training and

education there and Hazrat Mohammed Hasan took from Bayah

(allegiance) from him and included him among his disciples. Due to this

reason there was great change which appeared on him.

Mystical exercises.

Upon becoming his masters disciple his daily recital and practices

were increased too much and also he adopted following things.

1.CONTENTMENT (QANAAT):2.Tuwakal (trust on Allah).

He always used to present in the company of his spiritual master day

and night and used to busy in the recital and practices, meditation as

per his instructions of his Sufi master.

Caliphate and saintly dress.

Upon watching his hard work and endeavours his spiritual master

has awarded him caliphate and saintly dress.

Upon death of Hazrat Mohammed Hasan his following two caliphs

were become famous and well known.

1.Hazrat Agah Mohammed Dawood.2.Hazrat Hafiz Mir Shams uddin Ali.

In this matter the details of the event is as follows.

That once on 12

th

Rabil Awwal the meeting was in progress andupon end of his speech Hazrat Mohammed Hasan has called Agah

Mohammed Dawud and at that time he was at houz (water reservoir)

so he has drawn attention of his disciples that he want to say

something to them and in this matter and asked them are they all agree

with him ? So all of them told him that they will abide his kind advice


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in this matter. He was asked to bring kala (cap) of Hazrat Shah

Mohammed Izzat ullah and awared the same to Agah Mohammed

Dawood and also he has called Hafiz Shamsuddin and told that he is

perfect personality as his is Hafiz ( one who knows the holy Quran by

heart) as well as Syed (descendant of the holy prophet through his daughter

Hazrat Fatima) and perfect person in Islamic (Shariat) law so for these

reason I will award his kala (cap) to him. For this reason Hafiz Shams

uddin was stood and began weeping and he told him that he is not

eligible for this great honour. So he asked him to sit down and

addressed the gathering as follows.

From today onwards you all should accept these two persons as my

heirs and successors and then he has shown them his palm and pointedthem his finger of shahdat (first finger) and his center finger and like

these two of his fingers are Agah Mohammed Dawood and Shams

uddin Ali for me.

Caliphate.

Upon obtaining the caliphate from his spiritual master his

endeavours and practices were increased in the following things.

1.Darwashi (Sufism).

2.Love of Allah.

For the above reason he used to like and live in the lonely places and

he has lost his interest in the world and its people. His age was 16 or

17 years old and at that time due to passion he did not used to care

for eating food and dress. He has spent 12 years while eating bread of

Jawar (millet) and dal (split pulse) without salt and he never used to eat

meat. He was great lover of his spiritual master and so he used to think

services of his master most important and necessary thing. He used to

presence in the company of master with great respect and honour.


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Physical features.

He was best looking person with good height and wide broad

forehead and his color of skin was mixed red and white and eyes were

nashili (taxicated) and his beard was thick. He used to wear alwayssimple dress of handloom cap on his head and handloom shirt and

thick cloth thaband (colored sheet mean to cover lower part of body ).

When he used to went outside then he used to wear Deccani (South

Indian) dastar (turban) and angarkha (narrow sleeved coat) and short

trouser and wear ordinary sleepers in his foot. Upon his fathers death

there was renewal of estate grants and his seat was allocated in the

kings court but he did not interested in all these things. But he was

much interested in recital and practices of batini (innermost).

Religious service.

He was established one school which is well known and famous as

Madrasa Yatami (orphan school) in which there was provision of free

education and training by him. Whatever presents and donations

received for the school education were spent for the welfare of orphan

students for their dress and boarding expenses.

He was used to perform the annual Urs (death anniversary)

ceremony of his spiritual master on the grand scale.

Character.

His character is well known and famous for the following things.

1.Good manners.

2.Farg dil (generosity).

3.Maravat (politeness).

4.Large heartedness


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5.Puntuality for congressional prayers.

6.Miracles and kashaf (revelation).

7.Lover of learned persons.

8.Lover of ecstacy.

On his eating cloth there were used to present 10 to 20 poor and

some guest persons always. There are large number of his disciples and

devotees. He used to take allegiance from his disciples in chain of

Naqashbandia and Quaderia. He was used to behave well with his

disciples and devotees as friends. He was perfect person also in poetry

and his poetic name was well known and famous as Sahu. In His poetrywork is included about Sufism and Natiya (in praise of holy prophet)

subjects.

Miracle.

His miracles and great events are well known and famous and among

them one miracle is as follows.

Once on the occasion of annual Urs (death) ceremony of Hazrat ShahMohammed Hasan his disciple Mohamed Ibrahim Khan Sadiq Siddiqui

came to see him after Morning Prayer and the sheikh was still inside of

his room. Some other persons were also there to visit him. So for this

reason the above disciple while thinking that still the sheikh is inside of

his room so he should go to the shrine building for his visit there and

also can come back there and visit the sheikh later . So for this reason

he left from there and he has watched that one small boy of 5 years old

was also walking by his side and when he was entered the shrine

building and prostrated there and then he stood there and saw that his

master Agah Dawood was there in his simple dress so that man kissed

his foot so he was smiling there.

Death.


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He was left this world on 15th

Rabil Awwal on Thursday in the year

1324 A.H.at the four o clock evening time.

Next day the funeral prayers was arranged in Makkah mosque in

which large number of peoples were present. The ruler of HyderabadNawab Mir Osman Ali Khan was also attended his funeral prayer. After

the funeral prayer he was buried in the shrine area of Hazrat Shah

Mohammed Hasan in Agahpura street and he was buried in the

mausoleum of his spiritual master. In the mausoleum there are 3 graves

are there which belongs to his successors and among them in the

middle grave he is resting in it. On eastern side of grave his son Agah

Mohammed Hasan alias Miya Sahib and western side his grandsons

grave is available.

Steet Agaha Pura.

The area around his mausoleum is well known and famous as Agha

Pura street. On outside of way of shrine the following two structures

were constructed by him.

Badi Kaman ( big arch ) in the year 1304 A.H.

Kaman (arch) Agaha Pura in the year 1322 A.H.

The Urs (death anniversary).

Every year on the 14th

Rabi Awwal to 16th

Rabi Awwal the Urs ceremony is

celebrated. On this occasion people from various walks of life, irrespective of

caste and creed, assemble to celebrate the Urs (death anniversary) which takes

place on the above dates of Muslim calendar at the famous mausoleum of Hazrat

Agah Mohammed Dawood Sahu Abul Alai every year.

During the Urs (death anniversary) the visitors in large number will visit the

shrine for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of Sheikhs

name.

In this way the above ceremony will be arranged on the grand scale and the

visitors will visit the mausoleum from near and far away places.
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His 1oo years Urs (death anniversary) ceremony was organized on 14,15,16

Rabil Awwal in the year 2003 A.D.

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Reference book :

Faizan Auliya Deccan by Mohammed Ali Khan Majdadi.

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Translated into English byMohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.Hyderabad, India.Email :[email protected]

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