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Hadhrat Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān Shahīd, may Allah sanctify his secret, was born on Friday 11th Ramadān 1111 AH. He was an Alawi by descent, from the descendants of Sayyidina Imam Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.

The great Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who was also a follower of the Naqshbandi tariqah, suggested Jān-e-Jān as his name which later turned into Jān-e-Jānān.

At the age of 18, he entered the servitude and spiritual studentship of Hadhrat Sayyid Nūr Muhammad Badāyūnī (1135 AH), a great Naqshbandi shaykh and a khalifah of Khwaja Saifuddīn Fārūqī Sirhindī (1096 AH). After four years, he received khilafah from his shaykh in the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi tariqah. When his shaykh passed away, he used to receive Fayd and spiritual training from the grave of his shaykh for about six years.

At last, his shaykh commanded him to seek a living Sufi master to strengthen the Nisbah and seek further spiritual stages in this path. Thus he went to different masters of the Naqshbandi tariqah, and spent most of his years with three Sufi masters:

Hājī Muhammad Afzal Siyālkotī (d. 1146 AH) who received Nisbah from Khwājā Muhammad Naqshband Sirhindī and Shaykh Abdul Ahad Wahdat Sirhindī. Mirzā Mazhar received the Ijāzā of Hadith from him.
Hāfiz Sa’adullāh (d. 11 Shawwāl 1152 AH), khalifah of Shaykh Muhammad Siddīq Sirhindī who was a son and khalifah of Khwājā Muhammad Masūm Sirhindī
Shaykh Muhammad Ābid Sunnāmī (d. 18 Ramadān 1160 AH), khalifah of Shaykh Abdul Ahad Wahdat Sirhindī
Among his famous pupils is the great Mufassir of the Holy Quran Allamah Qādī Thanāullāh Pānīpatī (1225 AH) who wrote many books in the sciences of Fiqh, Tafsīr, Tasawwuf, among them the Tafsir al-Mazhari.

A list of his khulafa is available here.

He was martyred by a Rafidhī who shot him with a gun on 7th Muharram 1195 AH, and he passed away to the eternal world in the night of Saturday 10th Muharram 1195 AH. He was buried in his khānqāh in Delhi, India.

The next in the Naqshbandī Mujaddidī Tāhirī spiritual golden chain is Shāh Abd-Allāh Ghulām-Alī Dihlawī.


Deputies of Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan Shaheed
Khulafa of Hadhrat Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān (1111-1195 AH)

1. Hadhrat Shah Abdullah alias Ghulam Ali Dehlavi Mujaddidi, the chief deputy and successor, Mujaddid of the 13th Islamic century
2. Hadhrat Sayyid Mir Musalman, died during his Shaykh’s life
3. Hadhrat Qādī Thanāullāh Pānīpatī, the great scholar who wrote Tafsir al-Mazhari and many well known Islamic books
4. Hadhrat Maulana Fadhl-Allah Pani-pati, elder brother of Qadi Thana-Allah
5. Maulana Ahmad-Allah, elder son of Qadi Thana-Allah, died at young age of 30 years
6. Shaykh Muhammad Murad
7. Shaykh Abdul-Rahman
8. Mir Aleem-Allah Gangohi
9. Shaykh Murad-Allah, alias Ghulam Kaki, died in his Shaykh’s lifetime
10. Hadhrat Shaykh Muhammad Ehsan, a descendant of Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
11. Shaykh Ghulam Hasan
12. Shaykh Muhammad Munir, a descendant of Shaykh Farid Ganjshakar. He died during his Shaykh’s lifetime
13. Khwaja Ibad-Allah, a descendant of Khwaja Baha’uddin Naqshband
14. Maulana Qalandar Bakhsh
15. Mir Sayyid Naeem-Allah, died during his Shaykh’s lifetime
16. Hadhrat Maulana Thana’-Allah Sanbhali, a student of Shah Wali-Allah
17. Hadhrat Mir Abdul-Baqi
18. Khalifa Muhammad Jameel, died during his Shaykh’s lifetime
19. Hadhrat Shah Bheek, descendant of Imam Rabbani Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi
20. Maulana Abdul-Haqq, died in young age
21. Shah Muhammad Saalim
22. Shah Rahmat-Allah, from Sindh
23. Hadhrat Muhammad Shah
24. Mir Sayyid Mubeen Khan
25. Mir Muhammad Mu’een Khan
26. Mir Ali Asghar, alias Mir Makhu
27. Muhammad Hasan Arab
28. Hadhrat Muhammad Qa’im Kashmiri
29. Hadhrat Hafiz Muhammad
30. Maulana Qutb’uddin
31. Maulana Ghulam Yahya, died during his Shaykh’s lifetime
32. Maulana Sayyid Ghulam Mohiuddin
33. Maulana Naeem-Allah Behra’ichi (b. 1153), author of many books including biography of Hadhrat Mirza Mazhar
34. Maulana Muhammad Kaleem Bangali
35. Mir Ruh al-Ameen
36. Shah Muhammad Shafi’
37. Hadhrat Muhammad Hussain
38. Shaykh Ghulam Hussain Thanisari
39. Maulana Abdul Kareem (Burdwan, West Bengal, India)
40. Maulana Abdul Hakeem (Burdwan, West Bengal, India)
41. Nawab Irshad Khan (d. 1176 AH)
42. Ghulam Mustafa Khan
43. Akhun Noor Muhammad Qandahari
44. Hadhrat Akhund Mulla Naseem (Uch Sharif, Pakistan, d. 1231 AH)
45. Hadhrat Mulla Abdul-Razzaq
46. Hadhrat Mulla Jaleel
47. Hadhrat Mulla Abd-Allah
48. Hadhrat Mulla Taimoor

Sources
Maqamat Mazhari by Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, Urdu Translation by Muhammad Iqbal Mujaddidi, Urdu Science Board Lahore, 2001