Shah Tajuddin
Syed Shah Tajuddin | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | |
| Died | Gauharpur, Aurangapur Pargana |
| Resting place | Syed Shah Taj Uddin Mazar, Lama Tajpur, Osmani Nagar Upazila |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Parent |
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| Other names | Taj Shah |
| Relatives | Shah Ruknuddin, Shah Bahauddin |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Tajpur |
| Period in office | Early 14th century |
| Post | Companion of Shah Kamal Quhafa |
Syed Shāh Tāj ad-Dīn (Arabic: سيد شاه تاج الدين, Bengali: সৈয়দ শাহ তাজ উদ্দিন) was a 14th-century Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region. Tajuddin's name is associated with the propagation of Islam in Osmani Nagar, Aurangpur.[1] In 1315, he joined Shah Kamal Quhafa who was travelling to the Sylhet region to meet Shah Jalal and reunite with his father, Khwaja Burhanuddin Ketan.[2][3]
Life
Tajuddin was born in Baghdad in the 13th century. It is considered that he has lineage from the Arab tribe of Quraysh. He joined his father, Alauddin, and his brothers, Shah Ruknuddin and Bahauddin in accompanying Shah Kamal Quhafa in his quest to meet Shah Jalal and reunite with his father, Burhanuddin. In 1315, they reached Sylhet and spent some time as a murid of Shah Jalal in Dargah Mahalla.
In June 1315, Jalal then ordered Shah Kamal Quhafa and his 12 dervishes to travel to north-western Taraf and propagate the religion there. The 13 men, as well as Kamal's wife, then set off from Sheikh Ghat along the Surma River in three small bajras known as pangshi (or panshi). The area which they resided in was originally a cluster of islands in body of water called Ratnang. It came to be known as Shaharpara (the neighbourhood of Shahs), on the banks of the Ratna river.[4]
Tajuddin later moved to Gauharpur in the Aurangapur Pargana where he spent the rest of his life.[5]
Death and legacy
He is buried in a mazar in the village of Lama Tajpur in Sadipur Union, Osmani Nagar Upazila.[6] Tajpur in Osmani Nagar, is named after him.
References
- ^ Hanif, N (2000). "Jalal, Shaikh (d.1357 A.D.)". Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia. Sarup & Sons. p. 167.
- ^ "দর্শনীয় স্থান". sadipurup.sylhet.gov.bd. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Choudhury, Achyutcharan. "2: Dervish Shah Jalal". Sreehatter Itibritta – Purbangsho (A History of Sylhet), Part 2. Vol. 1. Mustafa Selim; Source publication, 2004. p. 188.
- ^ Dr G Saklayen, Bangladesh Sufi Sadhak
- ^ Syed Murtaza Ali (1965). হজরত শাহ জালাল ও সিলেটের ইতিহাস [Hazrat Shah Jalal and the History of Sylhet].
- ^ Abdul Hannan Turukkholi (10 May 2019). "৩৬০ আউলিয়ার মাজার পরিচিতি". Sylheter Dak.