Shah Tajuddin

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]

Syed Shah Tajuddin
Personal
Born
Baghdad
Died
Gauharpur, Aurangapur Pargana
Resting placeSyed Shah Taj Uddin Mazar, Lama Tajpur, Osmani Nagar Upazila
ReligionIslam
NationalityIraqi
ChildrenSk Shah Aanor, One daughter (Name unknown)
Parent
  • Syed Alauddin (father)
Other namesTaj Shah
RelativesShah Rukunuddin, Shah Baharuddin, Shah Shamsuddin
Muslim leader
Based inTajpur
Period in officeEarly 14th century
PostCompanion of Shah Kamal Quhafa

Life

Syed Shah Tajuddin was born in Baghdad in the 13th century CE. He is from the Arab tribe of Quraysh, his x10 great grandfather being Jaʿfar, a son of Musa al-Kadhim (745-799 CE). He joined his father, Alauddin, and his brothers, Shah Ruknuddin and Bahauddin and Shamsuddin 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. Among his descendants, Abdul Ghafur of Sylhet, was notable.[7]

References
  1. Hanif, N (2000). "Jalal, Shaikh (d.1357 A.D.)". Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia. Sarup & Sons. p. 167.
  2. দর্শনীয় স্থান. sadipurup.sylhet.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. Choudhury, Achyutcharan. "2: Dervish Shah Jalal". Sreehatter Itibritta – Purbangsho (A History of Sylhet), Part 2. Vol. 1. Mustafa Selim; Source publication, 2004. p. 188.
  4. Dr G Saklayen, Bangladesh Sufi Sadhak
  5. Syed Murtaza Ali (1965). হজরত শাহ জালাল ও সিলেটের ইতিহাস [Hazrat Shah Jalal and the History of Sylhet] (in Bengali).
  6. Abdul Hannan Turukkholi (10 May 2019). ৩৬০ আউলিয়ার মাজার পরিচিতি (in Bengali). Sylheter Dak.
  7. Choudhury, Achyut Charan (1917). Srihattar Itibritta: Purbangsho  (in Bengali) (first ed.). Kolkata: Kotha. p. 46 – via Wikisource.
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