Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Danishmand -2 :

Shrine in Mograpara, Sonar Gaon, Near Dhaka, Bangla Desh (1455-1524 AD)

Shah Ibrahim Danishmand-2 a sufi saint, an inhabitant of Persia, came to Bangal during the reign of Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah (reigned 1490-94).

He was the son of Ba-Yazeed-I aliace Baba Shahbaz Parind, who was from direct lineage of  Shaikh Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand-1 of Mastoi (North Waziristan), the descendent of Abdullah Ansari {Peer e Hirat} and Hz Abu Ayub Ansari, the Sahabi e Rasool.

Shahbaz Parind’s brother Zaid Aqa was married to the daughter of Sultan Abu Saeed Mirza of Hirat. On sudden death of Zaid Aqa (Buried in Sumarqand), the widow was got married to the younger brother i.e Ba-Yazeed-I alias Shahbaz Parind. He after marriage brought her to his native land at Mastoi (North Waziristan) and later to Kaniguram (South Waziristan).

With this marriage a son was born and was named Ibrahim. After growing up he went to Baghdad for studies and thereafter to Persia (his mother’s native land) for “Tableegh”. Later he left for Bengal and got married to Roshan Akhter Bano, the daughter of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah (Reigned 1494-1519). He was appointed the ruler of Taraf (Sylhet) in coming years.

Ibrahim Danishmand was awarded with the high Royal title of Malik-ul-Umara (Chief of Ameers). He was also granted a la-Kharaj (Rent Free) Landed property in Sonar Gaon by the Sultan. From circumstantial evidences it seems that Danishmand ruled over Taraf even after the death of Sultan in 1519 AD.

There after he came to Sonar Gaon and established his Khanqah at the present site of Dargabari in Mograpara.

A highly learned man in all branches of Islamic subjects, especially in Tasawwaf (Islamic Mysticism) and a profilic writer. He was also invested with the honorific title of Qutb-ul-Asheqeen. Danishmand belonged to the group of the Soharwardiya already from the ancestors and later the earliest Sufis of Qadriya Tarika, who preached the Sufi order in Bengal. He initiated a great tradition for the preaching of Sufi order and teaching of Islamic subjects through his Khanqah at Dargabari, which was
continued by his descendents and intellectual successors.

Danishmand lies buried in a mausoleum at Dargabari premises in Sonar Gaon on the western extremity of the tomb complex.  His approx death date is hijri 930 i.e 1524 AD; in the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah (1519-1533 AD)

Important note:

1. The books in India /Pakistan have written his name as “Shaikh Muhammad Ibrahim”, but in Bangal they have written as “Shah Ibrahim Danishmand”. So, for the clarity of the readers, Shaikh Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand-1 is buried in Mastoi, Waziristan (died 1260 AD – Peer Bhai of Bahauddin Zakriya Multani) and Shah Ibrahim Danishmand -2  is buried in Mograpara, Sonar Gaon, Dhaka (Born in Kanigram, Waziristan & died 1524 AD in Bangal). Actually most of Indo Pak writers have mixed him up with his  ancestor Shaikh Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand-1 . The period of both Ibrahims has a gap of  approx 200 years. (Pl see Phylogeny Map page in this website for proper  understanding).

2. Since his period in Bangal is the same as of  Hussain Shahi Dynasty and moreover he came to Bangal from Persia with the recommendation of the rulers and was also married in the family of rulers of  Hussain Shahi Dynasty, (his mother was also from Persia) so he  is remembered in history as Shah Ibrahim Danishmand or Sayyid Ibrahim Danishmand (as written on his grave stone too).

3. Banglapedia has also written his name as Sayyid due to the same misunderstanding. Otherwise all evidences prove that he is from the Tribe of Ansaar Danishmand, Jalandhar and his father was Ba-Yazeed-1 Baba Shahbaz Parind of Kaniguram, South Waziristan and Peer e Hirat Khwaja Abdullah Ansari was in their ancestors.

4. As informed by the above writer that he was having Qadriya tarika is correct,  as Danishmand got this title while in Bangal. Otherwise from his ancestors Soharwardiya tarika was in practice since the inception of it, as Shaikh Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand-1 was direct mureed of Shaikh Shahabuddin Soharwardi and this family continued in this tarika uptill the end of 18th century. Then after an interesting incident this whole family was switched over to Qadri Noshahi silsila. (This incident has been shared on Mian Abdul Ghafoor’s page of mystic Shajra in this website)

Reference books as under ;

• Tazkira-e-Auliya-e- Bangala
• Tawareekh-e-Dhaka
• Tazkira-e-Sufiaaye Bangal
• Tareekh-e-Farishta
• Tazkeer-ul-Ansaar by Ali Muhammad Ansari (1710 AD, in Persian Language}
• Jalandhar kay Pathan by Khan Hassaan Zia
• Tareekh-e-Danishmand by Prof Hameed ullah Khan
• Afaaghna-e-Jalandhar by Muhammad Ayub Khan

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