Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh (also known as Hazrat Shaikh Alamsayakh Makhdoom Sama'al-Din Kamboh) (हज़रत शेख अलमसायाख मखदूम समाल-दीन कम्बोह) was born in 1405 AD in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh was a Sufi of the Suhrawardi order and came to Delhi during the reign of Sultan Bahlol Lodi (d 894/1488) and became the patron saint of the Lodi dynasty.[1] His father Maulana Shaikh Fakhrudin Kamboh (मौलाना शेख फखरुद्दीन कम्बोह) was a venerable religious leader of that era. Makhdoom Shaikh Sama'al-Din had been the royal spiritual adviser or Pir, first to emperor Sultan Bahlol Lodi (सुल्तान बहलोल लोदी), and later to Sultan Sikandar Lodi (सुल्तान सिकंदर लोदी (1489 – 1517 ई.)). He commanded greatest respect amongst the entire Muslim spiritual and religious leaders and was one of the greatest Ulema Shaikhs of his times.[2]
The mazar of Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din is located in Delhi where the Zubairies of Panipat used to assemble every year for offering Fateha in pre-independence days.
Spiritual discipline apart, Shaikh Sama'al-Din was a scholar of traditional sciences and imparted instructions as a professional teacher to a large number of students. Amongst one of his famous students who rose to eminence was Shaikh Jamali Kamboh.
Shaikh Sama'al-Din was author of
- a glossary on Iraqi's Lam'at and
- a tract on Sufism, Miftah ul-Asrar.[3]
References
- Medieval India: Researches in the History of India, 1200-1750, 1992, p 41, Aligarh Muslim University Centre of Advanced Study in History - India.
- Succession in the Delhi Sultanate, 1990, p 175, Rekha Pande.
- Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature, 1995, p 541, Nabi Hadi.
लोदी वंश के शासक :-
- सुल्तान बहलोल लोदी (1451 – 1489 ई.)
- सुल्तान सिकंदर लोदी (1489 – 1517 ई.)
- सुल्तान इब्राहिम लोदी (1517 – 1526 ई.)
