Muhammad Jaunpuri - Ancestry

Ancestry

Hazrat Syed Muhammad was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad, through his grandson Husayn bin Ali. His ancestors had migrated in to Indian sub-continent after moving from Baghdad earlier and then Isfahan. His grandfather Syed Osman came from Bukhara to Jaunpur on invitation from Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi. His father Syed Abdullah alias Syed Khan started his service as a military general and later served as an envoy of Jaunpur in the Court Delhi Sultanate, on the other hand his mother Amina was the sister of Qaiyyam Ul Mulk, who were Hasani Syed (Sayyid).

His lineage is as follows: Syed Muhammad Bin Syed Abdullah Bin Syed Osman Bin Syed Khizr Bin Syed Musa Bin Syed Qasim Bin Syed Najmuddin Bin Syed Abdullah Bin Syed Yusuf Bin Syed Yahya Bin Ameer Syed Jalaluddin Bin Ameer Syed Naimathullah Bin Syed Ismail Bin Musa al Kadhim Bin Jafar al Sadiq Bin Muhammad al Baqir Bin Zayn al-Abidin Bin Husayn Bin Ali Bin Abu talib Bin Abdul Muttalib.

He was born on Monday September 9, 1443 in Jaunpur. Both of his parents belonged to prosperous and honorable families of Jaunpur; his father, as said, held the title 'Syed Khan', a mark and a recognition of combination of high descent and affluence, granted by the Sharqia Kings.