Parental Lineage
From his father's side the lineage goes to Ali and from his mother's side it goes to Fatimah Zahra. He was an Alvi from his paternal line and his mother was Rizvi Syed.
His great grandfathers belonged to the royal family of Bukhara (present day Uzbekistan). Among his great grandfathers Shah Ayaat-ul-lah Alvi left the sultanate and settled in Multan (Punjab province of present day Pakistan). His grandson Azmatullah Alvi came to Sirhind (Punjab, India), his son Elahi Shah Muhammad Rahmat-ul-lah later came and settled in Delhi. He was the father of Niyaz. He was appointed Chief Justice in Delhi. He earned the title of "Hakim-e-Elahi". Shah Niyaz was born in Sirhind and came to Delhi with his father.
His mother's name was Bibi Ladoo but she was famous by the name of Hazrat Bibi Garib Nawaz. She was daughter of Syed Maulana Sa'id-ud-din, who traced his descent from Musa al-Kazim. He was a spiritual caliph of Kalim-ul-lah of Shahjahanabad (Delhi). She was herself a spiritual lady. Her spiritual teacher Shah Mohi-ud-din Diyasanami/Giyasnami inducted her twice in Qadria order of Sufism, the reason for making her a disciple for the second time was that, as he said, he was actually making the child in her womb (Niyaz) his disciple.
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