History
Shehenshah e Malwa Hazrat Khwaja Moulana Kamaluddin Chisti (R.A) was born in Deli. His lineage can be traced to Amirul Momneen Umar Farookh e Azam Radi Allaho taala anho. His 6’th generation grand father Hazrat Yousuf Changezi came to India from Ahad and settled down in Multan (Pakistan).
He had a religious environment at home since his childhood and received knowledge in Deen from his father Bayazid R.A and later from Mehboob e Paak (RA). He became hafiz at the tender age of nine years by learn the holy Quran by heart. Later on he did course of Moulana and became Aleem.
After receiving knowledge of Deen he served at his peer e Kamil’s khanqah for several years by serving langer and was involved in other activities of Deen. His spiritual guru Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA) used to call him Kamaal as his mother used to address him with this name.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA) gave him khilafat in 1291 AD (690 Hijri) and asked him to go to Malwa region of India and spread knowledge of Islam. From Delhi he went to Ujjain with Moulana Mauj. He asked Moulana Mauj to stay in Ujjain and left for Dhar. He stayed in Dhar for 41 years and preached Deen and Islam. King Puranmal accepted Islam under his guidance.
Once a Sindhi approached him and told him he had been married since a long time but still he is childless. Hazrat Kamaal told him it’s in his destiny to be childless that’s why he was without children for all these years. This man became Hazrat’s follower and convinced him to pray on his behalf for a child. Hazrat Kamaal prayed on his behalf and gave a rose to him. This man’s wife ate the rose and within a few days’ time she got pregnant. After that the Sindhi had 18 children.
Until the last day of his life he preached Deen and Islam and lot of people accepted Islam after getting inspired from him.
The famous poet Ameer Khusro was his guru brother, being the disciple of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA).
On 4 Jilhaj 731 Hijri (18 September 1331 AD) Thursday this divine soul departed from this world. Sultan Mehmood Shah Khilji got his tomb and Khanqah constructed in 861 Hijri (1457 AD)
Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moulana Kamaluddin Chisti (R.A) is the third most celebrated Urs in India after Ajmer Shareef and Peeran Kaliyar Shareef. There is no Qawaali completion during the urs only divine sufi qawaali and nisbati qalaam are perfomed.