Brief biography of Moizuddin Turkey Kohir Moulana Moizuddin s real name is Syed Mohammed but he was become famous

with the nam e of Moizuddin Turkey. He was great scholar and famous Sufi saint of his time. I t is well known fact that he was king of Turkistan and he had left Turkistan in the search of right path of Allah and in his search in this matter he had re ached Delhi and became disciple of Hadhrat Khaja Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. . Due to his hard endeavors and great efforts of worship he had become the spec ial disciple of the Sheikh and the sheikh was taken great care of his spiritual progress and for this reason he had attained greater heights of mastery in t he Sufism and he had passed many mystical stages of Islam for the progress and p reaching of Islam in the foreign lands. His name as Ghulam Musrur was recorded in the book of disciples of Khaja Nizamud din Auliya. For many years he was under guidance and spiritual training of Khaj a Niazamuddin Auliya and he was benefitted greatly during his stay in Delhi in the company of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. As per order of his sheikh he was pr oceeded towards Deccan (South of India ) for the propagation and preaching of Islam to the area which is near of Hyderabad in his older age. During his stay at Delhi he had become close friend of Tajuddin Najfi. When Moizuddin Turkey proceeded towards Deccan so Tajuddin Najfi also accompanied with him there along with Shabuddin Surherwardi and his many disciples . Upon reaching there they began propagation of Islam successfully and become very famous there due to their great efforts and hard endeavors for the preachi ng and propagation of religion of Islam in the areas of Deccan. At that time the name of Kohir was Ankharapatanam and which was ruled by Raja Pratap and his capital was Warangal. The Raja had constructed underground tun nel from Warangal to Kohir . The king was ruling Kohir under the Bahmani kingd om of Bider .When Raja Pratap was revolted against the Bider kingdom then Sult an Hasan Gangu marched towards Kohir to fight against him but he was unable t o defeat Raja Pratap in the war so the sultan was very much worried and upset in this matter. When he heard about Moulana Moizuddin Turkey and Moulana Tajuddin Najfi s names and fame for the spiritual heights in Sufism and mystical progress so he had ap proached them at their place and requested them for their prayers for the succes s in the war against the Raja Pratap of Warangal. They have accepted his request and proceeded to Bider along with him . When Sultan Hasan Gangu Bahmani of Bider proceed along with his military for the campaign against Raja Pratap of Warangal so these great Sufi masters along with Shabuddin Suherwardi were also accompanied with the military men of the sultan . The army proceeded towards Kohir via Shaikhupura and at that ti me that place (Shaikhupura ) was the border post of Raja Pratap and at Sha ikhpura Raja was camping there with his 40,000 strong army men and there was fierce war took place between Raja Pratap and Sultan Hasan Gangu Bahmani i n which Sheikh Shehabuddin Suherwardi and Tajuddin Najafi were killed fighting bravely for the cause of Islam and its propagation . Due to the kind prayers of Moizuddin Turkey and Tajuddin Najfi Sultan Hasan Gangu Bahamani was success ful in the war against Raja Pratap of Kakatiya kingdom Warangal . Upon the death of Moulana Tajuddin Najfi in the war Moulana Moizuddin Turkey had called his son from Najaf and upon arrival of son of Tajuddin from Naja f the Sultan had granted him title of Ainul Muluk and also given him length of lan d equal to 342 bed spreads along with his royal decree with seal and signature . But he did not accepted anything from the royal grants. He was uncle and tea cher of Hazrat Khaja Bande Nawaz of Gulberga as well follower of the Sufi sect of Quaderia and Chisti . The name of Kohir was Ankharapatan and there was one mountain of diamonds at tha t place and for this reason Moizuddin named it Kohe Hera (The montain of diam onds ) and due too much usage of this place name it had changed as Kohir ins tead of Kohe Hera. No information of marriage , his sons and daughters are avail able so it is said that he had no successors and for this reason there were no trustees from his family members are coming for the holy shrine at Kohir Shari

f and from the above information it is also clear that he was died as single w ithout marriage. In the history records his date of his death is not available and it is said tha t he left the world on the 15th Jamadil Akhir but the year is not available. The annual Urs (death anniversary ) ceremony celebrated every year on 15th Jama dil Akhir on the large scale with so many good arrangements and there will be large number of attendance of devotees from many corners of Deccan (Hyderabad ) and from other neighboring states of Karnataka and Maharastra as well as f rom other areas of India. His grave is situated in the open ground near the Kohir city. At the time of an nual Urs (death anniversary) ceremony large number of visitors usually visit his holy grave from all communities . On Urs (death anniversary) Ceremony and on all other week days also the visito rs in large numbers will visit the shrine and pray Allah for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake of the Shaikh s name There is one grave near his holy shrine which is said to be of his teacher and on the left side of his grave there are many graves which are said to be the graves of his followers and servants and from their lineage the trustees are coming and who are doing their service at holy shrine for the benefits of t he visitors round the clock. Translated from Urdu to English by Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com. Translator of Muslim Saints and Mystics(Tadkhira al- Awiliya ) Hyderabad, India. Email ; hafeezanwar@yahoo.com ==================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Atherhafeez