Sayed Badiuddin

Qutab-E-Jahan, Hazrat Sayed Badiuddin Ahmed Zinda Shah Madar [1] was a Sufi saint who founded the Madari sect.[2] He was also known by the title Qutb-ul-Madar.[3] The dates of his life is placed somewhere from the 9th to the 15th century.

Shah Madar
Main Gate of Blessed Shrine Of Hazrat Syed Badiuddin Ahmad Zinda Shah Qutbul Madar
Personal
Born	Badiuddin Ahmed AH 242/C. 856 CE Aleppo, Syria
Died	AH 838/C. 1434 CE, AH (aged 596) Makanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religion	Islam
Flourished	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Sunni
School	Hanafi, Maturidi
Order	Madariyya
Muslim leader
Teacher	Bayazid Bastami

He hailed originally from Syria, and was born in Aleppo to Sayyid parents.[1] His teacher was Bayazid Tayfur al-Bistami.[4] After making a pilgrimage to Medina, he journeyed to India to spread the Islamic faith.[1] Here he founded the Madari order.[3]

His tomb is at Makanpur.[5]

References

1. James Wise (10 November 2016). Notes on the Races, Castes and Trades of Eastern Bengal. Taylor & Francis. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-351-99740-9.
2. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. The Institute. 2006. p. 241.
3. Bhattacharya, Ananda (2008). "MADARIYA SUFI SILSILA THEIR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONS WITH THE INDIAN POWERS". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 69: 384–402. JSTOR 44147203.
4. Murray Thurston Titus (1930). Indian Islam: a religious history of Islam in India. H. Milford, Oxford university press. p. 128.
5. Bhanwarlal Nathuram Luniya (1955). Evolution of Indian culture (From the earliest times to the present day). L.N. Agarwal. p. 439.

Further reading

• Falasch, Ute (2009). "Badīʿ al-Dīn". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.