Each and every person in globe is an unfold book, it is witness of tidings and circumstances that a person faced during different times in past. My story started when Islam came in to being from Cave of Hira in Mecca. It is not a story of an individual but a nation, a civilization and a doctrine of a socio political system. Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) arose with bacon of light called Qurran, Sunnah and Ahl e Bait. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) preached Islam 2.3 decades of his life and produced a nation that is witnessed of all nations in rest of the World. There was 7.8 million miles territory was under his political government when he breathed his last at Madina.

Introduction

Emergence of Islam is a unique and immortal event in World History during Medieval ages when Roman Empire and Persian civilization were in process of declination. Human being was in a critical position as cried and weeped over socio political anarchy by anarchist all over the World. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was a light of hope for those who were oppressed, as a result his Divinely Movement ruled over not only bodies but also on spirits of humanity. He completed his holiest mission and delivered his last message to his nation at Mercy Mountain than met with his Rafiq ul Aala. A tragedy had started and Political Islam became a circus in hand of those who were opportunists and enemies of Ahl e Bait (Massinger of Al mighty Allah family). First they cornered Immam e Ali (AS), than Hasan Mujtaba (AS) and finally Imam Husain (AS) at Kerbala, in Iraq.

Tragedy of Kerbala and afterword

Ahl e Bait e Rasool was in a defensive position after Imam Husain martyrdom at kerbala. They came at Madina with a solo man of carriage Imam Sajjad (Zain ul Abedin) where his family care and safeguarded them but the situation of that time was not satisfactory nether no guaranty of future safety of honor. They were angry over negative attitudes of Iraqians who committed wickedness with Ahl e Bait e Rasool. All classical historian as Tibri, Ibn e Hussham, Ibn e Khildon and others agreed that Ahl e Bait e Rasool participated in Alvi Movement under leadership of Mukhtar Seqfi with favor of Mohammed Bin Hanfia, step brother of Imam Hussain (AS) and guardian of Ahl e Bait e Rasool of that time. Mukhtar Seqfi beheaded all those who participated in Kerbala Tragedy as companion of Caliph Yazid bin Moawea. Marvan who became new caliph of Umayyad dynasty was also a secret enemy of Ahl e Bait e Rasool. They finally thought that it was not a way of survive lance for them than they went to Egypt and then Persia after one century. (Khaitabat e Sadat, Written by Al-Sayyid Sadiq Al- Hossaini Al- Eshkevari and Translated by Mehdi sajjadi)

Word Syed and its background

Syed is a title; it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Ahl e Bait e Rasool. In the Arab world, it is the equivalent of the English word "liege-lord" or "master" when referring to a descendant of Muhammad, as in Sayyid John Smith.  This is the reason the word sidi (from the contracted form sayyidī, 'my liege') is used in the Arabic. All Muslim communities recognized that Syed is holiest tribe among Muslims and if a Syed committed crime of adultery, he will never punish with Islamic Law for crime. (Book Yad e Baiza by Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azher Bakoti)  In some Syed communities believed that it is not necessary for a Syed to obtain prayers or fasting because God promised to Syeds tribe for life forgiveness.(Punjab Casts by Abbbbotsons, translated by Yasir Jawad Lahore)

Syeds in India and Pakistan Sub Continent

The Syed population in India and Pakistan is distributed. The total population of Syeds in India is 7,017,000, the largest populations being those of Uttar Pradesh (1,493,000), Maharashtra (1,108,000), Karnataka (766,000), Andhra Pradesh (727,000), Rajasthan (497,000), Bihar (419,000), West Bengal (372,000), Madhya Pradesh (307,000), Gujarat (245,000), and Tamil Nadu/Kerala (286,000). There is numerous numbers of Syeds in Pakistan. Some of these Syeds first migrated from Central Asia and then to the South Asia. Others reportedly settled in Sindh to protect their lives against the atrocities of the Omayyad and Abbasid caliphs. The Sadat of Pakistan is figured as the holiest and most religious people of the country, with a number of them having become popular and well-known religious icons and mushaekhs. (Punjab Casts by Abbbbotsons, translated by Yasir Jawad Lahore)

Genetically origins of my Syed family

My brother Khurshid H Shah, who is country manager of Comatso Inc. Japan in Saudi Arabia contacted to Genome Project of US Government. They get his blood samples and wrote after a half month to him “A study of your “Y” chromosomes by Elise M. S. Belle, Saima Shah, Tudor Parfitt & Mark G. Thomas showed that "self-identified Syeds had no less genetic diversity than those non-Syeds from the same regions, suggesting that there is no biological basis to the belief that self-identified Syeds in this part of the world share a recent common ancestry. However, self-identified men belonging to the ‘Islamic honorific lineages’(Syeds, Elavi, Hashemites, Quraysh and Ansari) show a greater genetic affinity to Arab populations—despite the geographic distance—than do their neighboring populations from India and Pakistan”. (This report is in possession of Syed Khurshid Shah and I studied it carefully.)

Our Syed family arrival in India

Our forefather Syer Baqir Husain Shah arrived India from Mashed Shareef, Iran soon after the arrival of Hazrat Amir Kabir Shah Ali Hamdan, a great Sufi of Persia and Kashmir. His preaching movement compelled all non Mulims to embrace Islam; as a result Gakhers of Potohar and Kethwal of Lora and Murree Hills translated them as most influential tribes of Muslim Ummah. Syed Baqir Husain Shah invited by Hathi Khan, a feudal lord and chief of Gakher Tribe at Pherwala Fort in Kahuta because his scholarly position attracted him and he believed that he (Syer Baqir Husain Shah) would calm and control angry Kethwals of area by his preaching. Gakher Chief Hathi Khan gifted him a large agri fields, constructed a large house with all facilities as well as safeguard at village Rahi in Union Council Lora. He visited all disturbed areas and his speeches warmed up local people spiritual thirstiness. He established Husaini Masque at Potha Shareef, Murree in 1581 first time. He also established a university at Lora named as Jamea Al Kosar with sponsorship of Pherwala Fort. Scholars of Fiqh Jafrea were busy day and night in this university. (Narrated by Syed Husnain Shah Jafri, Chairman Sadat Welfare Trust, Wadi e Lora, Gulistan Colony, Karachi)

Emergence of Lahor Derbar and decline of Gakhers

Gakher Tribe ruled over land of Potohar and Hazara more than eight centuries. Raja Haider Zaman Keani wrote in his book Tareekh e Gakhran that mentioned area was gifted to Kabul Shah (later he won title of Gakher Shah) by Mehmod of Ghazni in 1017. Hathi Khan was a ruler of this tribe who invited and setteled our ancestor Syer Baqir Husain Shah at Rahi, Lora. He also appointed his nephew Nawais Khan for protection and other necessities fulfillment of Syer Baqir Husain Shah family but his grand son Lahiq migrated to Ponch and satteled at a calm and very rich natural beauty land of Narhwal. Syer Baqir Husain Shah grand grand son Syed Mohammed Ali Shah maintained close relationship with him. Ranjeet Sing, a sikh ruler of Punjab got control of five rivers land and this situation produced a very disturbance atmosphere. Gakhers rulers were arrested, beheaded, buried and burned alive. Shadman Khan was the last Gakher ruler who buried alive in Lahor. Nawais Khan was also tortured by a Sikh General Hari Sing Nalwa and burned alive in Jammu, winter capital of Kashmir. Sikh forces established a fort in Dannah, Dewal, Sahlian and Bakote and any body who resisted, they laid down them in foundations alive and constructed walls on their bodies as accured in Dewal Fort. Syed Mohammed Ali Shah stood with decendants of Nawais Khan in this critical time and he gave asylum to his three sons Qaem Khan, Raeb Khan and minor ejaeb Khan in his house at Lora. They returned back to Narhwal safely when Nalwa blood typhoon stopped after 45 months. (Tareekh e Ponch by Syed Mehmood Azad)

Whey Syed Mohammed Ali Shah adopted title Jewan Shah?

Syed Mohammed Ali Shah was a high educated and Asna Ashari celebrity of his age, traveled many time to Delhi, Dakkan, Tehran, Qum, Asfahan, Ghazni, Kabul and Heart on invitation of Ulma (Islamic Scholars). He was a handsome, young, energetic and a socially powerful personality, who proposed by many Sadat chiefs as their son in law but his parents denied. They want to adopt a lady of his tribe in Lora as daughter in law, unfortunately a jealous but influential man of his tribe Rahman Shah was apposed this wedding. Syed Mohammed Ali Shah also against his parent decision about his life but he accepted their demand unwillingly and couple tied up. I am a Muslim Shuman and I think that couple was victimized by a spiritual conspiracy and any shaman (Muslim or Hindu) of that time had done Satanic practice against him. He was enrooting to Delhi and he received a bad news, he took about turn, came Lora, slaughtered Rahman Shah and escaped to Kashmir at mid night. Some people of my tribe believed in a tradition that he killed his wife but it is not true because first of all we are Husaini Syeds who are guardian of ladies, secondly he was a scholar of Islam and believed that women were not guilty of any sin. His wife was a solo daughter of his parents and she was also an educated lady followed with strict Islamic principals. Couple reached second day at Narhwal and seek asylum to elder son of Nawais Khan who welcomed and promised to guard him in any circumstances but they imposed a condition if he practiced religious matters according to Hanfi Maslik. He wanted some time to council with his spouse and next day he announced that he was follower of Noman Bin Sabit (Imam Abu Hanifa) and he strictly followed his promise of noble cause since his last moment of life. He gave up his real name Syed Mohammed Ali Shah on security reasons and adopted new title of Sufi Syed  Jewan Shah. Couple suspended all contact inside and outside Kashmir where they were living in a simple way.  They also adopted loneliness and served local people religiously and spiritually day and night without any break. His wife died two years after his arrival in Narhwal and buried there. He remarried with grand daughter of Nawais Khan after a short time and decided to leave his in laws family. (This narration told me my elder brother late Syed Muzaffer Husain Shah)

(To be continued…… Next episode is about life and religious services of Jewan Shah in Birote)