The spiritual tradition associated with Khanqah Asadiya Muradiya and Baba Bhola Shah of Majhauli Raj.
A silsila is a chain of spiritual transmission: the relationship through which a disciple receives guidance, training and authorisation from a spiritual teacher. The published biographies identify the tradition associated with Baba Bhola Shah as the Sabiriya Amjadiya order, and describe his spiritual guide as Baba Murad Ali Shah Chishti Sabri Amjadi.
This page records the names and relationships explicitly stated in the available biographies. It does not attempt to reconstruct a complete ancestral shajara where the documentary evidence has not yet been checked.
Read from the earlier spiritual guide down to Baba Bhola Shah.
The biographies describe how the teacher-disciple relationship became connected with the establishment and development of Khanqah Asadiya Muradiya.
The biography of Baba Murad Ali Shah says that he brought his murshid, Syed Shah Tasaddaq Ali Asad, to Majhauli and that the khanqah was established at the place where he had practised worship and spiritual discipline. It describes the institution as a branch of the Amjadiya tradition.
The biography of Baba Bhola Shah records that he received spiritual training and khilafat from Baba Murad Ali Shah. It lists several khalifas and centres associated with the wider tradition.
Spiritual authorisation, family relationship and responsibility for a particular khanqah are related but not identical. The sources describe different successor relationships in different places.
The Baba Bhola Shah biography identifies his son Shah Alimuddin Khan, known as Qaim Shah, as his son, khalifa and successor at Khanqah Asadiya Muradiya, Majhauli Raj. The source describes him as the sajjada nashin at the time it was written; current office-holding should be confirmed directly.
The Baba Murad Ali Shah biography records Baba Bhola Shah as sajjada nashin at Khanqah Muradiya in Rahmat Nagar, Burnpur, and describes the later succession through Izhar Shah (Kalimullah Shah) to Kashif Kamal Sabri. This is a distinct site and succession account, not to be merged with the Majhauli office.
Urdu biography by Iltefat Amjadi on Sufinama. Includes his initiation, khilafat, named khalifas and branches.
Read the biography ↗Urdu biography by Iltefat Amjadi on Sufinama. Includes his initiation under Syed Tasaddaq Ali Shah and the account of Khanqah Asadiya Muradiya.
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