SHAYKH JALÁL

Was the son of Sayyid Maḥmúd-b-Sayyid Jalálu'ddín Bokhárí.* He was universally known as Makhdúm i Jahániyán (lord of mankind).

He was born on the Shab-i-Barát, 14th Shaạbán, A. H. 707, (7th Feb., A. D. 1307). He was the disciple of his father and received a vice­gerency from Shaykh Ruknu'ddín Abu'l Fatḥ Suhrawardí. It is said that he journeyed much and had intercourse with Imám Yáfạí and many others. He visited Shaykh Naṣíru'ddín Chirágh i Dihlaví, and became a vicegerent in the Chisht family. He put off his earthly body on Thurs­day, the I´d-i-Ḳurbán, 10th Zil Ḥijjah, A. H. 785, (2nd Feb., A. D. 1383). He was buried al U´chh, near Multán.*