SHAYKH SHARAFU'DDÍN MUNÍRÍ

Was the son of Yaḥya-b-Isráíl, the head of the Chishtís. He was instructed under Ganj i Shakkar. His childhood passed, he practised a life of austerity in the hills, and in the desire of seeing Shaykh Niẓám Auliyá, he went to Delhi with his eldest brother, Shaykh Jalálu'ddín Muḥammad. The Shaykh meanwhile had died, but others affirm that he saw him and by his direction went to Najíbu'ddín Firdausí, and after discipleship became his vicegerent. Shaykh Shamsu'ddín Muzaffar of Balkh and Shaykh Jalálu'ddín Awadhí, called also Jamál Ḳitál, received the vicegerency from him. He left many works, and amongst them his writings on the mortification of the spirit are in use as exercises. His burial-place is in Behár.