His patronymic was Abú Muḥammad, and his title Burhánu'ddín. He was the son of Sháh Muḥammad-b-Sayyid Jalálu'ddín Makhdúm i-Jahániyán, and was born in A. H. 790 (A. D. 1388). He was the dis­ciple of his illustrious father and received the vicegerency from Shaykh Aḥmad Khaṭṭú. In the reign of Sulṭán Muḥammad (Sháh Karím, A. D. 1443–51), the descendant of Sulṭán Muẓaffar Sháh by two removes,* by order of his father he came to Gujarát and there became eminent in secular and speculative learning. He died in A. H. 857 (A. D. 1453). His tomb is in Baṭwah,* near Aḥmadábád.