He received the title of Qāẓī Khān, and was a native of Badakhshān, where his home was situated near a ruby-mine. In such branches of knowledge as are acquired by study he was the pupil of Maulānā ‘Iṣāmu-d-dīn Ibrāhīm, and also studied under Mullā Sa‘īd. He had a great taste for and proficiency in Ṣūfī-istic studies, and in these, the way of truth, he was the disciple of the greatest of leaders, Shaikh Ḥusain of Kh'ārazm. In con­sequence of his close adherence to the esoteric school he has also acquired much respect among men of the world, and in Badakh-sh ān was one of the nobles of the State. When he came to India he obtained unbounded honour, receiving first the title of Qāẓī Khān, and afterwards that of Ghāzī Khān. He was eloquent and his delivery was pleasing. He was the author of some standard works, among which was a treatise on the proof of the word (of God) and an account of the religion of truth and verity. He also wrote marginal notes on the commentary on the dogmas of the faith, and numerous treatises on Ṣūfi-ism. He passed away to the presence of God's mercy at the age of seventy in the year H. 992 (A.D. 1584) in Awadh. He was the first person to suggest the performance of the ceremony of prostration* before the emperor. Mullā ‘Ālim of Kābul used to say regretfully, “Alas, that I was not the inventor of this ordinance!”