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'''Shaikh Jamali Kamboh''' ('''Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi''', also known as ''Shaikh Hamid bin Fazlullah'', ''Dervish Jamali Kamboh Dehlwi'', ''Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi'' or ''Jalal Khan'' etc. ) was a 16th-century poet and [[Sufi]] of the [[Suhrawardiyya]] sect and pupil of Poet Jami and of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh'<ref>A Critical Study of Indo-Persian Literature: During Sayyid and Lodi Period, p 41,Syeda Bilqis Fatema Husaini - Persian literature.</ref><ref>The Gazetteer of India : History and Culture,, 1973, p 460, Pran Nath Chopra, India (Republic) Central Gazetteers Unit, India Gazetteers Unit - India.</ref><br />
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[[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb]] are situated in [[Mehrauli]] Archeological Park, close to the [[Qutb Minar]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Jamali Kamali tomb.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb|Jamali Kamali tomb]], [[Mehrauli]] Archeological Park, [[Delhi]]]]<br />
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Jamali came from a [[Sunni]] family but was initiated into [[Sufi]]sm by the teacher Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He was the tutor of Sultan [[Sikandar Lodhi]] and had married the daughter of Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh. He lived at [[Mehrauli]] during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi (reign 1489 AD-1517 AD) and later composed panegyrics to the first of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor, [[Babur]] (b. 1483, d. 1530 AD) and his successor [[Humayun]].<br />
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Jamali Kamboh was a poet at the court of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi. The Sultan who himself was a poet (''he wrote poetry under the pen-name Gulrukh'')<ref>Social and Cultural Trends in Islamic India, 1206-1719 A.D., 1989, p 148, M. P. Srivastava - India.</ref> patronized learning and literary acquisitions and used to show his poetry to Shaikh Jamali Kamboh for corrections and improvement.<ref>Journal of Research (humanities), 1977, p 4, University of the Punjab.</ref><br />
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[[File:Jamali Kamali Masjid, Mehrauli.jpg|thumb|[[Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb|Jamali Kamali Masjid]], [[Mehrauli]] Archaeological Park]]<br />
As a poet of [[Persian language]], Shaikh Jamall Kamboh had been styled ''Khusrau-i-sani'' ("Khusrau, the second").<ref>Journal of Research (humanities), 1977, p 4, University of the Punjab; Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar, 1899, p 195, Sikandar ibn Muḥammad (Manjhū Akbar Sikandar ibn Muḥammad); Iranian Influence in Mughul India, 1978, p 4, Yar Muhammad Khan.</ref><ref>Note: "Amir Khusrao who flourished during the reign of Alauddin (1295 AD-1315 AD) was called the ''Phillip Syiney of the East" (see fn 1, Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar, 1899, p 195).</ref> He wrote ''Siyar-l-Arifin'' (completed between AD 1530 and 1536) in [[Persia]]n which is an account of the ''Chishti and Suhrawardi Sufis'' of the period. He also authored other works called ''Masnawi'', '' Mihr wa Mähi Shaikh'' and a ''Diwan'' of verses.<ref>Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature, 1995, 278-79, Nabi Hadi - Biography & Autobiography.</ref><br />
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Shaikh had once admonished Sultan [[Sikandar Lodi]] for his shaven chins and for his failure to observe the obligatory prayers, fasts and for his mundane indulgences.<ref>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan, 1963, p 101, Asiatic Society of Pakistan - Oriental philology.</ref><br />
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Jamali Kamboh died in 1536 AD while accompanying the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Humayun]] in the latter's expedition to Gujarat. His tomb and a mosque, known as ''Jamali-Kamali'', is situated near the [[Qutab Minar]] opposite the Ahinsa Sthal on [[Mehrauli]]'s bypass. His son [[Shaikh Gadai Kamboh]], a scholar and philosopher, was also his disciple and successor.<br />
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==Tomb of Jamali Kamali==<br />
The tomb of Jamali-Kamali is situated just near the mosque on north side which has {{convert|7.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} square structure. It is painted in sharp red and blue colours. It contains a few Koranic inscriptions. The inside walls are adorned with inlaid coloured tiles inscribed with Jamali's poems. There are graves of Jamali Kamali built of marble material.<ref name=Peck>{{Cite book|last=Peck|first=Lucy|title= Delhi -A thousand years of Building|work=Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb (1528-29) |page=234|publisher=Roli Books Pvt Ltd.|location=New Delhi|year=2005|isbn=81-7436-354-8|url=https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no43813.htm|accessdate=25 July 2009}}</ref><br />
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File:Tomb of Jamali Kamboh,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg|Tomb of Jamali Kamboh,Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi<br />
File:Graves of Jamali Kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg|Graves of Jamali Kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi<br />
File:Interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg|Interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi<br />
File:Closer view of interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali ,Mehrauli ,Archeological Park, Delhi.jpg|Closer view of interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi<br />
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