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'''Malik Muhammad Jayasi''' (1477– 1542) was an Indian [[Sufi poet]] and [[Pir (Sufism)|pir]].<ref name="indianexpress"/> He wrote in the [[Awadhi language]], and in the Persian [[Nastaʿlīq script]].{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=30}} His best known work is the [[epic poem]] ''[[Padmavat]]'' (1540).<ref name="garg">{{cite book|last=Garg|first=Gaṅgā Rām|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|date=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170223740|page=73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9pmo51lRnYC&pg=PA73|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Much of the information about Jayasi comes from legends, and his date and place of birth are a matter of debate. As the [[Nisba (onomastics)|nisba]] "Jayasi" suggests, he was associated with [[Jais|Jayas]], an important [[Sufi]] centre of [[medieval India]], in present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]]. However, there is debate about whether he was born in Jayas,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-30|title=Padmaavat Row LIVE Update: Karni Sena Stoops To New Low By Announcing A Film On Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Mother|url=https://www.desimartini.com/news/martini-shots/trending/padmavati-postponed-ban-controversy-live-updates-protests-karni-sena-deepika-padukone-sanjay-leela-bhansali-article67994.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229142622/https://www.desimartini.com/news/martini-shots/trending/padmavati-postponed-ban-controversy-live-updates-protests-karni-sena-deepika-padukone-sanjay-leela-bhansali-article67994.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2017|work=DesiMartini|access-date=2021-11-16}}</ref> or migrated there for religious education.{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=28}}<br />
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The legends describe Jayasi's life as follows: he lost his father at a very young age, and his mother some years later. He became blind in one eye, and his face was disfigured by smallpox. He married and had seven sons. He lived a simple life until he mocked the [[opium]] addiction of a [[Pir (Sufism)|pir]] (Sufi leader) in a work called ''Posti-nama''. As a punishment, the roof of his house collapsed, killing all seven of his sons. Subsequently, Jayasi lived a religious life at Jayas.{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=28}} He is also said to have been raised by Sufi [[ascetics]] ([[fakir]]).<ref name="indianexpress"/><br />
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He belong to the Mehdavia Sect of Islam Jayasi's own writings identify two lineages of Sufi pirs who inspired or taught him. The first lineage was that of [[Muhammad Jaunpuri|Saiyid Muhammad]] of [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] The Promised Mahdi. (1443-1505). Jayasi's perceptor from this school was Shaikh Burhanuddin Ansari of [[Kalpi]].{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=29}}<br />
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Jayasi composed ''Akhiri Kalam'' in 1529-30 (936 [[Hijri year|AH]]), during the reign of [[Babur]]. He composed ''Padmavat'' in 1540-41 (936 AH).{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=28}}<br />
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Some legends state that Raja Ram Singh of [[Amethi]] invited Jayasi to his court, after he heard a mendicant reciting verses from the ''Padmavat''. One legend states that the king had two sons because of Jayasi's blessings. Jayasi spent the later part of his life in forests near Amethi, where as per legend he would often turn himself into a [[tiger]]. One day, while he was roaming around as a tiger, the king's hunters killed him. The king ordered a lamp to burned and the [[Quran]] to be recited at his memorial.{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=28}}<br />
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Though his tomb lies at a place 3 km north of Ram Nagar, near [[Amethi]], where he died in 1542, today a "Jaisi Smarak" (Jaisi Memorial) can be found in the city of Jayas.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
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More than a century after his death, Jayasi's name started appearing in hagiographies that portrayed him as a charismatic Sufi pir. Ghulam Muinuddin Abdullah Khweshgi, in his ''Maarijul-Wilayat'' (1682–83), called him ''muhaqqiq-i hindi'' ("knower of the truth of [[al-Hind]]").{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=28}}<br />
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==Literary works==<br />
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He wrote 25 works.<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news|title=Padmini's poet: The man behind the first known narrative of Rani Padmavati is known more as a peer|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/padmavati-movie-ban-rani-padmini-of-chittor-poet-muhammad-jayasi-4954758/|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=26 November 2017}}</ref> Jayasi's most famous work is ''[[Padmavat]]'' (1540),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20171204-padmavati-karni-sena-malik-muhammad-jayasi-sanjay-bhansali-1092364-2017-11-24|title=Absurdity of epic proportions: Are people aware of the content in Jayasi's Padmavat?|date=24 November 2017 }}</ref> a poem describing the story of the historic [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1303)|siege of Chittor]] by [[Alauddin Khalji]] in 1303. In ''Padmavat'', Alauddin attacks [[Chittor]] after hearing of the beauty of Queen [[Rani Padmini|Padmavati]], the wife of king [[Ratnasimha|Ratansen]].{{sfn|Aditya Behl|2012|pp=166-176}}<br />
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His other important works include ''Akhrawat'' and ''Akhiri Kalaam''. He also wrote ''Kanhavat'', based on [[Krishna]].<ref name="indianexpress" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{cite book |author=Aditya Behl |title=Love's Subtle Magic: An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition, 1379–1545 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK7riKO6IN8C&pg=PA177 |year=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-514670-7 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=Ramya Sreenivasan|authorlink=Ramya Sreenivasan |title=The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen: Heroic Pasts in India C. 1500–1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiSUwULkK64C |year=2007 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-98760-6 }}<br />
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