270 Abdul Wali —Antiquity and Traditions of Shfthzfidpur. [No. 3, 
it is said, came to Bengal, is taken from the Isabah (Biblio-theca 
Indica edition), Yol. Ill, page 872:— 
“ He was Abu *Abdu-r-Rahman-al - Ansari-al-Khizra ji, an Imam of 
the Science of the Lawful and the Unlawful (Islamic Law), and was 
present at the battle of Badr, at the age of 21. The Prophet (may 
God’s blessing be upon him) deputed him to Yaman, gave him his 
blessings, permitted him to accept gifts and wrote thus to the people 
of Yaman : ‘1 send to you the best of us. ’ Mu‘azz returned, during the 
Khilafat of Abu Bakr, from Yaman. In his Huliya , Abu Noem states 
that Mu‘azz-ibn-Jabal was a leader of the lawyers, and a store-house for 
the scholars. He fought at Badr, Aqaba, and other battles. By his 
meekness, modesty, and liberality, he was the best of the young 
Ansars. His body was symmetrical and he was handsome. Of him 
Ka‘b-ibn-Malik says that he was handsome, brave, and the best specimen 
of his tribe. So says Al-Waqidi—that he was one of the handsomest 
men, took part in many battles. He recited several Hadithes from the 
Prophet, which have been quoted by Ibn-i-‘Abbas, Ibn-i-‘Omar, Ibn-i- 
Abi Aufl-al-ash‘arl, ‘Abdu-r-Rahman-b-Samara, Jabir-b-Anas, and other 
tabi'in. 
Mu { azz died in Syria (Sham) in 17 H. or according to many in 18 
H., of Plague, at the age of 34.” 
I am not aware of what became of his children and grand¬ 
children. It is probable that they emigrated to Mesopotamia or 
Transoxiana, as so many others had done. 1 
Saiyid Jalalu-d-diu Bokhari, 2 during whose life-time the sea-expedi¬ 
tion, it is said, was undertaken, was born at Bokhara, came to India, and 
became a disciple of Shaikh Bahau-d-Din Zakariya of Multan. The 
latter readHadith with Shaikh Kamalu-d-Din Muhammad of Yaman, at 
Medina. It is a fact that Khwaja Qutbu-d-Din Bakhtvar Kaki, 
Khwaj a Farldu-d-Din Ganj-i-Shakar. Khwaja Bahau-d-Din Zakariya 
of Multan (cousin of the former), Saiyid Jalaluddin Bokhari, Lai Shah- 
1 One of his sons died in his life-time, when the Prophet wrote to him a very 
celebrated letter, which has been translated and paraphrased in Persian by Shaikh 
‘Abdu-l-Haq Diblavi (958-1052 H.) and is to be found among his collected epistles 
and miscellaneous treatises, printed at the Majtabax Press, Delhi. 
2 Saiyid Jalalu-d-Din Bokhari came and settled at Uchh in the Multan Dis¬ 
trict, where he died. One of his grandsons was the famous Saiyid Jalalu-d-Din 
Husain Bokhari, better known as Makhdum-i-Jahaniva. The latter was born at 
Uchh and died there in 785 H. He visited Bokhara, the birthplace of his grand¬ 
father. 
The names of the Makhdum Sahib and of his nephews show that they must 
have been born in Iran, or Turiin. They were rather known by their soubriquets than 
by their proper names. 
