The blessed Genealogy of Sayyiduna AlaHadrat
Imam Ahmad Rida Khan al-Baraylawi Alaihir raHmah
The following
ancestral tree of AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Alaihir raHmah is
carefully constructed from the authentic Books of Genealogy and
meticulously scrutinized with references to other books in this field.
The ancestors were compared with dates and periods found in books
written by Historians who were masters in this field. The following
points were noted before compiling the Ancestral tree:
- Preference was given to books compiled by Historians of Afghan descent/origin as they knew their descendants better than others.
- Furthermore,
amongst the Afghani Historians, preference was given to Historians that
belonged to the Bar'hech tribe as AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Alaihir
raHmah belong to the Bar'hech tribe.
- There is not much dispute in the Chain of the Ancestral tree from Sayyiduna Nabi Adam to Sayyiduna Nabi Ishaq.
- The chain of
the Family tree from Sayyiduna Nabi Ishaq to Hadrat Malikaloot was
extracted according to the citation found in the books of authors who
belonged to the Bar'hech tribe. This was so because people of a tribe
will have more genuine information of their ancestors in relation to
others of different tribes.
- There is a
consensus in Books of Ancestral trees from Hadrat Malikaloot to
Sayyiduna Qais Malik 'Abdur-Rashid and so is the case from Sayyiduna
'Abdur-Rashid to Bar'hech.
- From Bar'hech
till Hadrat Shuja'at Jang Muhammad Sa'eedullah Khan the genealogy was
extracted from Khulasat al-Ansab, Akhbar al-Sanadid and Bustan-e-Hikmat,
whose authors are not only Afghanis, but belonged to the Bar'hech
tribe.
This is how cautiously this Family tree from Sayyiduna
Nabi Adam till AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida Khan was constructed. The
Ancestral tree is as follows:
AlaHadrat
Imam Ahmad Rida s/o Ra’is al-Atqiya Imam Muhammad Naqi 'Ali s/o
'Arife-Billah Imam Rida 'Ali s/o Mawlana Hafiz Kazim 'Ali s/o Mawlana
Shah Muhammad A'zam Khan s/o Mawlana Muhammad Sa'adat Yaar Khan s/o
Shuja'at Jung Muhammad Sa'idullah Khan Bhadur Qandhari s/o 'Abdur-Rahman
Khan s/o Yusuf Khan Qandhari s/o Dawlat Khan s/o Badal Khan s/o Da'ūd
Khan s/o Bar’hech Khan s/o Sharfud-Deen 'Urf Shar’habūn s/o Ibra’him
'Urf Sard’bun s/o Sayyiduna Qais Malik 'Abdur-Rashid Sahabi Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anhu s/o 'Ays s/o Salool s/o 'Utba s/o Na'eem s/o Marra s/o Malik
Jalandar s/o Malik Askandar s/o Zaman s/o 'Unais s/o Bah’lool s/o
Sa’lam s/o Salah s/o Qaroon s/o Nasr s/o Ashmu’ail s/o Na'eem s/o Akram
s/o Ash’ath s/o Sharood s/o Makhal s/o Nusrat s/o Qalaj s/o Sher s/o
'Atham s/o Faylool s/o Karam s/o 'Amaal s/o Hudayfa s/o Mat’hal s/o
Qabal s/o 'Ilm or 'Aleem s/o Ash’mool s/o Harūn s/o Qamar s/o Abi s/o
Suheb s/o Talal s/o Lu’ee s/o 'Ameel s/o Taraj s/o Arzand s/o Mandool
s/o Saleem or Sa’lam s/o Afghana s/o Sarad al-Muqallab bi Malik Taloot
s/o Qais s/o 'Utbah s/o Talas s/o Ru’ail s/o Yahūdah s/o Sayyiduna Nabi
Ya'qūb Alaihis Salam s/o Sayyiduna Nabi Ishaq Alaihis Salam s/o
Khaleelullah Sayyiduna Nabi Ibra’him Alaihis Salam s/o Ta’rikh s/o
Makhūd or Nahūr s/o Shurū' or Ash’ragh s/o Sayyiduna Nabi Hūd Alaihis
Salam s/o 'Abir s/o Sha’lakh s/o Araf’khashad s/o Saam s/o Sayyiduna
Nabi Nūh Alaihis Salam [age: 1400 years] s/o La’lak [age:780 years] s/o
Malik Matla’shakh [age: 900 years] s/o Sayyiduna Nabi Idris Alaihis
Salam s/o Bayarad s/o Mahla’heel s/o Qay’nan s/o Anūsh s/o Sayyiduna
Nabi Sheeth Alaihis Salam [age: 912 years] s/o Sayyiduna Nabi Adam
Alaihis Salam [age: 900 years]
AlaHadrat Alaihir
raHmah belong to the Afghani Bar'hech tribe which was of Royal Descent.
He was indeed a very respectable and noble tribe in Afghanistan. Great
'Ulama and Masha'ikh hailed from his dignified tribe whose Mazars are
still a centre of solace and spiritual enlightenment for the people both
in Afghanistan and Hindustan. A separate detailed book can be written
about these great dignitaries. However, an important point to note is
that in the ancestry of AlaHadarat, there are Eight (8) Noble Prophets
and One Exalted Sahabi. The Prophets Alaihim as-Salam are:
1) Sayyiduna Nabi Ya'qoob
2) Sayyiduna Nabi Ishaq
3) Khalilullah Sayyiduna Nabi Ibra'him
4) Sayyiduna Nabi Hood
5) Sayyiduna Nabi Nooh
6) Sayyiduna Nabi Idris
7) Sayyiduna Nabi Sheeth
8) Sayyiduna Nabi Adam (Alaihim as-Salam)
The one Sahabi is Sayyiduna Qais Malik 'Abdur-Rashid
Sahabi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu. He is the 43rd descendant of Afghana and
45th descendant of Hadrat Malikaloot. Qais bin 'Ays lived in the
mountain of Ghour. In one of the Expeditions of Sayyiduna Khalid ibn
Walid, he became interested in Islam. So he took some of the leaders of
Afghanistan and went to Madinah al-Munawwara. They met the beloved
Prophet of Allah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam and immediately accepted
Islam on his sacred hands. Sayyiduna Rasoolullah then said to him:
"Qais is a Hebrew word and I am an Arab".
The Prophet of Allah gave him the Islamic name 'Abdur-Rashid. The blessed Habib SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam further said:
"You
are the Awlad of Malik Taloot whom Allah blessed with the title of
Malik (King). in the future you too will be remembered with the title of
Malik".
This is how he got the title of Malik from the office of Prophethood.
It was in the Madinan period that the Beloved Nabi was planning for the
conquest of Makkah Mukarrama and appointed Malik 'Abdur-Rashid and the
other Afghani Sahabi as the lead of the secret service scouts of the
army led by Sayyiduna Khalid ibn Walid Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu. The
Afghani Mujahids displayed their astonishing bravery in the battle of
Makkah. Sayyiduna Malik 'Abdur-Rashid himself killed 70 Kuffar in this
battle (Refer to Akhbar al-Sanadid for details). His role and bravery in
this war brought great joy to the heart of the Beloved Prophet
SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam who predicted that a great family will
emerge from the off-springs of this Sahabi. They will be steadfast on
religion and will strengthen the Din of Islam like Bataan (conqueror
with great bravery or Military Advisor). It was the effects of this Du'a
of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam that great 'Ulama
and Masha'ikh were born in the lineage of Sayyiduna Malik 'Abdur-Rashid
Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu.
To name a few, some other stars in the firmament of excellence are: The
great Mujaddid, AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida al-Qadiri, His sons, Hujjat
al-Islam Imam Hamid Rida al-Qadiri, Ghawth al-Zaman Mufti A'zam Imam
Mustafa Rida al-Qadiri Noori and Taaj al-Shari'ah Mufti Muhammad Akhtar
Rida al-Qadiri. Their services to the Deen is known to the Muslim World
and precisely the manifestations of the Du'as of the Beloved Prophet of
Allah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam.
Since the Beloved Nabi's Du'a for the Awlad of Sayyiduna Malik
'Abdur-Rashid was that they will strengthen the Deen and their strength
will be like Bataan, from that day on he became famous by the title of
"Bataan". This word Bataan in later days changed to the present day name
"Pathaan". Eventually, the Awlad of Sayyiduna Malik 'Abdur-Rashidhen
became synonymous by the word Pathaan. This is how the word Pathaan can
into existence. Sayyiduna Malik 'Abdur-Rashid Radi Allahi Ta'ala Anhu
married Mutahira, the daughter of Sayyiduna Khalid ibn Walid Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anhu, and he passed away at the age of 87 years.
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