Shajra Sadat

The book is the translation of the Persian book written by Sayid Ali bin Sayid Mohammad Kashmiri, the care taker of Khanqah-i-Mualla Srinagar and was written in 987 AH/1579 AD later translated in to Urdu by Mr. Ghulam Rasool Bhat and now translated in to English by Sayid Ashraf Shah for English readers. Kashmir being the only place in the world that has a recorded history of past 6,000 years. This history pertains to the mention of the Sayids who migrated in 8th century Hijri/14th century AD and were instrumental in the spread of Islam in a unique peaceful manner that changed the course of history. The period covered starts from Sultan Shahab-ud-din in 776 AH, when Sayids started to migrate to Kashmir. The Urdu translator has made a critical study of the contents and the dates quoted therein and verified these comparing with other history books available in the research library, where he had access being its employee. These observations have been reproduced by him in the foot notes at the end of the book. Howeverin English translation these foot notes have been adjusted at the end of each chapter to serve as a ready reference to the reader.

The book describes the biography of Hazrat Mir Sayid Muhammad Hussain Simnani (RA), who migrated from Simnan Iran first to Delhi next to Kashmir on the divine directions of Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) during repeated dreams in 760 AH/1359 AD. He played a great role in reforming the thought and practice of the Sultan of Kashmir, besides freeing the people from superstitions, false beliefs and idol worship by his preachings and at ocasions showing his miraculous powers.

The book covers the incidents in the life of the author from his childhood till date, spanning about eight decades. These incidents were recalled during his stay in UAE in 2014 and were subsequently update to present date 2021 at Srinagar. Many of the incidents were hair-raising witnessing narrow escape from death. It is bound to make an interesting reading for all sections of people.

The predictions of Shah Nematullah Qadri (RA) have great importance in the Persian literature and have remained on the roof top of common fame and most of these have proved right till date. Shah Nematullah Qadri has expressed appropriately in the form of the Persian verse and it becomes known that he has got evidenced through revelation and inspiration and has not taken any help from any hints, allusion or hidden indications of future happenings or personalities, instead he has described these in such clear words that there remains possibility of not an iota of doubt and not only his stated names but also their titles by letters even have proved to be right.

The book was written in Persian by Hazrat Shah Nematullah Wali (1331-1431 AD) born in Syria. He was a great Sufi Saint who authored over a hundred books in Arabic and Persian languages. Most of the predictions made in this book about six centuries back have come true. He predicted the establishment of Mughal rule in Hindustan with names of kings and the battles that they would fight. He predicted about the British rule in Hindustan, the freedom struggle and the division of the country into two. His predictions about future make the readers curious and compell them to pay attention to the book. Shah Nematullah Wali was born in 734 AH/1331AD and passed away around 834 AH/1431 AD. He was born in Syria but spent most of his life at Samatqand, Herat, Yezd and Kirman. His order of Sufism “Nemat-i-Ilahi” is still exists in Iran and Faras. The predictions made by Hazrat Shah Nematullah Wali in Persian poetry are of vital importance. Having turned out to be mostly true , his work has achieved heights of fame. He must have been divinely inspired to have been able to describe future events with such clarity, without resorting to metaphorical laguage, leaving no doubt in the reader's mind about the obviousness of the events he was foretelling. Even the names and titles of the historical figures and events he speaks about in his predictions have proven to be correct.

The book covers the musings of the author from the year 2017 to date in continuation of Kashmir Chronicles Part 1 covering his monthly musings from 2011 to 2016-published earlier. These write ups appeared in various local dailies, his publications, his books under publication etc., and cover topics of general interest. These will make very interesting reading

The book comprises of three sections. Part one deals with the introduction of Islam in Kashmir right from the time of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) followed by Sufi saints starting from 7th Hijri causing mass conversion voluntarily on getting impressed by the behaviour of the saints who lived a life of austerity. Part 2nd deals with the translation of a 150 year old hand-written Persian poetry manuscript translated in to English, describing the wonderful miracles performed by the Sufi saints of the area. Part 3rd deals with the biographies of the saints mentioned in part 2 with their spiritual and family lineages and copies of some age old manuscripts with bibilography at the end. The book makes great revelations of the past years which is bound to make interesting reading for all people.

Brief historical account of two towns in India.