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Quadri Sufi Hazrat Prof. Dr. Syed Manal Shah Alquadri Al Jilani (Q.S.A)... His Holiness Hazrat Professor Dr. Syed Manal Shah Alquadri Al Jilani (Qaddas Allaho Sirrahul Aziz) widely known as ‘Huzur Ameerul Mashaikh’ was the 35th direct lineal descendant of the Holy Prophet of Islam Rahmat ul Lil Aalamin Hazrat Ahmad e Mujtaba Mohammad Mustafa (Peace be upon him) and 22nd descendant of the greatest saint of Islam His Holiness Syedena Hazrat Ghausul Azam (Ala Jaddihi Nabiyana Alaihis Salam). He was born on 2nd January 1945. His father His Holiness Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Mustafa Alquadri Al Jilani (Q.S.A) widely known as “Huzur Qutb e Bangala” was a great saint and religious leader of his age. His mother Her Holiness Hazrat Syeda Jariatul Moula allies Syeda Kaniz Moula (Q.S.A) was also a saintly lady of her time. ‘Huzur Ameerul Mashaikh’ was inducted in the spiritual world (became a murid) at very early age of seven by a great saint of Quadria Order of Bengal “Ghause- Zamana” His Holiness Hazrat Syedena Syed Shah Irshad Ali Alquadri Al Jilani (Q.S.A). ‘Huzur Ameerul Mashaikh’was a brilliant student from his child hood. Hazrat Maulana Yaqub Qadri, a renowned Mufti of Kolkata taught him Hadith, Tafsir, Fiqah and most difficult texts of Arabic and Persian. He also learnt Persian from his mother who was a great scholar of the subject and Arabic from his revered father who was a versatile scholar of Arabic. ‘Huzur Ameerul Mashaikh’ passed almost all his examinations with great distinctions. He passed the M.A. Examination in Persian in the year 1964, stood First Class First and obtained Gold Medal from Calcutta University. In 1966 he appeared at M.A. in Arabic, and also stood First Class First and obtained Gold Medal. He had been awarded the degree of Ph.D for his monumental work entitled “Diwan-i-Baqiya Naqiya-i-Hazrat Amir Khusrau (Ba Tashih Wa Muqaddme Wa Sharh –i-Hal)” from Calcutta University. It is a critical edition of the fourth Diwan of Hazrat Amir Khusrau (Q.S.A), the greatest sufi Persian poet of India and the most loving disciple of great saint Mahboob e Ilahi Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia (Q.S.A) of Delhi. He joined as a whole time Lecturer in the Department of Arabic and Persian in 1966 in the University of Calcutta. Subsequently he was elevated to the post of Reader, Professor, Chair of Sir Asutosh Professor of Islamic Culture, Head of the Department of Arabic and Persian and also Dean of the faculty of Arts in this university and retired from here after serving his Alma Mater for 44 long years.