Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi

Ghaus-e-Azam Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi Universal Sufi Saint
Shrine of Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi at Maizbhander Dorbar Sharif, Fotikchori, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Born	Ahmed Ullah c. (1826-01-15)15 January 1826 Maizbhandar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Died	23 January 1906(1906-01-23) (aged 80) Maizbhandar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Cause of death	Due to old age
Resting place	Shrine of Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Other names	Ghaus-e-Azam, Hadrath Kebla, Gausul Azam Maizbhanderi, Bor Moulana, Faqir Moulovi, Khatemul Olad, Shaie-e-Lillah and Ahmed Ullah Rahmathullah Alai
Known for	Maizbhanderi Sufi Order
Children	Syed Faizul Haque
Parent(s)	Father: Mohammed Matiullah Mother: Bibi Khairun Nesa

Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi Bengali: ছৈয়দ আহমদ উল্লাহ মাইজভাণ্ডারী (কঃ) (1826- 1906) was the founder of the Maizbhanderi Sufi Order. Ahmed Ullah as a Universal Sufi Saint, Pir (Sufism) Auliya (awlia) gained the title as Gausul Azam Moulana Syed Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi Kebla Kaba (K.A.) or Ghaus-e-Azam. He is a descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad(clarification needed). He is also known as Hadrath Kebla, Gausul Azam Maizbhanderi, Bor Moulana (a title which in the local language means; "the senior scholar").

Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari was born on January 15, 1826, corresponding to Magh 1, 1233 of the Bengali calendar year. Sufi scholar Mohiuddin Ibn Arabi was said to have predicted the birth of Ahamed Ullah Maizbhanderi, 586 years earlier.

Maizbhandari spent his childhood in his native district of Chittagong. After finishing his secondary education, he was admitted to Calcutta Alia Madrasha(Aliah University) of British India, for his higher studies in Islamic religion and philosophy.

After completing his studies, Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari was appointed as the sessions judge (i.e. judge for the administration of criminal justice, widely known as kazi) of Jessore, which is now a district of Bangladesh. However, a year later; he resigned from the judiciary post and started teaching in calcutta alia madrasa ( Arabic translation of school) and at a religious college of munsi bo'ali in Calcutta. Along with this pursue, he was engaged in preaching religious teachings of Islam among people and addressing public in religious gatherings.

Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari became influenced by the spiritual teaching of Abu Shahama Mohammed Saleh Al-Qaderi Lahori, a Sufi sheikh and of a Sufi lineage. He initiated a (Bay'ah) (Arabic for 'promise') to him as a Sufi disciple and later became appointed as his Sufi Order successor (a khalifa). Abu Shahama Mohammed Saleh Al-Qaderi Lahori recommended him to go to another Sufi, Saint Delwar Ali Pakbaz. He then returned home from Calcutta.