Hazrat Ishaan

Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb
Darbare Hazrat Ishaan after the renovation of his descendant Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sultan Masood Dakik
Born	1563 Bukhara, now Uzbekistan
Died	4 November 1642 (aged 79) Lahore, Mughal Empire, now Punjab, Pakistan
Resting place	Lahore
Successor	Sayyid Mir Jan (Uwaisiyyah line)
Parent(s)	Hazrat Sayyid Mir Sharif Naqshbandi

Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi, known as "Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb" ( 1563— 4 November 1642) is a Sufi Saint from Bokhara.

Hazrat Ishaan was a Sayyid, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima al Zahra and his son in law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib. Two paternal Sayyid lineages of him are currently known. From one line he is a direct descendant of the seventh Imam Musa al Kadhim, through his son Ibrahim al Murtadha and of the well known Sufi master Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin Atar. Sayyid Alauddin Atar was the successor and son in law of Hazrat Bahauddin Naqshband. Therefore, Hazrat Ishaan is also from the progeny of Hazrat Bahauddin Naqshband, who was himself a descendant of the eleventh Imam Hasan al Askari, through his son Sayyid Ali Akbar.

Hazrat Ishaan was the second son of Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif Naqshbandi. His older brother was Khwaja Khawand Muhammad Naqshbandi, known as Khwaja Khawand Aftab, who also was a saint. Hazrat Ishaan had issued 5 daughters and 6 sons, who are all regarded as saints.

Hazrat Ishaan was influenced by his ancestors´ teachings and was therefore a disciple of his father. Hazat Ishaan studied at a royal college and had become an accomplished scholar. He was also a disciple of Hazrat Ishaq Wali Dahbidi, founder of the Ishaqqiya branch of the Naqshbandiyya Order in Eastern Turkistan. Hazrat Ishaan abandoned a further education in religious studies in order to focus on the mystical quest. He was an authorized Khalifa of Hazrat Ishaq Wali Dahbidi in year 1598 and was sent to Lahore to propagate the Ishaqqiya path. Instead he went to Srinagar in Kashmir. In Srinagar he attracted many people, who have later followed him. The fame of his piety has reached many areas of Central Asia. Hundreds of thousands of disciples in Khorasan, modern-day Afghanistan, especially in the cities of Kandahar, Kabul and Herat, followed him. He has sent disciples in all over Central Asia under, whom 2 have been sent to Tibet. Unlike other Naqshbandi Masters he attracted many people, who were not only official patronages. Hazrat Khwaja Khawand Mahmud was invited by the Moghul Emperor Jahangir to go to his court in Agra. Going there several times, he was unable to create firm connections to the court, because of the influences of Naqshbandis attached to the rival Jubairiyya branch. Therefore, he came back to Kashmir. Becoming entangled in the struggle against the Shia community there, Moghul emperor Shah Jahan summoned him in year 1636 to Delhi and banned his way to Srinagar. Hazrat Ishaan spent his last six years in Lahore, where he also died.