Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya

1742 (age 53)

Mughal Empire

At her birth, it was part of the Mughal Empire. After the death of Nader Shah"s Turkmen Afsharid, in 1747 Ahmad Shah Abdali became the Padshah durr-i durrān (king). The area was controlled by Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1749 when the Mughal ruler ceded Sindh, the Punjab and the Indus River to Ahmad Shah Abdali to save his capital from Afghan attack. The new sultanate was the Durrani Empire, which existed from 1747 to 1826. She received an Islamic education, learning Punjabi, Farsi and Arabic. Mai Safoora was buried in a tomb built in 1795 by Multan"s Afghan ruler, Nawab Muzafar Khan Sadozai. Saleh Muhammad Safoori"s descendents remain in the region. Haji Muhammad Safoori was a grandson of Mai Safoora. Ancestry Descendants = Saleh Muhammad Safoori = Haji Muhammad Safoori.

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Background

According to her descendants she was descended from Umar, caliph and companion of Muhammad. Her father was Rustam Ali, and her grandfather was Khawja abu-alfateh Daood Qadiri.

Career

At her birth, it was part of the Mughal Empire. After the death of Nader Shah"s Turkmen Afsharid, in 1747 Ahmad Shah Abdali became the Padshah durr-i durrān (king). The area was controlled by Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1749 when the Mughal ruler ceded Sindh, the Punjab and the Indus River to Ahmad Shah Abdali to save his capital from Afghan attack.

The new sultanate was the Durrani Empire, which existed from 1747 to 1826.

She received an Islamic education, learning Punjabi, Farsi and Arabic. Mai Safoora was buried in a tomb built in 1795 by Multan"s Afghan ruler, Nawab Muzafar Khan Sadozai.

Saleh Muhammad Safoori"s descendents remain in the region. Haji Muhammad Safoori was a grandson of Mai Safoora.

Ancestry Descendants = Saleh Muhammad Safoori = Haji Muhammad Safoori.

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companion:: Umar

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