Sayyid Hasan ibn Azimullah

Prince Hasan ibn Azimullah was an Emir of a group of Sunni Sayyids of Khorasan, following the Sayyid ul Sadatiyya heritage. His descendants were confirmed as Emirs of the Afghan Sayyids and custodians of the Hazrat Ali Shrine by the Muhammadzai Royal Dynasty.


Mir Sayyid Hasan ibn Azimullah
Sayyid ul Sadaat, Qutb ul Aqtab, Fakhr Alavi
Born1750s
Died1830s
Kabul, Afghanistan
Venerated inIslam
AttributesPolymathic scholar, patriarch of the family of Sayyid Mir Jan, Emir of the Sayyid ul Sadatiyya
InfluencesMuhammad, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abu Bakr, Jafar Sadiq, Abdul Qadir Gilani, Amir Kulal, Abdulkhaliq Ghujdawani, Yaqub al-Charkhi, Hazrat Ishaan, Moinuddin Hadi Naqshband
InfluencedSayyid Mir Jan, Sayyid Mahmud Agha, Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha

Life and career edit

Hasan was born into a prominent family of Sayyids, i.e. descendants of Muhammad. He is a patrilineal descendant of Imam Musa Al-Kazim, through the teacher of Bahauddin Naqshband and Emir of the Kulal tribe of the Alids, Shamsuddin Amir Kulal.[1][2]

Education edit

He started his career as an islamic scholar by studying the Quran and Sunnah in the mystical Sufi path of Islam, as a prerequisite to be a leader of the Sayyid community. He was taught by his father Sayyid Azimullah ibn Nimatullah and high-ranking Awliya' (Sufi 'saints') of his time.[3]

Sunni Mission edit

He eventually became very prominent and guided the Sayyid community of Khorasan region, which encompassed Sayyids belonging to various Saints, like Gilani Sayyids, the descendants of Bahauddin Naqshband and Hazrat Ishaan and various other Musavi Sayyids.[4]

Although the Musavis were mainly of Shiite faith, including leading Ayatollahs in Persia until today, he remained the only significant Musavi of Sunni faith and descent.[5]

This was very rare and received the attraction of various Muslims. He further attracted people due to his knowledge and capabilities of leadership and legitimated his leadership over the Sayyids as the inheritor of the Khirqa of the 2nd Imam Hasan ibn Ali and the 3rd Imam Hussein ibn Ali.[6][7]

The reason why he put an emphasis on Sunni Islam as Musavi Sayyid was in his point of view the more esoteric understanding of the history of the Sayyids and twelve Imams in particular.[8]

Although many Shiites distanced themselves from the Imams of the four madhhabs, i.e. legal schools of Sunni Islam, Sayyid Mir Hasan respected them highly since all of them were students of a particular Twelver Shiite Imam, i.e. his ancestors. Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik were both students of his ancestor the 6th Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, Imam Shafii in turn was a student of Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad of Imam Shafii and the 9th Imam Muhammad al-Jawad.[9]

He reformed the Sayyid ul Sadatiyya heritage inherited by his wife and appointed his son Sayyid Mir Jan as successor by designation (Nass-e-Sharif). [10][11]

Personal life edit

Hasan married "Bibi Umm Azimullah Naqshband" from the family of Hazrat Ishaan and had 5 sons and 6 daughters with her. Of his children Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha is the only known child who continued his lineage. His children are known by the surnames Dakik and Sadat.[12]

Dakik Family edit

Dakik Family is a European family, descending from Hasan´s son Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha whose granddaughter HRH Princess Sayyida Rahima Dakik is the family´s matriarch. She married with a Prince of the Afghan Royal Family, acting as Permanent representative to the United Nations[13]

List of Descendants edit

1. Sayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Azimullah, Saint died young leaving no children

2. Sayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Tahqiqullah, Saint died young leaving no children

3. Sayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Mir Jan, who is believed to be "the chosen one" awaited by the followers of Hazrat Ishaan. His children died young. Succeeding his father through Nass-e-Sharif

4. Sayyid ul Sadaat Mir Sayyid Mahmud Agha, Sufi Saint, representative and right hand of Sayyid Mir Jan. He died young leaving no children. Representing his brother through Nass-e-Sharif

5. Sayyidat ul Sadaat Sayyida Bibi Siddiqa bint Hasan al Tahera, Aristocrat, Saint and Ascet. She left no children

6. Sayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha, Sufi Saint, Grand Mufti. The only child of Sayyid Hasan to promote his bloodline. His children are known by the surname Dakik. Succeeding his older brothers through Nass-e-Sharif

a) His Serene Highness Sayyid Mir Sharif, died in his youth and left no children.

b) His Serene Highness Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan (1900-1955), Sunni Saint and General of the Royal Afghan Armed Forces. Succeeding his father through Nass-e-Sharif.

aa)HRH Princess Sayyida Bibi Rahima Begum daughter of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan, successor based on the will of her father (Nass), female Wali. She married the Afghan Royal HRH Prof. Prince Abdul Khalek Khan Telai, Royal Afghan UN Ambassador and great grandson of the King HM Sultan Mohammed Khan.

aaa)HRH Sultan Masood Dakik (b.1967), son of Sayyida Bibi Rahima and Prince Abdul Khalek, Afghan Barakzai Prince, lobbyist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, married his cousin Sayyida Nargis, granddaughter of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan (1.) and philanthropist. Succeeding his mother through (Nass Sharif).

bb) HSH Sayyid Mir Assadullah Sadat, son of Mir Muhammad Jan and younger brother of Sayyida Bibi Rahima. 2nd successor designated (Nass) by his father.

aaa) HRH Princess Sayyida Bibi Nargis Begum (b. 1978), married her cousin HRH Sultan Masood Dakik of Afghanistan. Succeeding her father through (Nass Sharif). Both live in Germany and have three children:

(1)HRH Prince Sayyid Raphael Dakik (b. 1998), Political Leader, Lawyer and Lobbyist

(2)HRH Prince Sayyid Matin Dakik (b.2000)

(3)HRH Prince Sayyid Hamid Dakik (b. 2002)

Agnatic Ancestry edit

  • 1 Muhammad
  • 2 Ali and Fatima Al Zahra
  • 3 Imam Hussain Shaheede Reza
  • 4 Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
  • 5 Imam Muhammad al Baqir
  • 6 Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
  • 7 Imam Musa al Kazim
  • 8 Abu Qasim Sayyid Mir Hamza
  • 9 Sayyid Mir Qasim
  • 10 Sayyid Mir Ahmad
  • 11 Sayyid Mir Muhammad
  • 12 Sayyid Mir Ismail Muhammad Hakim
  • 13 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latif
  • 14 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad
  • 15 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Kulal
  • 16 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ahmad
  • 17 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hashim
  • 18 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Mustaali
  • 19 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Dost Ali
  • 20 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad Latif
  • 21 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Abdullah
  • 22 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad Shamah
  • 23 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latifullah
  • 24 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ruhollah
  • 25 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Baitullah
  • 26 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Nimatullah
  • 27 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Azimullah
  • 28 Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hasan

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Imam Ali ibn al-Hussein (2001). The Complite Edition of the Treatise on Rights. Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
  2. ^ Sharif al-Qarashi2, Baqir (2000). The Life Of Imam Musa Bin Ja'far aL-Kazim (PDF). Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed. Iraq: Ansarian
  3. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.65
  4. ^ Mir Assadullah Sadat in Khwajagan Naqshband, 8th discourse
  5. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.65
  6. ^ Khtame Ziarate Sharife hazrat eshan Bukhari(written and investigated by Mian Ahmad Bader Akhlaq(BSC)) printed the second time in 1988 Writer and inspector Mian Muhammad Hasan Akhlaq (M.Km) 1988 company: Koperatis Lahorin
  7. ^ Mir Assadullah Sadat in Khwajagan Naqshband, 8th discourse
  8. ^ Mir Assadullah Sadat in Karamat Sahaba 1st discourse
  9. ^ Dissent on Core Beliefs: Religious and Secular Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 2015, p. 142, ISBN 978-1-1071-0152-4
  10. ^ Khtame Ziarate Sharife hazrat eshan Bukhari(written and investigated by Mian Ahmad Bader Akhlaq(BSC)) printed the second time in 1988 Writer and inspector Mian Muhammad Hasan Akhlaq (M.Km) 1988 company: Koperatis Lahorin
  11. ^ Mir Assadullah Sadat in Khwajagan Naqshband, 8th discourse
  12. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.65
  13. ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore) p.65