(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Malik Mohd Khan Baig was actually an employee in the court of Emperor Shah Jahan. Malik Mohd Khan Baig happened to be the great Grand father of Mirza Akmal ud Din.
Mirza sahib’s Grand father Malik Adil Khan came to Kashmir
with emperor Shah Jahan and decided to permanently settle over here.
Mirza Kamil sahib was born in 1644 AD. At the age of twelve,
he directly came under the influence of local elderly saint Makhdoom sahib and
became his trusted disciple.
Abandoning his official status, Mirza sahib engaged himself
in study of religious scriptures more specifically persian Mystical poets.
Mirza Sahib had beautiful handwriting and was a known calligrapher of his time.
He authored several books on Islamic Tassavuf or Mysticism.
He also wrote poetry in persian. His long poem Bahrul Irfan
(ocean of mysticism) follows the style of Maulana Rumi.
The poem consisting of thousands of verses with discourses
on Mysticism, is considered as greatest contribution to persian literature from
Kashmir.
He was also a saint of high order given to simple living
with a strong belief in service to mankind.
S.Rizvi
