Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan

Sayyid ul-Sadaat Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan (1900-1955) was a Sufi saint, noble, Jurist, entrepreneur and direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad after 29 generations of traditional high ranking clerics. He was the nephew of the Qutb of the Naqshbandi order Sayyid Mir Jan.
Ancestry
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan ia a Sayyid (a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib). Among his ancestors are seven of the Twelve Imams, and in another lineage eleven of the Twelve Imams, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, Sayyid Bahauddin Naqshband, Sayyid Alauddin Atar, and Khwaja Khawand Mahmud (also known as Hazrat Ishaan) also.
After the Battle of Karbala, the Ahl al-Bayt went back to Medina. From there Musa al Kazim was forced to go to Iraq. The Musavis, i.e. the descendants of Musa al Kadhim, settled to Persia. One of them was Khwaja Sayyid Mir Ismail Muhammad Hakim, father of Khwaja Sayyid Mir Latif, an ancestor of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan. The descendants of Sayyid Mir Latif immigrated to Bokhara and after that to Kabul to guide the Muslims there, where Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan was born.
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jans ancestors were as said also Askari Sayyids, i.e. descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari, through his son Sayyid Ali Akbar, whose existence was hidden, because of political conflicts. Sayyid Ali Akbars descendants also migrated to Bokhara, where the prominent Sufi saint Bahauddin Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, was born. A descendant of Bahauddin Naqshband after 7 generations was Hazrat Ishaan, whose descendants later immigrated to variable regions of South Asia, like Khorasan, today known as Afghanistan in order to spread the Ishaqiyya Naqshbandiyya branch's teachings.
Lineage
* 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
* 29 Sayyid ul Sadat Hazrat Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Saheb Agha
* 30 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan (nephew of Hazrat Sayyid Mahmud Agha)
* 31 Sayyida Bibi Rahima
* 32 Mir Sayyid Sultan Massood Dakik
Life and career
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan was born in Kabul in the household of his father Sayyid Mir Fazlullah, who was as Grand Mufti of Afghanistan and spiritual retreat of Sultan Abdulhamit II of the Ottoman Empire a very high ranking cleric. Hence Sayyid Muhammad Jan had the privilege to study directly from his father, who was known to be an orator of great masses, especially in his stays in Konstantinopel, the capital of the contemporary Caliphate.
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan was a disciplined youngster and finished school with excellence and committed himself next to his heritage as Islamic Jurist to Politics and hence graduated from the Royal Afghan Military Academy. He initially became a high-ranking officer and in the course of his Military career was promoted as Colonel.
As a young man in his twenties his father Sayyid Mir Fazlullah died, leaving him as successor of the household and hence the Prince of a thousand year old heritage of high-ranking Khwajas. Heridatary he has also become the Qutb of the Naqshbandi way, which was passed down in a bloodline from Shah Naqshband himself to Hazrat Ishaan and from Hazrat Ishaan to Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan, the uncle of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan. Since the family of Sayyid Mir Jan died because of a natural disaster on their departure from Mecca to Mumbai, Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan also inherited the legacy of his uncle who was the Naqshbandi Qutb of his time. Next to the hereditary line as per Sharia law he has shown himself fit for this responsibility based on his capacities.
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan was highly respected by the Afghan Royal Family, because he inherited the post as leader of the descendants of Prophet Muhammad from his father. Furthermore, he was as sources state a young man of "fierce vigour of youth" next to his spiritual responsibilities, which was very attractive to the society.
He also made use of his popularity and initiated projects for the sake of orphans and poor people, hence representing the heritage of his ancestor Prophet Muhammad in a social perspective.
By the cause of his life reaching his forties he has become the State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense, being focused on logistical initiatives from which the Afghan National Army benefited. It is said that through the efforts and advises of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan the Afghan Army had achieved its contemporary peak in military strength. The reason was next to his strategical talent, his diplomatical network that enabled him to get an inside in Capitalist and Communist Armed Forces and the import of weaponry for lower costs.
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan died at the age of 55 years in Kabul from a natural causes.
Personal life
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan first married 4 wives and is father to Jurists, Diplomats, Academics and international business magnates. Through the initiative of his grandson H.E. Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik the family of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan are widely known in Elitarian high-class networks of royal families as representatives of .
1. Wife
*died young
2. Wife
* Sayyid Mir Habibullah, Jurist, Diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
* Bibi Sayyida
* Sayyida Bibi Rahima, wife of H.R.H. Prince Dr. Abdul-Khaliq Khan and mother of H.E. Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik, German business Magnat and Lobbyist
3. Wife
*no children
4. Wife
* Sayyid Mir Assadullah, Jurist, head of the National Afghan Olympic Committee, Chief accountant of the Aviation Ministry
Legacy
Sayyid Muhammad Jan was the Qutb of the Naqshbandi order of his time and an example for many Naqshbandi Sufi Muslims. He and his ancestors emphasized asceticism manifested in Social Actions, like Charity, help of relatives and friends and discipline in one's career. The career should in his view be a "contribution and sacrifice to the Empire of Prophet Muhammad". He hence defined a balance between a life in public and spiritual seclusion as his ancestors taught him in a chain of Qutbs from father to son. One great example for this point of view is his ancestor Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar, who was -although spiritual head- the richest man of Central Asia during his time.

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