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Hazrath Imamuna Mehdi Mauood Khalifathullah, Muradullah, Amrullah, Khalamullah, Hamsare Rasoollah Syed Muhammad Imam al-Mehdi al-Mauood (Jaunpuri) | |
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سید محمد مَهْدِي | |
 The Tomb of Syed Muhammad Mehdi Al Mauood AS-Farah Mubarak | |
| Born | Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1425-09-09)9 September 1425 (14, Jamadi ul Awal 847H) |
| Died | 23 April 1488(1488-04-23) (aged 62) (19, Ziquada 910H) |
| Resting place | Farah, Afghanistan |
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| Website | http://khalifathullahmehdi.info/hadith.asp |
Syed Muhammad Mehdi (Urdu:سید محمد مَهْدِي; 9 September 1443 – 23 April 1505) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of theMahdavia movement. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promisedMahdī, in fulfillment of theIslamic prophecies regarding the end times. Hailing fromJaunpur, he traveled extensively throughoutIndia,Arabia andKhorasan.[1]
His first wife, Bibi Alahdadi, was the daughter of his uncle, Syed Jalaluddin. He married her in Jaunpur in 866H, when he was nineteen years old. Syed Muhammad and Alhadadi had two sons and two daughters together, Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi, Syed Ajmal, Syeda Khunza and Syeda Fatima.
He left Jaunpur along with his family and a group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering companions, that would later become the core of theMahdavia sect founded by him, until he reachedFarah inAfghanistan.
By the age of 53 he embarked on theHajj pilgrimage toMecca, where in 1496 (901 Hijri), after circumambulating theKaaba, he declared that he was the Promised Mahdi and whoever believes in him is aMomin.
After staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months,[2] he returned to India where he proclaimed himselfMahdi atAhmedabad and later at Badhli (nearPatan, Gujarat).