Shaikh Gadai Kamboh

Shaikh Gadai Kamboh was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi saint.[1] He was the son, disciple and successor of famous scholar, philosopher and poet-laureate Shaikh Jamali Kamboh of Delhi[2] and brother of the 'Master of Expression' —Shaikh Abd-al-Hai Hayati. His real name was Abdur Rehman but he became famous as Gadai. He was well-renowned for his sanctity and learning and was in high favour with emperor Humayun and Bairam Khan. He is also said to have remained a Musahib of the Afghan emperor Salim Shah Suri.[3] During Akbar’s reign, he occupied the high office of “Sadr-i-sadur” of Hindustan.

  1. ^ Fisher, Michael Herbert (2019). A Short History of the Mughal Empire. I.B. Tauris. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7556-0491-3. He welcomed Suhrawardi Sufi leader Shaikh Gadai Kamboh (a Punjabi whose ancestors had converted to Islam)
  2. ^ Shaikh Jamali was poet-laureate in the court of Sultan of Sikandar Lodhi (Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism in India, 1969, p 46, Iqtidar Husain Siddiqi - Lodi dynasty).
  3. ^ Muntakhbu-a-Twarikh, Vol I, p 419, ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shāh Badāʼūnī.