Bibi Jamal Khatun

Bībī Jamāl Khātūn (Persian: بيبی جمال خاتون ‎), also known as Bībī Jīv (d. May 2, 1647)[1] was a Sufi woman saint of Sindh who lived in Sehwan, Sindh.

Biography

The only source for Bībī Jamāl Khātūn's life is Prince Dārā Shikoh's book of Qādirī biographies, Sakīnat al-Awliyā, the second chapter of which is about Bībī Jamāl.[2]

Bībī Jamāl Khātūn's mother was called Bībī Fāṭima, daughter of the prominent Sufi Qāḍī Qāḍan (d. 1551). Bībī Fāṭima's husband died fairly early in their marriage, and Bībī Fāṭima brought up her children at her father's home in Sind. All Bībī Fāṭima's children took an interest in Sufism, the foremost being Mīān Mīr (d. 1635 CE),[2] who became the spiritual preceptor to his siblings, including Bībī Jamāl Khātūn. It appears that Bībī was also particularly successful in her spiritual pursuits. Dārā Shikoh praised her as the Rābiʻah of her time and described several miracles attributed to her, while her brother Mīān Mīr referred to her spiritual exercises as an example when instructing his disciples.[3]

Bībī Jamāl Khātūn did marry, but did not have children. After six years of marriage, she separated from her husband and secluded herself in her room to devote herself to a life of asceticism, prayer, and meditation. Ten years after marrying, her marriage ended, either by divorce or the death of the husband.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rizvi, Saiyid Athar Abbas (1983). A History of Sufism in India. 2. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 481. ISBN 81-215-0038-9.
  2. 1 2 3 Ernst, Carl W. (2010). "Bībī Jamāl Khātūn". In Fleet, Kate; et al. Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004183902. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ernst, Carl W. (1997). The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala. p. 67. ISBN 9781570621802.
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