Shah Inayat Shaheed
Shah Inayatullah | |
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شاه عنایت اللہ | |
Written name of Shah Inayat in Sindhi | |
| Title | Hazrat Sultan ul-Arifeen Shah Shaheed |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c.1655 (AH 1665) |
| Died | 7 January 1718 (Safar 17,1130 AH) |
| Era | Medieval |
| Region | Sindh, Mughal Empire |
| Known for | Sufi poetry, Social reforms |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Order | Sufi al-Qadiri |
| Creed | Sufism |
| Initiation | into Sufi al-Qadiri Tariqah by Shah Abdul Malik of Bijapur |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Shah Abdul Malik of Bijapur |
| Successor | Izzatullah Shah Gundpir |
Influenced | |
Shah Inayatullah (Sindhi: شاه عنایت اللہ; c. 1655 – 1718), popularly known as Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed, Shah Shaheed or Shah Inayat of Jhok, was a 17th-century Sindhi Sufi saint and revolutionary from Jhok.
He was executed on the order of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the early eighteenth century. Sufi Inayat was accused of leading a small army of peasants (Harees) to challenge the domination of Farrukhsiyar, local feudal landlords, and Mullahs. His mantra, “Jo Kherray so Khaey” (Sindhi: جو کيڙي سو کائي), means, "The one who plows has the foremost right on the yield." His popularity forced the feudal landlords to contact Farrukhsiyar, who ordered the ruler of northern Sindh Mian Yar Muhammad Kalhoro to uproot Inayat and his companions. A prolonged siege of Jhok resulted in an offer of negotiations from the Kalhora commander. Sufi Inayat accepted the offer to avoid further bloodshed, but was instead arrested and later executed in Thatta.,