Syed Wazed Ali

Syed Wazed Ali was a Bengali Sufi saint and preacher of Islam. He was one of the 35 caliphs or spiritual successors of Fateh Ali Waisi.^[1]

Wazed Ali was born in Faridpur. His father's name was Syed Basrat Ali. His father was also a Sufi saint. His father was related to the Nawab family of Dhaka. The Nawab family of Dhaka donated a house in Kolkata in honor of Syed Basrat Ali. The Mughal emperors of Delhi gifted 12,000 bighas of land to their ancestors.^[2] Wazed Ali was a disciple of the renowned Sufi saint Fateh Ali Waisi and later became Waisi's caliph.^[3]

Wazed Ali established his Darbar Sharif in Mehedibag, Kolkata. That is why Mehedibagi ​​is added to the end of his name. After establishing Darbar Sharif, he tried to guide the common Muslims in Pabna, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Bogra, Rajshahi, Faridpur regions. A large number of people from different districts became his disciples.^[3]

Wazed Ali died on Tuesday, November 9, 1919, at 7:00 PM, according to the 17th Safar of 1338 AH. He was buried at his home in Gobra Bagh in Calcutta, where his mausoleum is located.^[3]

Wazed Ali had several caliphs. Among them, Sufi Yunus Ali Enayetpuri, Sufi Abdur Rahim of Dinajpur, Maulana Ahmed Ali Mujaddidi of Greater Pabna, and Sufi Jamshed Ali Bagura were well known.^[2] One of his caliphs, Yunus Ali, established the Enayetpur Pak Darbar Sharif in Sirajganj district.

Yunus Ali (Wajed Ali's caliph) had several famous caliphs. Among them were Sufi Khwaja Hashmat Ullah, the founder of the Atrashi Bishwa Zaker Manzil in Faridpur, Sufi Syed Abul Fazal Sultan Ahmad, the founder of Chandrapara Pak Darbar Sharif in Faridpur. Syed Mahbub-e-Khoda Dewanbagi, the founder of Dewanbag Sharif, was the son-in-law and caliph of Sufi Syed Abul Fazal Sultan Ahmad.^[2]