India, Sept. 19 -- Popularly known as 'Janbaz-i-Wali' in Kashmir, the most of the chronicles mention him as Sayyid Mohammad Rufaee. It is only Sayyid Ali, a near contemporary who refers to him as Sayyid Mohammad Ishfani. He was born in 735 A.H. corresponding to 1329 A.D and hailed from Ishfan, Iran. He is, therefore, sometimes referred to as Ishfani.

He to an illustrious Sufi house being the grandson of Sayyid Ahmad Rufaie, who was the nephew of venerated Sufi Shaikh Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jeelani (R.A). As such his genealogy is, through twenty two generations, associated with the lineage of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). In the very childhood, Sayyid Mohammad Ishfani was destined to learn theology at the feet of the revered teacher, Sayyid Mo...