[2] Khwaja Fazal Mohammed played an instrumental role in bringing the teachings of Ni'matullāhī order to Odisha.
[1][3] Khwaja Fazal Mohammed was one of the direct descendants of Shah Khalilullah, the qutub of Ni'matullāhī order.
Fazal's ancestry can be traced back to Shah Nimatullah Wali, the 14th century Persian Sufi master of Iran and Musa al Kadhim, the 7th Imam and a renowned scholar who was a contemporary of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur.
[4][5] In the initial years, Fazal Mohammed popularized the teachings of the qutub of the Ni'matullāhī order in Odisha.
[7] Today, his tomb at Solada, Angul is revered by both the Hindus and the Muslims and is taken care by the local tribals and hindu villagers.