Pir Shah Jewna

Born in Kannauj in 895 A.H. (1493 A.D.), he was a direct descendant of Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari, Jewna’s father Sayyed Sadruddin Shah Kabir Naqvi Al Bukhari was the chief advisor of King Sikandar Lodi.

[1] After the death of Makhdoom Jahanian Jahangast, the ancestors of Shah Jewna had moved to Kannauj.

[2] Jewna migrated from Kannauj to Shah Jeewna (a town named after him), which was deserted until he settled there.

[3] Shah Jewna died in the year 971 A.H. (1569) during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jalal-ud-din Akbar.

Jewna's descendants are still present in various places of India and Pakistan.