Hazrat Maulana Sheikh Jamali Kamboh Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh (also known as Hazrat Shaikh Alamsayakh Makhdoom Jama'al-Din Kamboh) was born in 1405 AD in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Shaikh Jama'al-Din Kamboh was a Sufi of the Suhrawardi order and came to Delhi during the reign of Sultan Bahlol Lodi (d 894/1488) and became the patron saint of the Lodi dynasty. His father Maulana Shaikh Fakhrudin, was a venerable religious leader of that era. Makhdoom Shaikh Jama'al-Din had been the royal spiritual adviser or Pir, first to emperor Sultan Bahlol Lodi, and later to Sultan Sikandar Lodi. He commanded the greatest respect amongst the entire Muslim spiritual and religious leaders and was one of the greatest Ulema Shaikhs of his times. The Mazar of Hazrat Shaikh Jama'al-Din is located in Delhi, where the Zubairies of Panipat assemble every year to offer Fateha in pre-independence days. Spiritual discipline apart, Shaikh Sama'al-Din was a scholar of traditional sciences and imparted instructions as a professional teacher to many students. Amongst one of his famous students who rose to eminence was Shaikh Jamali Kamboh.
