Mir Shamsi was a mystic and a saint who lived in the Indian village of Karhan, Uttar Pradesh.
Karahan is a village in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
He was born Syed Shamsuddin, and was the mooris-e-aala of Saadat Karhan district Mau. (The mooris-e-aala is the patriarch of the family.) He died in the year 1651 AD. Not many records exist of his life, but this information can be read off his tombstone at his mazaar that is frequented by the locals and other who come to pay homage and ask for wishes to be granted.
Mau, now known as Maunath Bhanjan, is a city located in Uttar Pradesh, India. This city is the headquarters of the Mau district.
The Headstone on Mir Shamsi's grave
In his lifetime, he had a reputation for helping people. He was born into a wealthy family, and helped the people of Karhan by getting a lake dug. This provided the villagers with much needed employment and water.
The lake that Mir Shamsi got dug
Recently[when?] a local politician whose wish of winning an election was fulfilled, built a structure to cover his originally unpretentious grave.
The covered mazaar of Mir Shamsi today
Mir Shamsi is also an ancestor of the poet, author, intellectual, bureaucrat and Indian independence activist Ali Jawad Zaidi and Shamim Karhani (Syed Shahsuddin Haider) who was an Urdu poet of the 20th century.
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Syed Ali Jawad Zaidi was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and author of over 80 books in several languages. He was also an Indian independence activist, lawyer and later, a civil servant, but is best known for his work in Urdu literature.
Shamim Karhani was an eminent Urdu poet ('Shayar') of the 20th century.
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