((D. 675 AH In Multan)-- Shams-i Tabriz--the Mentor and teacher of Jalal uddin Rumi. He had two sons: Nasir uddin (Saman Burj Lahore Royal Fort) and Ala uddin Ahmad Shakr (Narrhar Sharif, Jaipur, India). The descendents of Nasir uddin largely inhabit west Punjab Districts, Hazara, Murree and Azad Kashmir area in Pakistan. Many of them inhabiting Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Patiala and Firozepur Districts of India migrated to Pakistan in 1947. There are some living in Pirana, Palanpur, Dholka and Ahmadabad in Gujrat(India); they are largely the descendents of Imam Shah son of Hassan Kabiruddin. Imam Shah ( Imam uddin ) who fell into the hands of an Ismaili Da’i, Sadr Din.
The descendents of Alauddin Ahmad Shakr, the younger son of Shams-i Tabriz, live in Narhar ( Jaipur ), Karrah ( Ilahabad ), and Fatehpur Distt., in India, and in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, and Sargodha, in Pakistan.
Recorded by Sajjad • Source cell D17