Malik Ibrahim Bayu

Syed Ibrahim Malik Baya also known as Malik Ibrahim Bayu was a Sufi saint of Suhrawardiyya order and a warrior who arrived in South Bihar, India, in the 14th century and defeated the tribal Kol chiefdoms, who had been oppressing the local Muslims. He was a contemporary of Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri and Muzaffar Shams Balkhi.

Syed Ibrahim Mallick Baya (d. 1353 CE), a prominent 14th-century Sufi saint and governor of Bihar under the Tughlaq dynasty, is recognized as a Sayyid, descending from the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatima al-Zahra, and their sons Hasan and Husayn. Historical sources confirm that Syed Ibrahim was a seventh-generation descendant of Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani (d. 1166 CE), a renowned Sayyid and founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, whose lineage traces back to the Prophet Muhammad via both Hasan (paternally) and Husayn (maternally). According to Tazkira-e-Sufiya-e-Bihar by Dr. Muhammad Hifz-ur-Rahman (2021) and The Sultan of the Saints by Muhammad Riyaz Qadiri (2000), Gilani’s father, Abu Salih Musa, descended from Hasan ibn Ali, while his mother, Umm al-Khair Fatima, descended from Husayn ibn Ali through Imam Zayn al-Abidin, linking directly to Ali and Fatima. This dual lineage establishes Syed Ibrahim as a “najeeb-ut-tarafain” Sayyid, a status widely accepted among the Mallick Baya community in Bihar, as corroborated by Sharfa Ki Nagari by Syed Qayamuddin Nizami (1995), which details his role as a Sayyid leader in Bihar Sharif.

He defeated Raja Birthal in a war. Malik Ibrahim Baya's tomb is protected under Archaeological Survey of India and is a tourism spot in Bihar Sharif Nalanda. Provided by Wikipedia