Saiyyid Muhammad al Mahdi al Mauood, Jaunpuri (; 9 September 1443 – 23 April 1505) is the proclaimed Mahdi, was a Muslim mystic and self-proclaimed Mahdi and founded the breakaway Mahdavia sect. Hailing from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Jaunpuri traveled extensively throughout India, Arabia and Khorasan. Early life His first wife, Bibi Alahdadi, was the daughter of his uncle, Syed Jalaluddin. He Married her in Jaunpur in 866H, when he was nineteen years old. Jaunpuri and Alhadadi had two sons and two daughters together, Syed Mahmood Sani-e-Mahdi, Syed Ajmal, Syeda Khunza and Syeda Fatima. Travels He left Jaunpur along with his family and a group of followers. Migrating from place to place and gathering companions, that would later become the core of the Mahdavia sect founded by him, until he reached Farah in Afghanistan . Pilgrimage and claim to be the Mahdi By the age of 53 he embarked on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where in 1496 (901 Hijri), after circumambulating the Kaaba, he declared that he was the Promised Mahdi and whoever believes in him is a Momin. He was generally ignored by the ulema of Mecca, and after staying in Mecca for nearly seven or nine months, he returned to India where he proclaimed himself Mahdi at Ahmedabad and later at Badhli (near Patan, Gujarat). References 1443 births 1505 deaths Mahdavi Indian Sufi saints Indian people of Arab descent People from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh