Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam (RZ) was the Mahdi's (AHS) fourth Khalifa. He was a descendent of Hazrat Shaik Fareed-uddin Gunj-e-Shaker (RA). Being the elder son of Shaik Khudawand, Ruler of Jais, he succeeded his father to the throne. He was a "HAFIZ-E-QURAN (memorizer of the Quran)", and more interested in religion than in ruling the State. Therefore, he entrusted the State to his younger brother, and proceeded on the Haj Pilgrimage, where he continued his search for a "Peer-e-Kamil (perfect religious guide)".