Shah Jalal Dakhini
Shah Jalal Dakhini (, ) was a 15th-century Sufi Muslim figure of Dhaka, eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh). Dakhini was one among the many Sufis who spread Islam in eastern India. Saint received an honorifics as a Dakhini as he was the resident of Deccan. Biography. It is debated whether Dakhini was originally from the Deccan Plateau in South India (as his name suggests) or that he was from Gujarat in Western India. According to 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi's "Akhbar-ul-Akhyar", Dakhini studied under Shaykh Piyara in North India. Piyara was a Bengali Muslim scholar of  the Chishti Order. One day, he set off with a few companions from Gujarat to eastern Bengal, during the reign of the Sultan of Bengal Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah. He established a khanqah in present-day Motijheel, Dhaka in order to propagate Islamic teachings to the local people. He gained a large following in Dhaka, so much so that it was seemingly proportionate to the power of a king. It is said he also started to have a very pompous attitude. According to legend, the Sultan was angered by this, viewing Dakhini as a threat, and so had Dakhini and his  comrades executed in 1476. Dakhini and one of his disciples were both buried in a single-domed mazar (mausoleum) in two separate tombs. This is now found northeast of the Bangabhaban gateway. Legacy. The tomb has been renovated over the years by its zamindars namely Khwaja Ahsanullah and RAJUK. During the Mughal period, a mosque was built named after Dakhini. This mosque has now been renovated and renamed by RAJUK as the Dilkusha Jame Masjid.