Hazrat Khwaja Yunus Ali, popularly known as Khwaja Enayetpuri, was born at Enayetpur in the district of Sirajgonj, the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1886 and died in 1951. His father, Mawlana Khwaja Abdul Karim whom Enayetpuri lost at the age of five, was greatly influenced by Sufism. His forefathers were originally from Baghdad, and migrated to Delhi, then to Enayetpur. He possesses a highly dignified lineage. His father, Khwaja Abdul Karim, is believed to have studied volumes of works on Sufism in his childhood and thus was known as a great saint. He was greatly enlightened in the light of Sufism the foundation of which is traced in the passages of the Qur’an. He left this world while Khwaja Enayetpuri was only five years old. It is believed that almost all of the ancestors of Khwaja Enayetpuri were well educated. What we know from relic papers is that Khwaja Enayetpuri came of a very aristocratic Semitic Muslim family whose roots were traced back to the famous Fatema dynasty. Once many Muslims of the Syed community of Baghdad migrated to India when a dire famine broke out as an epidemic in Baghdad. Amongst many, Sheikh Ismail and Sheikh Bahadur belonging to the Semitic tradition mentioned above came to Delhi and lived there for several years under the patronage of the emperor. As time went on, they wandered from one place to another in want of food and shelter and finally moved towards Bengal while the British seized the whole sub-continent. Having visited many places in pursuance of a suitable habitat they reached the village Aminpur, Pabna; and with the assistance of a dignified man, some of their successors took shelter at Enayetpur in the district of Sirajgonj. The widely renowned saint Enayetpuri of Enayetpur Darbar Sharif was a direct descendant of them.
