Shaban Bukhari
Syed Shaban Bukhari is the Deputy Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi.
Born in Delhi, India, on March 11, 1995, Syed Shaban Bukhari hails from the family of Islamic theologists who have since their past thirteen generations presided over the Grand Mosque “Jama Masjid”, Delhi, India, built in the year 1656 by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan who gave the world the wonderful Taj Mahal.The same Emperor Shahjahan appointed Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari, who was the great grandfather of Syed Shaban Bukhari, as the First Imam of Jama Masjid Delhi and decreed that the Imamat shall continue in the same family.
Keeping the tradition, in the year 2014, Syed Shaban Bukhari was appointed as the Vice Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, by his father, the Thirteenth Shahi Imam, Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari.
