Syed Shah Muhammad Ashraf Biyabani was the son of Syed Shah Ziyauddin Biyabani, and was born on 16th August 1459/865 Hijri in Fuqrabad. He married Hazrath Maryam Bibi Saheba, the daughter of Hazrath Sang-de-Sultan. Hazrath Ashraf Biabani became the first Sajjada Nasheen of the Biabani family. He used to pray and meditate in the forests of Faqrabad and Rauna Prada in the Jalna District, as his father did. A large number of devotees from distant places would come to him for blessings, and he would arrange mass meals (langar) for them. Hazrath Ashraf Biabani passed away in 935 Hijri. A devotee, Mohammad Hussain, constructed a tomb over his grave according to the wish of Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani. The tomb, located very near the grave of Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) at Ambad Shareef, is a unique example of Deccan architecture.

Two of his writings are known by the names of Nuskha e Nausarhar and Qissa e Aakhir uz Zamaan. One manuscript of Nausarhar is preserved in Idara e Adabiyat e Urdu, Hyderabad; and the other is Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Pakistan – which was compiled and published in 1982 by Dr. Afsar Siddiqui. There is no available manuscript of Qissa e Aakhir uz Zamaan, as of now. The first mathnavi is on the martyrdom of Imam Husain.

Further Readings:
1. Shareef, Muhammad Jamaal. Dakan meiN Urdu Shayeri Wali Se Pehle. Edited by Muhammad Ali Asar. Hyderabad: Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu, 2004.