Pir Baba

Pir Baba
Syed Ali Shah Tirmizi

Buner Mazar of Pir Baba
Title Pir Baba
Born Syed Ali Shah
Around 908 Hijri
Fergana, Uzbekistan
Died Around 991 Hijri
Buner District
Resting place Bacha Killay Buner District
Nationality Uzbekistan
Ethnicity Tirmizi, spurious Syed origins
Era 900–1000 Hijjri, Mughal emperors Baber & Humayun era
Region Islam
Occupation Sufi saint, Ghooce
Religion Islam
Movement Establish Islamic awareness among Yousafzai Pathan
Main interest(s) spreading true teaching of Islam, Establishing shareah
Teachers His grandfather Syed Ahmad Noor, sheik Salaar Roomi
Students
  • Akhoond baba; his son, Syed Mustafa shah; Akhoon baba; Dewana baba
Sufi order Kubrawiya
Disciple of Syed Ahmad Noor, sheikh Salaar Roomi
Website http://www.pirbaba.org/

Hazrat Pir Baba (Pashto: پیر بابا‎), was a Sufi saint whose real name was Syed Ali Shah Tirmizi, of the Kubrawiya Silsila Tariqa (Chain/Order). He was probably born in Hijri or AH 908 (1431 CE), in present-day Uzbekistan, was of Arabic descent, and died in AH 991 (1502 CE).[1]

Shrine (Mazar)

Pir Baba's grave and shrine is in Bacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2][3]

The shrine was closed by the Talibans temporarily.[4]

Urs Mubarak

The annual Urs or Pilgrimage of Hazrat Pir Baba is celebrated from 24 to 26 Rajab of the Islamic calendar every year in Buner. People come from all over and participate in this holy occasion for some days.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.