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Devotees at Mausoleum of Baha-ud-din Zakriya
Baha-ud-din Zakariya (1170-1267) was a Sufi of Suhrawardiyya order. His full name was Al-Sheikh Al-Kabir Sheikh-ul-Islam Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al-Qureshi. He was born at Kot Kehror, a town of the Layyah District near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. His grandfather Shah Kamaluddin Ali Shah Qureshi arrived in Multan from Mecca en route to Khwarezm . For fifteen years Bahawal Haq went from place to place to preach Islam and after his wanderings settled in Multan in 1222.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya died in 1268 and his mausoleum, Darbar Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya, is located at Multan. The mausoleum is a square of 51 ft 9 in (15.77 m), measured internally. Above this is an octagon, about half the height of the square, which is surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The mausoleum was almost completely ruined during the siege of 1848 by the British, but was soon afterward restored.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya had seven sons who gained fame in their own right as great Sufis. His grandson was the famous Sufi Shaykh Abul Fath Ruknuddin, also known as Shah Rukn-e-Alam. His progeny dispersed all over India during the coming centuries and are found in Pakistan as well as India.
Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the current Sajjada Nashin of Darbar Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya.
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Devotees at Mausoleum of Baha-ud-din Zakriya
Baha-ud-din Zakariya (1170-1267) was a Sufi of Suhrawardiyya order. His full name was Al-Sheikh Al-Kabir Sheikh-ul-Islam Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al-Qureshi. He was born at Kot Kehror, a town of the Layyah District near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. His grandfather Shah Kamaluddin Ali Shah Qureshi arrived in Multan from Mecca en route to Khwarezm . For fifteen years Bahawal Haq went from place to place to preach Islam and after his wanderings settled in Multan in 1222.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya died in 1268 and his mausoleum, Darbar Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya, is located at Multan. The mausoleum is a square of 51 ft 9 in (15.77 m), measured internally. Above this is an octagon, about half the height of the square, which is surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The mausoleum was almost completely ruined during the siege of 1848 by the British, but was soon afterward restored.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya had seven sons who gained fame in their own right as great Sufis. His grandson was the famous Sufi Shaykh Abul Fath Ruknuddin, also known as Shah Rukn-e-Alam. His progeny dispersed all over India during the coming centuries and are found in Pakistan as well as India.
Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the current Sajjada Nashin of Darbar Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia