HAJARAT BU ALI SHAH QALANDAR (panipat)Shaikh Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar Panipati(1209-1324 CEor 606 AH, born at Panipat, Haryana) [ 1 ]was a Sufi saintof the Chishtī Orderwho lived in India. His dargah(mausoleum) in the town of Panipatis a place of pilgrimage. His real name was Shaykh Sharfuddin but he is famous by the title Bu Ali Shah. His father, Shaykh Fakhar Uddin was a great scholar and saint of his time. He completed his studies at an early age and subsequently taught near the Qutub Minarin Delhi for 20 years. He published a collection of Persian poetry by the name ofDiwan Hazrat Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar[ 2 ]which was later translated by Khawaja Shahudinin Punjabi. Its a great Sufi work in Persian language. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Birthplace One account says he was born in early 1400 in Panipat, India. However an epitaph on his tomb in Persiangives his birthplace as Ganja in present-day Azerbaijan. It traces his descent from Numan Ibn Thabit Hazrat Abu Hanifa. His father, Sheikh Fakhar Uddin was a great scholar and saint of his time. His mother, Bibi Hafiza Jamal, was a Syeda; the daughter of Maulana Syed Nemat Ullah Hamdani. Tomb The dargah(mausoleum or shrine), mosque and enclosure at the Qalandar Chowk in Panipat were constructed by Mahabat Khan, a generalin the service of the MughalEmperor Jahangir. Mahabat Khans own tomb in red sandstone is adjacent to the saints mausoleum. The tombs of Hakim Mukaram Khanand the Urdupoet Maulana Altaf Hussain Haliare also located within the enclosure. A nearby structure is the tomb of the last Lodi dynastyruler of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, killed in the First Battle of Panipat(1526). [ 5 ] The left wall of the mausoleum has a qasida( panegyric) embossed and painted in blue and gold, written by Zahuri Neishabouri who visited India during the reign of Akbar. A large number of people from all walks of life - Hindus, Muslims, Sikhsand Christians- visit the tomb and offer prayers there each Thursday and during the annual UrsMela. [ 6 ]
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