Pir Baba
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Sayyid Ali Tirmizi Pir Baba | |
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پیر بابا | |
 Buner Mazar of Pir Baba | |
| Title | Syed Ali Tirmizi |
| Personal | |
| Born | Syed Ali Tirmizi Around 908 Hijri, 1502 A.D. |
| Died | Around Rajab 991 Hijri, 1583 A.D. |
| Resting place | Pacha Killay Buner Sharif District, Pakistan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | TIRMIZI HUSSAINI Al ABIDI SYED |
| Movement | Established Islam among Yusufzai Pashtuns |
| Notable work(s) | Spreading Islam |
| Other names | Pir Baba |
| Organization | |
| Order | Chishti Sufi Order |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Syed Ahmad Noor ,Sheikh Saalaar Roomi |
| Period in office | 900-1000 Hijri |
| Successor | Akhoond baba |
| Disciple of | Salaar Roomi |
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| Website | http://www.pirbaba.org/ |
Sayyid Ali Tirmizi (Pashto: سيد علي ترمذي), more commonly known as Pir Baba (پير بابا), was a Sufi who settled in Buner (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) among the Yusufzai Pashtuns. He was a Tirmizi HUSSAINI AL ABIDI Syed, He was probably born in 908 AH (1502 CE), in Fergana (present-day Uzbekistan), of Sayyid descent, died in AH 991 (1583 CE).[1] He was a supporter of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and was an opponent of Bayazid Pir Roshan.
Shrine (Mazar)[edit]
Baba's grave and shrine is in Pacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2][3]
The shrine was closed by the Taliban temporarily.[4]
Urs Mubarak[edit]
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The annual Urs or Pilgrimage of Hazrat Pir Baba is celebrated from 24 to 26 Rajab of the Islamic calendar every year in Buner.
References[edit]
- ^ "Hazrat Pir Baba (Rahmatullahi Allaih)". www.pirbaba.org.
- ^ "God and Drugs in Northern Pakistan - YTPak". www.ytpak.com.
- ^ "Pir Baba (Mazar Shreef) Buner Swat". pk.geoview.info.
- ^ "Militants bomb Sufi saint's shrine". The Express Tribune. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2016.