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Baha-ud-din Zakariya

Baha-ud-din Zakariya's Mausoleum in Multan
Religion	Islam, specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Personal
Born	around 1170 Kot Kehror near Multan
Died	Multan
Senior posting
Based in	Multan
Title	Hazrat, Shaikh
Period in office	12th/13th century
Predecessor	Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
Successor	Various, including lal Shahbaz Qalander, Fakhr ud din Iraqi

Baha-ud-din Zakariya (Persian: بہاؤ الدین زکریا) was a Sufi of Suhrawardiyya order (tariqa). His full name was Al-Sheikh Al-Kabir Sheikh-ul-Islam Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al Hashmi.

Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya known as Bahawal Haq was born at Kot Kehror, a town of Layyah District near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, around 1170.

His grand father Shah Kamaluddin Ali Shah Qureshi al Hashmi arrived Multan from Makkah en route to Khwarizm where he stayed for a short while.

In Tariqat he was the disciple of Renowned Sufi Master Shaikh Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi who awarded him Khilafat only after 17 days of stay at his Khanqaah in Baghdaad.

For fifteen years he went from place to place to preach Islam and after his wanderings Bahawal Haq settled in Multan in 1222.

[edit] His Shrine

Baha-ud-din Zakariya died in 1267 and his mausoleum is located at Multan. The of mausoleum is a square of 51 feet 9 inches, 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 afterwards restored by the Muslims.

[edit] Descendents

Baha-ud-din Zakariya had seven sons who gained fame in their own right as great Sufis - Shaykh Sadruddin Arif, Shaykh Burhanuddin, Shaykh Ziauddin, Shaykh Alauddin, Shaykh Qudratuddin, Shaykh Shihabuddin, and Shaykh Shamsuddin. Shaykh Sadruddin Arif's son was the famous Sufi Shaykh Abul Fath Ruknuddin, also known as Rukn-e-Alam. His progeny dispersed all over India over the coming centuries and produced many famous people in all walks of life and scholarship. His descendents are found still in Multan, Lahore, Khushab,Delhi, Meerut and Allahabad

[edit] Genealogy

Hazrat Baha ud din belongs from Genealogy of Al-Qureashi Al-Hashmi Al-Asadi.

• Hazrat baha-ud-din Zakariya son of
• Hazrat Waji-ud-din Muhammad son of
• Hazrat Abu Bakkar Shah Son of
• Hazrat Kamal-ud-din Ali Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Jalal-ud-din son of
• Hazrat Sultan Ali Qazi son of
• Hazrat Sultan Muhammad Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Hussain Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Abdullah Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Hassan Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Muzaffar Shah son of
• Hazrat Sultan Hazeema Shah son of
• Hazrat Ameer Asim Shah son of
• Hazrat Ameer Taj-ud-din Shah son of
• Hazrat Ameer Ayar Shah son of
• Hazrat Abdul Raheem son of
• Hazrat Abdul Rahman son of
• Hazrat Mehaar (R.A) son of
• Hazrat Asad (R.A) son of
• Hazrat Hashim

[edit] Memorandum

• A train is named after him, which runs between Karachi and Multan.
• Largest university of South Punjab is also called Bahauddin Zakariya University.

[edit] Sufi Order

He belongs to Suhrawardiyya Sufi order,which is very prominent in Slave Dynasty of India.

[edit] See also

• Qari Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui

[edit] External links

• Mausoleum of Bahauddin Zakariya
• Bahauddin Zakariya University

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