Pir Baba

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 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 Babar, and was an opponent of Bayazid Pir Roshan.

Sayyid Ali Tirmizi
Pir Baba
پیر بابا
Buner Mazar of Pir Baba
TitleAli Tirmizi
Other namesPir Baba
Personal
Born
Ali Tirmizi

Around 908 Hijri, 1502 A.D.
Fergana, Uzbekistan
DiedAround Rajab 991 Hijri, 1583 A.D.
Buner District
Resting placePacha Killay Buner District, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
MovementEstablished Islam among Yusufzai Pashtuns
Notable work(s)Spreading Islam
Other namesPir Baba
OrderChishti Sufi Order
Muslim leader
TeacherSheikh Saalaar Roomi
Period in office900–1000 Hijjri, Mughal emperors Baber & Humayun Period
SuccessorAkhoond baba
Disciple ofSalaar Roomi
Websitehttp://www.pirbaba.org/

It is claimed that Pir Baba was the son of Sayyid Qanbar Ali, who was in emperor Babur's army and had come down to Delhi as the governor of the Indian state. His mother was of Uzbek origin. Baba was more inclined towards Islamic studies. Baba supposedly married a sister of Daulat Khan a Yusufzai; a respected Pashtun from Buner.

He had 2 sons, Sayyid Habibullāh Shaah and Sayyid Mustafa Shaah.

Anwar Baig Baghi, a descendant of Pir Baba in his 12th generation, made news because "he could read only up to fifth grade but he penned down over 50 books on variety of topics."[2]

Shrine (Mazar)

Baba's grave and shrine is in Pacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[3][4]

The shrine was closed by the Taliban temporarily.[5]

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.

References
  1. "Hazrat Pir Baba (Rahmatullahi Allaih)". www.pirbaba.org.
  2. Sher Alam Shinwari (4 July 2019), "Septuagenarian writer urges youth to develop taste for reading", Dawn News. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. "God and Drugs in Northern Pakistan - YTPak". www.ytpak.com.
  4. "Pir Baba (Mazar Shreef) Buner Swat". pk.geoview.info.
  5. "Militants bomb Sufi saint's shrine". The Express Tribune. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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