- Sultan Bahu
Sultan Bahu (ca
1628 -1691 ) was aMuslim Sufi andsaint , who founded theSarwari Qadiri sufi order.Sultan Bahu belonged to Awan tribe.Awans are the descendants ofAli . Like many other sufi saints of theIndian subcontinent , Sultan Bahu was also a prolific writer, with more than forty books onSufism attributed to him. However, as the majority of his books deal with specialised subjects related toIslam and "islamic mysticism", it is his Punjabi poetry that has generated popular appeal and made him a household name in the region. His poetic verses are sung in many genres of "sufi music", includingqawaali s and "kaafis". Tradition has established a particular style of singing his couplets, which is not used in any other genre of sufi music. (Please see the External Links section for audio resources.)The
Mausoleum of Sultan Bahu is located inGarh Maharaja , Punjab,Pakistan . It is a popular and frequently-visited sufi shrine, and the "annual festival" is celebrated with the usual fervour, which is now a distinguishing feature of what is being called a 'shrine culture' of the Indian subcontinent.piritual Genealogy / Tareeqa
Sultan Bahu belonged to the
Qadiri sufi order, and later initiated his own offshoot,Sarwari Qadiri .Sultan Bahu refers to Muhiyuddin
Abdul Qadir Jilani as his spiritual Master in a number of his books and poetry, but it is obvious that this relationship must have existed purely in the spiritual domain, as Abdul Qadir Jilani passed away before the birth of Sultan Bahu. However, a majority of Sufi orders and saints maintain thatAbdul Qadir Jilani has a special role in the mystic world and thus all orders and saints are always indebted to him directly or indirectly in some way.Sultan Bahu's education began at the feet of his mother, Mai Rasti, who was herself a saintly woman, and has her own
Mouselem in Shorkot, Pakistan. She told him to seek spiritual guidance from Sheikh Habibullah Qaderi. After some time, Sheikh Habibullah sent him to Delhi for further 'polishing' under the guidance of Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Qaderi. This did not take long, after which Sultan Bahu returned to his own, familiar surroundings.The complete spiritual lineage ("Silsila") of Sultan Bahu is as follows:
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
*Hassan Basri
*Shah Habib Al Ajami
*Daud Tai
*Maruf Karkhi
*Sari As Saqäti
*ShaykhJunayd Baghdadi
*Sheikh Shibli
*Walid Abdul Wahid
*Abul Farrah Yusuf
*Sheikh bu Hassan
*Sheikh bu Saeed Al Mubarak
*SheikhAbdul Qadir Jilani
*Abdur Razzaq
*Abdul Jabbar
*Yahya Wali
*Sheikh Najmuddin
*Abdul Sattar
*Abdul Baqa
*Abdul Jalil
*Abdûr-Rahman
*Sultan BahuGenealogy
Sultan Bahu was of the progeny of Ali, cousin and son-in-law of
Muhammad . His family is thus Hashimi, and his tribe Awan. The Awan tribe trace their ancestry to "Ameer Shah", son of "Qutub Shah".After the incident of
Karbala , the household ofMuhammad had to migrate to other lands. Many of his descendants who lived in Egypt and nearby lands departed for Turkistan andIran due to persecution at the hands ofHujjaj bin Yusuf .As time went by, they resettled in places such as
Bukhara and Hamadhan in Turkistan, andBaghdad inIraq . Some migrated to Khurasan and others to Herat in the mountainous regions of present dayAfghanistan .The ancestors of Sultan Bahu migrated and settled in
India , and the father of Sultan Bahu, "Bazid Muhammed", became an important titleholder at the court of the Mughal emperors of India.The complete genealogy of Sultan Bahu is as follows:
Sultan Bahu, Bazid Muhammed, Fatah Muhammed, Alla-Radatta, Muhammed Tameem, Muhammed Mannan, Mogila, Peera, Muhammed Sughra, Muhammed Noor, Sulla, Muhammed Baharie, Muhammed Jayoon, Muhammed Hargun, Noor Shah, Ameer Shah, Qutub Shah, Emmaan Shah, Husein Shah, Firoze Shah, Mahmud Shah, Fartak Shah, Nawaab Shah, Darrab Shah, Awhum Shah, Abeeq Shah, Ahmed Shah, Ameer Zubeir,Abbas ibne Ali, Caliph
Ali ,Abu Talib ,Abul Mutallib ("Grandfather ofMuhammad "), *Hashim , *Abdul Munaf Literary Works
The actual number of books written by Sultan Bahu is not certain. According to tradition, he is supposed to have authored over one hundred works and treatises. The following is a list of the important works of Sultan Bahu that still exist today, and can be traced back to him with credibility.
Nurul Huda, Risala-e-Roohi, Aql Baidaar, Mahq-ul-Fuqara, Qurb nnvnvn, Aurang-Shaahi, Jami-il-Asraar, Taufiq-Hedaayat, Kaleed Tauheed, Ainul Faqr, Shamsul Arifeen, Magzane Faiz, Ameerul Quonain, Asrare Qaderi, Kaleed Jannat, Muhqamul Fuqara, Majaalis-tun Nabi, Muftahul Arifeen, Hujjatul Asraar, Jannatul Firdaus, Kash-ful Asraar, Risaala Ruhi Shareef, Abyaat Bahu (poetry), Muhabbatul Asraar, Ganjul Asraar, Dewaan Bahu, Panj Ganj, Fazlul Laqa, Jhook Sultany, Ameerul Mumineen
Of the above, Nurul Huda (Light of Guidance) and Risala-e-Roohi (Book of Soul) are the most popular, along with the poetry collection Abiyaate Bahu.
[http://www.hazratsultanbahu.com Free Books, Photos of Sultan Bahu (r) online]
[http://www.yabahu.com/Bookshelf/Bookshelf.htm Free Books in PDF format written by Hazrat Sultan Bahu (R.A),his descendants and khulifas]
Kalam Sultan Bahu
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ee also
* [http://www.yabahu.com Sultan Bahu]
*Sufism
*List of famous Sufis
*Sarwari Qadiri Notes
1. South Asian Muslims usually prepend the word "Hazrat" to the names of venerable persons as a mark of respect. Thus, this word may often appear before the names of Muslim personalities. However, this practice is not followed in this article, not for lack of courtesy and respect, but to maintain a neutral tone, in keeping with
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