Makhdoom Bilawal

Makhdoom Bilawal Saint
Tomb of makhdoom Bilawal Shaheed
Born1451( 856 A.H.)
Sindh, Pakistan
DiedJanuary 17, 1522(30 Safar 929 A.H.)
Baghban (near the town of Dadu, Sindh)
Venerated inIslam
InfluencedSyed Haider Shah Sannai
Tradition or genre
Poetry

Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo[1][2] (Sindhi: مخدوم بلاول بن جام حسن سمو), (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH Sindh) was a sufi saint, philosopher and poet from Sindh, Pakistan. He is also referred as Makhdum Bilal or Bilali Makhdum. He was disciple of hazrat Dost Ali Sahoni. Dost Ali was direct disciple of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani.[3]

Life

Makhdoom Bilawal was ordered to be crushed alive in a seed grinder after the Battle of Talti for opposing the conquest of Sindh by Arguns on 30 Safar 929AH/1522 AD. [4]

Poetry

He said poems in Persian and Sindhi languages. One of his Persian Quatrain reads as follows:

Surrender yourself to God
Lose your will into His
Self-assertion is blasphemy
Shun the Self and merge into Him

— Makhdoom Bilawal[citation needed]

Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal

Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal

His shrine is at 'Baghban' near the town of Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan. According to the article of Aamir Sindhi Ali Wagan, the mosque at his tomb was constructed by one of his devotees Sardar Sakhi Mahboob Khan Wagan (Chief Sardar of Wagan Tribe).

References

  1. ^ "Bilawali Movement". 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ "شهيد مخدوم بلاول رحه".
  3. ^ "تزکرہ مشاہیر سندھ" manuscript of makdoom Bilawal by Qadi Hidatullah mustaq matyary
  4. ^ munawar arbab, Halo. Sufi Saints of Indus Valley. Lulu.com. ISBN 1329580885. Retrieved 10 May 2017.


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