Pir Baba

Sayyid Ali Tirmizi
Pir Baba
پیر بابا
Buner Mazar of Pir Baba
TitleSyed Ali Tirmizi
Personal life
Born
Syed Ali Tirmizi

Around 908 Hijri, 1502 A.D.
Fergana, Uzbekistan
DiedAround Rajab 991 Hijri, 1583 A.D.
Buner
Resting placePacha Killay Buner, Pakistan
NationalityArab, Uzbek, Persian, Afghan, Pakistani
Notable work(s)Spreading Islam
Other namesPir Baba
Religious life
ReligionIslam
OrderChisti Order
MovementEstablished Islam Among Yusufzai Pashtuns and Pashtuns
Muslim leader
TeacherSyed Ahmad Noor ,Sheikh Saalaar Roomi
Period in office900-1000 Hijri
SuccessorAkhund Darweza
Disciple ofSalaar Roomi
Students
  • Syed Mustafa ,Akhoondzada; Dewana, Hisar and other
Websitehttp://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 in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There, he lived among the Yusufzai Pashtuns.

He was a Naqvi Syed, probably born in 908 AH (1502 CE), in Fergana (present-day Uzbekistan), of Sayyid descent, He 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)

Baba's grave and shrine is in Pacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2][3]

In 2009, the shrine was closed down by Taliban militants[4] temporarily.

References

  1. ^ "Hazrat Pir Baba (Rahmatullahi Allaih)". www.pirbaba.org.
  2. ^ "God and Drugs in Northern Pakistan - YTPak". www.ytpak.com.
  3. ^ "Pir Baba (Mazar Shreef) Buner Swat". pk.geoview.info.
  4. ^ "Militants bomb Sufi saint's shrine". The Express Tribune. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2016.