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Lal Shahbaz Qalander (History)

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Syed Usman Shah Marwandi Religion Islam , specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order Other names Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Personal Date of birth 1177 Place of birth Marwand Date of death 1274 Place of death Sehwan Sharif Based in Sehwan Title Shahbaz Period in office 12th/13th century Predecessor Baha-ud-din Zakariya Successor Various Introduction Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 - 1274) (Sindhi: لال شھباز قلندر), a Persian sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar, was born as Syed Usman Shah Marwandi.[1] He belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of sufis, and was close contemporary to Baha-ud-din Zakariya, Shaikh Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari Surkh-posh of Uchch, and Shah Shams Tabrizi. Some also add the name of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi (Mevlana Rumi). He travelled around the Muslim world and had settled in Sehwan (Sindh, Pakistan) and was buried there.[2] He preached religious tolerance among Muslims and Hindus. Thousands of pilgrims visit his shr

Sehwan Sharif

Sehwan Sharif is located in Jamshoro District of Sindh, Pakistan. The city is known for its Muslim patron saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar who lived here in 13th century CE. The mausoleum of Hazrat Shahbaz Qalandar attracts hundred of thousands of faithful every year. Taluka sehwan is located in Jamshoro district of Sindh Pakistan at the right bank of river indus. sehwan sharif is famous in Pakistan and world level for sufiism due to the great saint Hazrat (Usman Marwandi) qalandar lal shahbaz.another famous place is the inverted city besides the dargah of hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalander, may be the debal bandar of raja dahar. The manchhar lake the biggest lake of Asia is in a little distance from Sehwan Sharif. Sehwan Sharif is the eternal resting place of Hazrat Syed Usman Marwandi (Sindhi) also known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. He was born in 538 A.H, (1143 AD) in Marwand Iran. Reference book, Qalandar Nama Sindhi, His ancestors migrated from Iraq and settled down in Mashud Iran, from whe