Lal Shahbaz Qalander (History)
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