Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh ( ; – ) was an eminent

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Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...

saint from

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the ol ...

in modern-day

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who belonged to

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Sufi order. He is commonly known by the title (Shah) Rukn-e-Alam ("Pillar of the World").

Biography

Shah Rukne Alam was the son of Pir Sadar-Al-Din Arif. He was born in

on 26 November 1251 and died 3 January 1335.History of Multan (scroll down to read The Tomb Of Shah Rukn-e-Alam)
Government of Pakistan website, Retrieved 18 March 2021 He was the grandson and successor of Sheikh

Baha-ud-din Zakariya Baha-ud-din Zakariya (Urdu and fa, بہاءُ الدین زکریا) (c.1170 – 1262), also spelled Bahauddin Zakariya, and also known as Baha-ul-Haq and Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, was a Sunni Muslim scholar saint and poet who establish ...

. He was buried in the mausoleum of his grandfather, according to his own willbut later, his coffin was transferred to the present mausoleum. Shah Rukn-e-Alam conferred his spiritual succession on Sufi sheikh Sultan Ul Tareeqin Sheikh Hameed ud Din Shah Hakim Al-Qureshi Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardi. He is buried at Mau Mubarak in

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. He was Shah Rukn e Alam's Ataleeq-e-Awwal,

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-e-Awwal and was married to the daughter of Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya.

Mausoleum

The saint is still revered today and his tomb is the focus of the pilgrimage of over 100,000 pilgrims yearly from all over

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.Over 100,000 pilgrims yearly as visitors

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World Heritage website, Published 30 January 2004, Retrieved 20 March 2021

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is the current Sajjada Nashin and custodian of the Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam. The tomb was built between 1320 and 1324 CE in the pre- Mughal architectural style. The tomb is said to have built by

Ghias-ud-Din Tughlak Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq ) (Ghazi means 'fighter for Islam')ref name="sen2"> (died c.1325) was the Sultan of Delhi from 1320 to 1325. He was the first sultan of the Tughluq dynasty. During his reign, Ghiyath al-Din Tughlu ...

(r.1320-1325 AD) during his governorship of Depalpur, between 1320 and 1324 CE and was given by his son,

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to the descendants of Shah Rukn-e-Alam for the latter's burial in 1330. In the 1970s, the mausoleum was thoroughly repaired and renovated by the Auqaf Department. The entire glittering glazed interior is the result of new tiles and brickwork done by the Kashigars of Multan. This tomb is on the tentative list as a

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Memorandum

Shah Rukan e Alam Shah Rukn-e-Alam Colony is one of the autonomous towns of the city of Multan in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It was established in 1984 by Multan Development Authority. Location Shah Rukn-e-Alam Colony was developed in Multan, and is conn ...

, named after the saint, is one of the autonomous towns of the city of Multan. *A daily train service,

Shah Rukn-e-Alam Express ''Shah Rukn-e-Alam Express'' ( ur, ) was a daily express train service between Karachi and Multan in Pakistan. The train named after Shah Rukn-e-Alam, was a saint who lived in Multan. It had Economy, AC (Air-Conditioned) Lower and AC Parlor ...

, between Multan and

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was named after him. It was suspended in February 2011 due to lack of locomotives.More trains may be suspended
Dawn (newspaper), Published 2 February 2011, Retrieved 18 March 2021

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Mausoleum

Memorandum

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