Akhund Darweza Baba (1533 - 1638) was a Tajik Sufi and Islamic scholar and one of the caliphs of Sayyid Ali Tirmizi. Darweza's mother Abida Faqir Qarari was the great-grand-daughter of Sultan Qiran Gibari, a Sultan of Swat belonging to

Swati tribe Swatis () are people inhabiting the Hazara division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Of Dardic origins, Swatis originally spoke Dardic languages such as Gibri and Yadri and were native inhabitants of Swat valley. They were Pash ...

Early life and education

Darweza was born in 1533 to Shaikh Gadai somewhere in

Buner District Buner District (, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before receiving the status of a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. Buner's elevation starts at 1200 ft in the S ...

. He had a zeal for religion since childhood. He failed to get a proper education but later he went to make up for his shortcomings and learn Sufism from a few religious scholars like Syed Mesar Ahmad, Mullah Zangi and Mullah Sanjar. He also traveled to

Hindustan ''Hindūstān'' ( English: /ˈhɪndustæn/ or /ˈhɪndustɑn/, ; ) was a historical region, polity, and a name for India, historically used simultaneously for northern Indian subcontinent and the entire subcontinent, used in the modern day ...

for knowledge. Akhund met Sayyid Ali Tirmizi (Pir Baba) between 1552 and 1554 through his teacher Mullah Sanjar. Then took the oath of allegiance and received training of

Sufism Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

and later became Pir Baba’s caliph.

Opposition to Pir Roshan

Along with Pir Baba they considered a religious duty to protect the Pashtuns from Bayazid Ansari's religious beliefs. And had several debates with him.

Literary works

* Noor Nama Maa Shamayil Nama (Pashto) * Tazkira tul-Abrar val-Ashrar (Farsi) * Makhzan E Islam (Pashto) - an old Manuscript

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darweza, Akhund 1533 births 1638 deaths Pakistani men centenarians People from Buner District Indian Sufi saints Shrines in Pakistan 16th-century Afghan people 17th-century Afghan people