Burhanuddin Gharib (d. 1340) was an
Indian Sufi of the
Chishti Order
The Chishti order () is a Sufi Tariqa, order of Sunni Islam named after the town of Chishti Sharif District, Chisht, Afghanistan where it was initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to Herat and later spread across South Asia by Mu ...
. He was one of the caliphs (spiritual successor) of the Sufi Saint
Nizamuddin Awliya.
Life
Burhanuddin Gharib was a disciple
of
Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi Saint of the Chishti Order. He was son of Sheikh Nasir-ud-Din Muhmud Hanswi. By some estimates, he was born in the year 1240 AD.
His mother was the sister of the Sufi saint
Jamal-ud-Din Hansvi. He was the elder brother of
Muntajabbuddin Zar Zari Bakhsh.
He completed his earlier education in
Hansi and then moved to
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
to complete his education in formal religious sciences.
He supervised the kitchen at the
khanqah of Nizamuddin Awliya for a long time. Nizamuddin used to call him as 'Maulana Burhanuddin', out of respect. At one instance, Nizamuddin also referred to him as Bayazid Thani (Second),
because of similarities with the famous Sufi Saint,
Bayazid Bastami
Bayazīd Ṭayfūr bin ʿĪsā bin Surūshān al-Bisṭāmī (al-Basṭāmī) (d. 261/874–5 or 234/848–9), commonly known in the Iranian world as Bāyazīd Basṭāmī (), was a Sufi from north-central Iran.Walbridge, John. "Suhrawardi a ...
. He lived a life of celibacy.
He was popular among Nizamuddin's disciples for the respect he showed towards his teacher. Accordingly to authors of "Siyar-ul-Awliya
" and "Khazinat-ul-Asfiya", Burhanuddin was endowed with the mantle and cap (the symbols of the spiritual successorship,
Caliphate
A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
) to identify him as the successor to Nizamuddin Auliya.
Burhanuddin was a close friend of many of Nizamuddin Auliya's famous spiritual disciples, such as
Amir Khusrau
Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar, who lived during the period of the Delhi Sult ...
,
Nasiruddin Chiragh Dahlavi, and
Amir Hasan Sijzi.
Burhanuddin allowed
Samaa and rejoicing as spiritual expressions at his convent.
When Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq moved the capital from Delhi to
Daulatabad intermittently, Burhanuddin moved to
Daulatabad, where he spent most of the remaining years of his life. He later left for Roza (present-day
Khuldabad) towards the last days of his life, before passing away in 741 AH / 1340 AD.
Legacy
Burhanuddin's sayings were captured by his disciple Maulana Muhammad Bin Ahmad Kashani in the form of Ahsan-ul-Aqwal. He designated
Zainuddin Shirazi as his spiritual successor.
Burhanuddin's
Urs
Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or Urus (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc. ...
(death anniversary) is celebrated on 8th - 12th of the Islamic month of
Safar
Safar (), also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
Most of the Islamic months were named according to ancient Sabean/Sabaic weather conditions; however, since the calendar is lunar, the months shift ...
.
When the sovereign Nasir ud din Nasir Khan Faruki of the
Faruki dynasty of Kandesh captured
Asirgarh in 1399 CE, the town of
Burhanpur on the bank of
Tapti was founded in honor of Burhanuddin.
The ''
dargah'' has a large quadrangular courtyard, featuring an open-fronted building on all sides and a ''
Naqqar khana'' at the east end. The west end of the quadrangle is used as a school, and a door gives access to an inner courtyard containing several graves. Facing the entrance is the tomb of Burhanuddin. Within the shrine are preserved some hairs of the
Prophet's beard. The shrine doors are plated with metal plates wrought into fanciful designs of trees and flowers. There is a mosque in front of the ''dargah''. The ''dargah'' attracts thousands of pilgrims each year for the ''Urus'' of th
saint
Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah's tomb
To the right of Burhanuddin's tomb are the resting places of
Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I, the founder of the
Hyderabad dynasty, his second son
Nasir Jang,
and one of his consorts. They are covered with a white cloth.
Further reading
* ''Bakiat-el-Gharib'' by Mujud ud Din
See also
*
Nizams of Hyderabad
*
Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh
*
Khuldabad
*
Zainuddin Shirazi
*
Sufi Saints of Aurangabad
*
Zar Zari Zar Baksh
*
Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
References
* Gazetter of Aurangabad - H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884. (Chapter VI page 395 & 396)
External links
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People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Chishtis
Indian Sufi saints
Students of Nizamuddin Auliya