Dastgeer Sahib is a Sufi shrine located in

Khanyar Khanyar is a locality in downtown from Khayam to Khwaja Bazar in Srinagar district in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies about 4 kilometers north from Lal Chowk, Srinagar. This localty is known for being the power base of S ...

, Srinagar, Kashmir.

History

Dastgeer Sahib is a 200-year-old shrine situated in

. Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jelani stayed there. It has the old

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written by

Ali Ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

A.S, and the relic which is locally called ''Mouia Pak'', a hair strand of Abdul Qadir Gilani. It was constructed in 1806 and expanded in 1877 by Khwaja Sanaullah Shawl. It is the center of the activity hub of the

and is surrounded by a large market. On the

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. ...

or birth date of the Abdul Qadir Gilani(R.A), thousands of people from all over Kashmir go there to pray to

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and watch the

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. There are five

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situated inside it. It is said that it is of the one of the students of qadiri Silsilla Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jelani.

Fire

The shrine was badly damaged in a fire on 25 June 2012. The relics of the saint that were located inside a fireproof vault were not damaged. The shrine has been restored to its original state.

References

{{reflist Sufi shrines in India Buildings and structures in Srinagar