The Throne of Sajjada Nasheen of Sachal Sarmast

The ''Sajjāda Nashīn'' (; ) or ''Gaddi Nashin'' is a term of Persian origin, used chiefly within the

Sufi 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 ...

traditions of

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referring to the successor or hereditary administrator of a Sufi master who typically functions as a custodian or trustee at his

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. In some cases, the Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi or Pir or a descendant of one of their disciples. ''

Sajjada A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some followers of the Baháʼí Faith during prayer. In Islam, a prayer mat is placed between the ...

'' means 'prayer mat' (from the Arabic ''

sajdah Sujūd (, ), or sajdah (, ), also known as sijda, sejda or shejda, in Islam is the act of low bowing or prostration to God facing the ''qiblah'' (direction of the Kaaba at Mecca). It is usually done in standardized prayers (salah). The positio ...

'' or 'prostration') while ''nashin'' is the word used for the person seated thereon. A ''Sajjada'' particularly tends to the shrine which is made over the Sufi's

tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called '' immurement'', alth ...

grave A grave is a location where a cadaver, dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is burial, buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of buria ...

, known as a

Dargah A Sufi shrine or dargah ( ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargāh'' दरगाह درگاہ, ''dôrgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervi ...

Mazar Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to: *Mazar (mausoleum), Muslim mausoleum or shrine Places * Mazar (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning shrine, grave, tomb, etc. ; Afghanistan * Mazar, Afghanistan, village in Balkh Province * ...

. A trustee is a key person who holds and leads the traditional Sufi rituals in the Dargah's daily activities and particularly during death anniversaries called ''

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. ...

''. As a hereditary position the role of Sajjada nashin passes onto a child following the death of the holder. Pakistani politician

Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a Parliament of Pakistan from Augu ...

is the Sajjada Nashin of the

of Sufi saint Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya Multani. Syed Ghulam Nizamudin Jami is the current Sajjada Nashin of

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. Syed Sarwar Chishti is the Sajjada Nashin of Dargah

Ajmer Sharif The Shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti, also known as the Ajmer Dargah Shareef, is a Sufi dargah complex incorporating the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti, several tombs, and a mosque, located at Ajmer, in the state of Rajasthan, India. The shrine i ...

. Syed Mohammad Faiz Nizami is the current sajjada nashin of Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, New Delhi Dr. Kalifa Masthan Sahib Qadri is the Current Sajjada Nasheen (Kalifa - Leading Priest) of Nagore Dargah Shariff, Tamil Nadu, India. Javed Khan King is an Indian History and producer who appears in History. representing Hanumangarh in the Rajasthan, the upper house of the Indian.

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