Burhanuddin Gharib

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'''Burhanuddin Gharib''' (d. 1340) was an [[Sufism in India|Indian Sufi]] of the [[Chishti Order]]. He was one of the caliphs (spiritual successor) of the Sufi Saint [[Nizamuddin Auliya|Nizamuddin Awliya]].

==Life== Burhanuddin Gharib was a disciple<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Khvurd |first=Amir |title=Siyar-ul-Auliya |publisher=Mushtaq Book Corner |year=2015 |isbn= |location=Urdu Bazar, Lahore |pages=393–394 |language=fa |translator-last=Baryain |translator-first=Ghulam Ahmad}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kahn |first=Maksud Ahmad |date=1992 |title=Skaikh Burhanu'd-Din Gharib and His Migration to Deccan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44142790 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=53 |pages=236–243 |jstor=44142790 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> His mother was the sister of the Sufi saint [[Jamal-ud-Din Hansvi]]. He was the elder brother of [[Zar Zari Zar Baksh|Muntajabbuddin Zar Zari Bakhsh]].

He completed his earlier education in [[Hansi]] and then moved to [[Delhi]] to complete his education in formal religious sciences.<ref name=":0" /> 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),<ref name=":0" /> because of similarities with the famous Sufi Saint, [[Bayazid Bastami]]. 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<ref name=":1" />" and "Khazinat-ul-Asfiya<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lahori |first=Mufti Ghulam Sarwar |title=Khazinat-ul-Asfiya |publisher=Maktabah Nabawiyya |others=Digitized by Maktabah Mujaddidiyah (www.maktabah.org) |year=1990 |volume=2 |location=Lahore |pages=207–209 |language=Persian}}</ref>", Burhanuddin was endowed with the mantle and cap (the symbols of the spiritual successorship, [[Caliphate]]) 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]], [[Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi|Nasiruddin Chiragh Dahlavi]], and [[Amir Hasan Sijzi]].<ref name=":0" /> Burhanuddin allowed [[Sama (Sufism)|Samaa]] and rejoicing as spiritual expressions at his convent.

When Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq moved the capital from Delhi to [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]] intermittently, Burhanuddin moved to [[Daulatabad Fort|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 dying in 741 AH / 1340 AD.<ref name=":0" />

== Legacy == Burhanuddin's sayings were captured by his disciple Maulana Muhammad Bin Ahmad Kashani in the form of Ahsan-ul-Aqwal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Awliya |first=Nizam-Ad-Din |title=Nizam Ad-Din Awliya: Morals for the Heart: Conversations of Shaykh Nizam Ad-Din Awliya Recorded by Amir Hasan Sijzi |publisher=Paulist Press |year=1835 |isbn=9780809104512 |pages=48}}</ref> He designated [[Zainuddin Shirazi]] as his spiritual successor.<ref name=":0" /> Burhanuddin's [[Urs]] (death anniversary) is celebrated on 8th - 12th of the Islamic month of [[Safar]].

When the sovereign Nasir ud din Nasir Khan Faruki of the [[Faruqi dynasty|Faruki dynasty of Kandesh]] captured [[Asirgarh]] in 1399 CE, the town of [[Burhanpur]] on the bank of [[Tapti River|Tapti]] was founded in honor of Burhanuddin.<ref name=":0" />

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 [[Muhammad|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 the [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/15l-people-to-visit-khultabad-urs/articleshow/45716240.cms saint].

===Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah's tomb=== To the right of Burhanuddin's tomb are the resting places of [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah]] I, the founder of the [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad dynasty]], his second son [[Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad|Nasir Jang]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Green |first=Nile |date=2004 |title=Auspicious Foundations: The Patronage of Sufi Institutions in the Late Mughal and Early Asaf Jah Deccan |doi=10.1080/02666030.2004.9628637 |journal=South Asian Studies |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=71–98|s2cid=194095748 }}</ref> 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== {{Reflist}} * Gazetter of Aurangabad - H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884. (Chapter VI page 395 & 396)

==External links== * [http://dargahinfo.com/Dargah_History.aspx?HID=347 Burhanuddin Gharib Dargah] * [https://aalequtub.com/hazrat-syed-burhanuddin-r-a/ Hazrat Syed Burhanuddin] * [https://auliadeccan.com/2021/02/02/hazrat-shaikh-burhanuddin-gharib/ Aulia-e-Daccan: Hazrat Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib Powerful Master]

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