Pir Pathan
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Khawaja Muhammad Suleman Shah Taunsvi | |
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Other names | Peer Pathan |
Personal | |
Born | 1770 CE Darug Town, Baluchistan |
Died | 1850 CE Taunsa Shareef, Punjab |
Religion | Islam |
Other names | Peer Pathan |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Taunsa Shareef, Punjab, Pakistan |
Period in office | Late 18th century and early 19th century |
Muhammad Suleman Shah Taunsvi or Khawaja Allah Buksh Taunsvi (1184 A.H / 1770 CE - 1267 A.H / 1850 CE), commonly known as Pir Pathan, was a Sufi scholar and leader within the Chishti order of Sufism. He was born to the Jafar Pakhtun tribe of Darug people, Loralai District, Balochistan province, in what is now Pakistan. His shrine lies in Tehsil Taunsa of district Dera Ghazi Khan of Punjab province in Pakistan. His urs (annual death anniversary) is celebrated at his shrine every year from (5-7) Safar al-Muzaffar, second month of the Islamic Calendar.
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- Pashtun Sufi saints
- Pashtun Sufis
- People from Loralai District
- 19th-century Islamic religious leaders
- 1770 births
- 1850 deaths
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