21st Rabi ul Awwal Urs Abdul Haq Mohaddis Delhvi- Mehroli, New Delhi 1052AH

Mazar in Mehroli, Delhi

Hazrat Allama Shaikh Abdul Haq Mohaddis Delhvi (ra). He was the son of Shaikh Saifuddeen Turk Bukhari and Mureed of Hazrat Syed Musa Gilani Qadri. He was an Aalim e Deen, Muhadiseen and Auliya and was respected by all religious scholars. He wrote 116 books on Deen and Spiritual Knowledge. He once expressed that he wanted to die in the cause of Allah (Shahadat) and be laid to rest in Madina. Otherwise be laid to rest Hauz e Shamshi (Shamsh Talaab) since this place was holy and to keep the Shijra e Peer at his Mazaar and the following to be written in bold letters “Allah is my Lord and RasulAllah Muhammed (saw) is my Prophet (Nabi) and Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (Ghaus Paak) is my Shaikh.”

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16th Rabi ul Awwal Urs Hazrat Zia Hassan Jili-ul-Kaleemi, Tolichowki, Hyderablad

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Mazar of Zia ul Hassan Jili ul Kalimi © 2012 Imam Salim Chishti

Chishti Shajada Nasheen, Hyderabad , India, father to Pir SM Rasheed ul Hassan Jili ul Kalimi (ra) who passed in December of 2013.

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14th Rabi ul Awwal Urs Hazrat Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Mehroli, New Delhi, 633AH/1235CE

Mazar of Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Khaki at the Dargha in Meroli. (Photo credit: Imam Salim Chishti (c)2009)

Considered one of the great saints in the Chishtiya lineage in India. His Dargha complex and Mazar in the Mehroli district of Delhi is a point of pilgrimage for many who come to India and from all parts of India.

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13th Rabi ul Awwal Urs Ala Uddin Sabir- Kaliyar Dist. Rurki UP 690AH

Dargha of Alauddin Sabir (Baba Sabir) in Kaliyar, UP, India

The arrival of Khwaja Makhdoom Alauddin Ahmed Sabir Pak popularly known as “Baba Sabir” at Kaliyar unfolds some interesting episodes of his life. It is said that after his father’s death, Sabir’s mother Hazrat-e-Hazra brought him to Pakpattan in 1204 A D where her brother Baba Farid lived. Eleven-year-old Sabir could make unusual predictions. One day, he predicted his grandfather’s death. Astonished by this revelation, his uncle asked: “Sabir, when you are here, how can you predict your grandfather’s death, who lives in Baghdad?” Sabir told his maternal uncle: “Right now when I was meditating, I saw my father’s face. He pointed his three fingers towards me which signals death.” Baba Farid believed him and said: “Child you are a saint by birth.” Thereafter, Baba Farid decided to teach Sabir lessons on worldly wisdom and declare him a scholar.

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7th Rabi ul Awwal Urs Miyan Mir – 1045AH/1635CE

Miyan Mir’s Dargha/Mazar in Lahore, Pakistan

Baba Sain Mir Mohammed Sahib (c. 1550 – 11 August 1635CE/1045AH), popularly known as Mian Mir, was a famous Sufi saint who resided in Lahore, specifically in the town of Dharampura (in present-day Pakistan). He belonged to the Qadiri order of Sufism. He is famous for being a spiritual instructor of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He is identified as the founder of the Mian Khail branch of the Qadiri order.

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