Panj peer
Five Sufi saints mentioned in the classic book 'Heer Ranjha' by Waris Shah
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Panj Peer (or Panj Pir), meaning the Five Great Saints in Persian, used to be accompanied together in their lifetime as follows:
- Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (1142 – 1236) also known as 'Gharib Nawaz' (Ajmer, Rajasthan, India)[1][2]
- Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 – 3 April 1325), Delhi
- Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173 – 1235), of Mehrauli, Delhi[1][2]
- Sheikh Baba Farid Ganjshakar (1179 – 1266) (Pakpattan, Punjab)[2]
- Baha'ud din Zakariya (1182 – 1268) (Multan, Punjab)[2]
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 – 1274) (Sehwan, Sindh)[3]
Above Sufi saints are mentioned in the great love-epic of the Sufi poet Sayyid Waris Shah "Heer Ranjha", which opens with an invocation to these holy sages.
See also
- Panj Pyare
References
- ^ a b Sudarshana Srinivasan (22 August 2015). "An afternoon with the saints". The Hindu (newspaper). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Sufis and the Spread of Islam". Story of Pakistan website. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Masood Lohar (5 October 2004). "Saint revered by people of all religions". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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Muslim saints in South Asia
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi
- Ali al-Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh)
- Baba Farid
- Moinuddin Chishti
- Baba Fakruddin
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
- Usman Harooni
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
- Bahauddin Zakariya
- Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi
- Hajib Shakarbar
- Imam Ali-ul-Haq
- Tajuddin Chishti
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
- Syed Ahmad Sultan
- Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
- Rukn-e-Alam
- Pir Mangho
- Nizamuddin Auliya
- Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain
- Alaul Haq Pandavi
- Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
- Burhanuddin Gharib
- Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh
- Khawaja Awais Kagha
- Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi
- Shah e Alam
- Makhdoom Husamudeen Manikpuri
- Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri
- Makhdoom Yahya Maneri
- Shamsuddin Sabzwari
- Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind
- Zainuddin Shirazi
- Zar Zari Zar Baksh
- Ibrahim Yukpasi
- Shah Sultan Balkhi Mahisawar
- Jahaniyan Jahangasht
- Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani
- Abdul Quddus Gangohi
- Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha
- Bande Nawaz
- Makhdoom Bilawal
- Salim Chishti
- Wajihuddin Alvi
- Nagore Shahul Hamid
- Madin Sahib
- Makhdoom Ali Mahimi
- Shah Yaqeeq Bukhari
- Pir Baba
- Baba Shadi Shaheed
- Jamali Kamboh
- Muhammad Ghawth
- Shah Abdul Karim Bulri
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Daud Bandagi Kirmani
- Haji Bahadar Ali Abdullah Shah
- Baba Budan
- Madho Lal Hussain
- Shah Inayat Shaheed
- Shah Inat Rizvi
- Baba Shah Jamal
- Abdul Hamid Baba
- Rahman Baba
- Bari Imam
- Mir Mukhtar Akhyar
- Pir Hashim
- Shah Inayat Qadiri
- Muhammad Qadiri
- Syed Musa Pak
- Bulleh Shah
- Ali Haider Multani
- Mian Mir
- Shah Badakhshi
- Bibi Jamal Khatun
- Jahanara Begum
- Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak
- Jan Muhammad of Jalna
- Muhibullah Allahabadi
- Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi
- Sultan Bahu
- Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi
- Zeb-un-Nissa
- Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari
- Syed Shah Afzal Biabani
- Ghulam Ali Dihlawi
- Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi
- Sakhi Shah Chan Charagh
- Sachal Sarmast
- Murtada al-Zabidi
- Bedil
- Bekas
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
- Rohal Faqir
- Saleh Muhammad Safoori
- Muhammad Usman Damani
- Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Alampuri
- Fazal Ali Qureshi
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid
- Noor Muhammad Maharvi
- Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri
- Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani
- Ata Hussain Fani Chishti
- Syed Shah Murid Ali al-Qadri al-Jilani
- Mewa Shah
- Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi
- Syed Misri Shah
- Khwaja Nizam ad Din
- Muhammad Qasim Sadiq
- Shams Ali Qalandar
- Sayyid Mahmud Agha
- Sayyid Sahib Husayni
- Maula Shah
- Machiliwale Shah
- Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah
- Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin
- Waris Ali Shah
- Mahmoodullah Shah
- Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
- Ahmad Hussain Gilani
- Pir Irani
- Barkat Ali Ludhianwi
- Farid-ud-Din Qadri
- Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri
This table only includes figures venerated traditionally by the majority of Muslims in the Subcontinent, whence persons honored exclusively by particular modern movements are not included.
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