Baha-ud-din Zakariya was a Sufi of
Suhrawardiyya order (tariqa). His full name was Al-Sheikh Al-Kabir
Sheikh-ul-Islam Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al
Hashmi. Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya known as Bahawal Haq was born at Kot
Kehror, a town of the Layyah District near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan,
around 1170. His grandfather Shah Kamaluddin Ali Shah Qureshi Al-Hashmi
arrived in Multan from Mecca en route to Khwarezm where he stayed for a
short while. In Tariqat he was the disciple of renowned Sufi master
Shaikh Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi who awarded him Khilafat only after 17
days of stay at his Khanqah in Baghdad. For fifteen years he went from
place to place to preach Islam and after his wanderings Bahawal Haq
settled in Multan in 1222.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya died in 1267 and his mausoleum is located at Multan. The mausoleum is a square of 51 ft 9 in (15.77 m), measured internally. Above this is an octagon, about half the height of the square, which is surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The mausoleum was almost completely ruined during the siege of 1848 by the British, but was soon afterward restored by the Muslims.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya died in 1267 and his mausoleum is located at Multan. The mausoleum is a square of 51 ft 9 in (15.77 m), measured internally. Above this is an octagon, about half the height of the square, which is surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The mausoleum was almost completely ruined during the siege of 1848 by the British, but was soon afterward restored by the Muslims.
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