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Shrine Sultan Bahoo – Darbar Pictures And Details Of Tomb

SULTAN-UL-ARIFEEN SULTAN BAHOO’S DEATH

Sultan ul Faqr Sultan ul Arifeen Sultan Bahoo was born on Thursday 1st Jumada al-Thani 1039 Hijri and died on Thursday 1st Jumada al-Thani 1102 Hijri, following the Sunna of Prophet Mohammad whose day and date of birth and death were the same and age was exactly sixty three years. Here are some pictures of Sultan Bahoo shrine.

SULTAN-UL-ARIFEEN SULTAN BAHOO’S BURIAL

The initial shrine Sultan Bahoo was located in Fort Qehrgan at the western bank of Chenab River, Shorkot, Pakistan. It remained there for 78 years i.e. from 1102 Hijri till 1180 Hijri (1691 AD-1767 AD). When Jhanda Singh and Ganda Singh captured Lahore, descendants of Sultan Bahoo migrated to different parts of Punjab. Only a few dervishes and khalifas remained in shrine Sultan Bahoo. In 1180 Hijri (1767 AD) Chenab River sank down the fort which fell afterwards. The river reached the graves. Dervishes and khalifas took out the other coffins and saved them in boxes but it was as if the coffin of Sultan Bahoo had vanished. They started crying in disappointment. Sultan Bahoo spiritually told them, “My coffin will surely be found, a man who is worthy of touching my body, will come here tomorrow morning at dawn. He will take out my coffin, river water will not reach my grave till then.”

SHRINE SULTAN BAHOO CHANGES – MAN IN GREEN VEIL:

Dervishes were now satisfied and they started waiting for this supernatural incident to happen. Next morning, a man with a green veil appeared at dawn. He did not remove the veil and instantly took out the coffin of Sultan Bahoo from the ground dug by the dervishes and khalifas. Thousands of people gathered around and had the privilege of seeing the sacred body of Sultan Bahoo as fresh as alive, water of ablution was dropping from his sacred beard. When the coffin box opened, an exotic fragrance spread through miles. Many people present there became ecstatic and frenzied.

Sultan-ul-Faqr VI Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali once said while talking about this incident, “That veiled person was Sultan Bahoo himself.”

SHRINE SULTAN BAHOO IN SAMANDARI:

In Samandari, a small town near Chenab River, there was a boundary wall of a mansion near the well of Peeple. Whoever entered the mansion, fainted, even the cattle and other animals could not enter it. People had left that area out of fear. That mansion was sacred, Sultan Bahoo ordered his khalifas to make his shrine in that mansion near the well of Peeple, as that place was near the old shrine and was earmarked for his new shrine. Hence, the dervishes built shrine Sultan Bahoo in the centre of the mansion. Instead of burying the coffin in the ground, the khalifas placed it on the ground and made the shrine on it. The new Sultan Bahoo shrine remained there for 157 years i.e. from 1180 Hijri till 1336 Hijri (1767 AD-1917 AD).

SHRINE SULTAN BAHOO AFFECTED AS CHENAB CHANGES COURSE:

According to the predictions of Sultan Bahoo, the water of Chenab River once again reached close to the sacred darbar in 1336 Hijri. At that time Sultan Haji Noor Mohammad was the custodian of shrine Sultan Bahoo. The dervishes of the shrine tried to take out the coffin of Sultan Bahoo from his grave. They found the other coffins of all the descendants of Sultan Bahoo buried around, but again the coffin of Sultan Bahoo was undetectable despite much effort.

However, since Allah has sent Sultan Bahoo as the benefactor for every age, for every Muslim and non-Muslim, fortunate and unfortunate, and also as the true successor and the representative of Prophet Mohammad in this materialistic age to guide the people on the Straight Path, so his shrine had to be saved.