Qalandar_Baba_Auliya

Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya

Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya

Pakistani scholar (1898–1979)


Imam Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya (1898 – 27 January 1979) (Urdu: امام حسن اخرٰی محمد عظیم برخیا), commonly referred to as Qalandar Baba Auliya[1] (Urdu: قلندر بابا اولیاء), was the founding Imam and Spiritual Master of the Azeemiyya Sufi Order, which takes its name from him.[2] He was a Scholar of Tassawuf, and is considered to be of the Abdāl, commonly being known by his honorific "Abdāl Haqq" (Urdu: ابدال حق).[3]

A picture of the Imam of the Silsila, Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya Qalandar Baba Auliya

He appointed Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi as head of the Silsila, and passed on 27 January 1979. Every January, his Urs (Death Anniversary) is conducted in which members of the Silsila congregate to recite the Quran and conduct gathering on matters of Tassawuf.[4] His resting place is located in the Shadman district of Karachi, Pakistan.[5]


References

  1. Accessions List, South Asia. Vol. 4. Library of Congress. 1984. p. 399.
  2. Azeemi, Khawaja Shamsuddin (2009). Tazkira Qalandar Baba Auliya (in Urdu). Karachi, Pakistan: Maktaba Tajuddeen Baba Auliya. pp. 13–20.
  3. Waqar Yusuf Azimi (23 January 2017). "Muhammad Azim Barkhia" (in Urdu). Express News. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. Azeemi, Khawaja Shamsuddin (2009). Tazkira Qalandar Baba Auliya (in Urdu). Karachi, Pakistan: Maktaba Tajuddeen Baba Auliya, Karachi. pp. 98–99.

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