Mazar of Baba Shah Badr Dewan (Masanian Sharif)

India / Punjab / Batala / Masanian Sharif
Syed Hasan Badruddin Gilani (Baghdadi) well known as Baba Shah Badr Dewan is a descendant of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.

He was born in Baghdad in 861 Hijra. He left Baghdad in 904 Hijra and came to Lahore where he stayed for several years. Finally he moved to village Masanian (3 miles east of Batala) where he was burried after passing away in 978 Hijra. (Some have reported his passing away in 1018 A.H. or 1609 A.D.)

He was married to Murassa Bibi(Bukhari Syed family of Sohal Sharif) and had one daughter Fatima (who died very young) and four sons Ali Shah Sabir, Abdul Latif, Mohammed Sadiq and Habibullah (he had only one daughter who was married to son of Ali Shah Sabir).

A large number of people in Punjab was his Mureeds and got spiritual guidance from him. His tomb is situated about 3 miles east of Batala in a village name Massanian, India. Before partition a large number of people visited his mazar on every Thursday on a new moon. His ‘URS’ is celebrated on 12th of Rabi ulAwwal.

His descendants, GILANI Sayyads, lived in Masanian Village until 1947. After partition of India, all his descendants migrated to Pakistan and majority of them settled in Punjab.


After partition, Sikhs and Christian residents of Masanian are maintaining the shrine with love and respect.


Tomb of his daughter is also located in Masanian - north of his dargah.
He has a Chillah in Lahore behind the campus of University of Engg. & Tech..

Baba Shah Badr Dewan and his family is mentioned in large number of books and Gazetteers.


Some of the references are as follows:
Tarikh Makhzan-e-Punjab
Tarikh-e-Lahore
Tazkira Auliya Hind o Pak
District and State Gazetteers of Punjab
A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier
Reference in Punjab Revenue Papers

To see more pictures and detail visit the followng website:

www.gilani.com.pk/sufies/badar.htm

Contributed by one of his descendants sikandar.gilani@gmail.com
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   31°47'39"N   75°15'49"E

Comments

  • one personality of this family is in our village chak 123/15-l tehsil mianchannun dist.khanewal punjab pakistan.his name is Ashiq hussain gilani.he is son of Aulad Ali shah gilani
  • one of his descendant lives near Sheikhupura in a village Rakh Syedan ,Punjab , Pakistan, his name is Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah Gillani Qadri son of Hazrat Baba Syed Rehmat Ali Shah. He is a very pious person .
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