1 MUn Mir of Lahore.
2 616
3 The Ichdnqdh of Miran Sahib in Bazfdpnr. — The Sam came from
4 Bukliara in Eanjit Slng’h^s time. He died and his i^raEdson construct-
5 ed his khdnqdh. People light lamps on Thursd jv night and offer a rupee
6 at marriages.
7 The Mdnqdh of Shah KumAl, who is said to have lived in Sikh
8 times, lies in the middle of the village
9 The khdnqdh of Sayyid Lai Shah in Khanpur has a fair on the
10 25th Har every year This Sayyid was a Bukhari faqi in Sikh
11 times.
12 A faqir named Kumal Shah has been living here for 22 years and
13 he laid the foundation of the fair. Faqirs practise ^'dl and are fed
14 free.
15 The Ichdnqdh of Pir Kale Sh4h at Norang Sial has an nrs on loth
16 Chet.
17 The saint Mian Mir^ whose real name was Sh. ^Muhammad Mir,
18 was a man of learning and sanctity. He visited Jahangir at Agra/
19 and was visited by Shah Jahdn. But hh principal role was that of
20 spiritual adviser to Hara Shikoh^, though his disciple ]Mnlla Shah or
21 Shfih Muhammad is also said to have filled that office.^ However this
22 maybe Dara Shikoh built Mulla ShalPs tomb at Lahore apparentlr before
23 his deatli in 1661.'*^^ Hara Shikoh also commenced the building of a
24 mausoleum to Mian Mir who died in 1035 at the ago of 88.
25 Dara Shikoh gives a pedigree of Mian Mir which makes him one of
26 the sons of a Qazi Sfdnditta. He was born in Selstan but live<l almost
27 all his life at Lahore. He appears to have affected the Pfr Dastgir and
28 at any rate had such respect for his memory that he never mentioned his
29 name without ablution.^ His long life was attributed to the practice
30 of h'ldfi dam or slow breathing. His disciple iNFulla Shah followed him
31 in this and also in remaining unmarried and never lighting a lamp in
32 his house ®
33 Mian Mir^s disciples included the scholar Mulla Sh4h of Badakh-
34 shan who died in IGl lJ : Khwaja Bahari^ who was credited wdth many
35 miracles® : Shaikh AbuT Ma^ali,^ a native of Bhera : Id's khalifa
36 ' Q.ist. of Lahore, p. 47.
37 ** 75 , p. 69.
38 3 16., pp. 176 and 64.
39 4 76., p. 178 D ara Shikoh w^is hardly in a position to do so after 1659 in which
40 year Aurangzeh reached Lahore : p. 66.
41 5 76., p. 176.
42 6 /6., pp. 69, 176-6 and 178.
43 7 76,, p.. 69. Mulldh Shah was a groat mystic. Born in 15S4, he died in 1661
44 at Lahore and was buried there in a shrine of red stone erected by the priiioess
45 Fatama, sister of Dara Shikoh. The orthodox taxed him with imitatit\g .Mansur Hall4j and
46 he was sentenced to death by Shah Jahdn, but saved by Dara Shikoh’s intercession. His
47 disciples included Mir Baqi and Akhuud Mulldb Muhammad Syud ( ? .'-a’id). Mian i\Iir
48 taught nim Sufi exercises according to the Qadiria rule : Field, op, cit„ pp. 194-189.
49 5 76., pp. 60 and 178-9.
50 ^ 76,, p, 63. Abul Ma’ali (Shah Khair-ud-Diu) was a saint in the reigns of Akbar
51 and Jahangir who built a great part of his tomb in his lifetime. On his death in lOlii
52 A .D. it was completed by his son. A large fair is held there on his urs ; p. 203.