Punjab States Gazetteers Bahawalpur State Vol.36

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1CHAP. I, C.

2Population.

3The shrine

4of Sultan

5Sahib,

6Tha ihrine

7of Gajjan

8Carnesh.

9The shrine of

10Shaikh Abd-

11ua-Satcar.

12170

13Bahawalpur State.] Muhammadan Shnnes. [^aBT A.

14prohibited. Hindus shave their children here, and those suffering

15from heiidache, paralysis (jhola), leprosy and eye diseases perform

16nanrufafi, i. e., pass nine niglits at the shiine; more women tliaii men

17visit the shrine and offer various kinds of vows there. The present

18S'tjjdda-natiliin is Mian Ghulam Muhammad, who owns considerable

19lands, and receives large offerings.

20Gajjan Darwesh was areal brother of Hand Jahanian (whose

21tomb is at Rampur in Mnzaffargarh District) and was his Jcha-

22lifa rrmjdz, i. o., had permission from him to make disciples. He

23was of the Metla tribe, and converted many tribes, such

24as the Ronjbas, Ghotias, some branches of the Vehas, Mallhe

25and Mire to Islam and these tribes are specially devoted to this

26shrine, which lies two miles south of Khanpur Station. Forty-two

27bighas of land have been assigned to it by the State as tel chardg

28I lit. oil and lamp). Cows, goats and gh'ittas (sheep) are sacrificed

29here, but Hindus generally offer giir, rice and flour. It is said that

30Makhdiim Jahaniau gave a pair of scissors to Gajjan Darwesh with

31which he cut off the lock of the Hindus when converting them to

32Islam. The present sajjdda-nashin is Mian Pfr Bakhsh.

33The shrine of Shaikh Abd-us Sattar, son of Shaikh Arf Sahib

34of the Pohar caste, originally of Sehwan, or Siwistan, lie near the

35Hasti of Jan Muhammad I^r and a short distance from Garhi

36Ikthtiyar Khan. He used to go annually from Sehwan to Muitan

37to visit the shrine of Baha-ud-Di'n Zakariya (whose lhalifa he was).

38Once in the seventh century of the Hijra, on his way to Multan, he

39was staying with his attendants at the place where Ins shrine is situ-

40ated when, at the request of a helpless woman, he fought some robbers

41of the Sahii tribe (who used to come from Jaisalmir and Bikanir to

42commit robberies in the ihiqa), and was killed by them. Nearly a

43hundred years ago one Usman came from Kambar in Shikarpur

44District and erected a said of reeds over his tomb and he began to

45dwell there as 7nujdu-ar, saying he had done so by the order of

46Shaikh Abd-us-Sattar. Usman died at the age of 100 years, and

47Ghuliim Muhammad, his son, who succeeded him died at the age

48of 80. In the time of Ghulam Muhammad, the shrine which had

49been buried in obscurity some five centuries, acquired great repute

50among the people and offerings began to be made there. It is still

51without a ruof, being only surrounded by four walls. A fair is held

52eveiy Chet from the 1st to the 22nd in honor of the shrine, when

53presents of churi, atta, ghat: a and cooked rice are offered, a fourth

54being taken by th» mnjdiror and the rest distributed. The present

55'inujdwar is Pir Bakhsh, son of Ghulam Muhammad.

56The ihrine of 'This shrine is at Tarandah Gorgej in ilaqa Goth Channi.

57tAdrudWn'^ Haji Sayyid Sadr-ud-Dm was 23rd in descent from Imam Husain

58and a contemporary of Shor Shah Sayyid Jalal. In the 7th century

59(U Thp Mptliig of the State claim to he descended from one Sanawat, a Hmdu'of Delhi

60who had two sons Rana and <!hamal. The descendants of Bana are called the Metla!

61They are not Qaraishis, as stated on page 93 of Mazaffargarh Gazetteer.