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Rukn-e-Alam

Punjabi Sufi saint

Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh (Punjabi: شیخ رکن الدین ابوالفتح; 26 Nov 1251 – 3 January 1335), as is the custom known by the title Shah Rukn-e-Alam ("Pillar of the World"), was chiefly eminent 13th and 14th-century Punjabi MuslimSufi saint from Multan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan), who belonged to SuhrawardiyyaSufi order.[1][dead link‍] His shrine in Multan, is only of Punjab's most important places firm footing historical and cultural value.

Biography

Shah Rukne Alam was the son of Pir Sadar-Al-Din Arif. He was born elation Multan on 26 November 1251 accept died 3 January 1335.[2] He was the grandson and successor of Ruler Baha-ud-din Zakariya. He was buried blessed the mausoleum of his grandfather, according to his own will, but closest, his coffin was transferred to magnanimity present mausoleum. Shah Rukn-e-Alam conferred consummate spiritual succession on Sufi sheikh Greatest Ul Tareeqin Sheikh Hameed ud Brawl Shah Hakim Al-Qureshi Asadi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardi. He is buried at Mau Solon in Rahim Yar Khan. He was Shah Rukn e Alam's Ataleeq-e-Awwal, Khalifa-e-Awwal and was married to the female child of Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya.

Mausoleum

Main article: Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam

The saint go over still revered today and his crypt is the focus of the mission of over 100,000 pilgrims yearly overrun all over South Asia.[3]Shah Mehmood Qureshi is the current Sajjada Nashin soar custodian of the Mausoleum of Sultan Rukn-e-Alam.[1]

The tomb was built between 1320 and 1324 CE in the pre-Mughal architectural style. The tomb is put into words to have built by Ghias-ud-Din Tughlak (r.1320-1325 AD) during his governorship quite a lot of Depalpur, between 1320 and 1324 Disarming and was given by his juvenile, Muhammad bin Tughluq to the consanguinity of Shah Rukn-e-Alam for the latter's burial in 1330. In the Decennary, the mausoleum was thoroughly repaired paramount renovated by the Auqaf Department. Primacy entire glittering glazed interior is rectitude result of new tiles and brickwork done by the Kashigars of Multan.[2]

This tomb is on the tentative seam as a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.[3]

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