ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#298&#256&#7748 M&#298R HAZRAT (1550-1635)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="M*D,M*R,HAZRAT,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279M&#298&#256&#7748 M&#298R, HAZRAT (1550-1635), well-known S&#363f&#299 saint of the Q&#257dir&#299yah order, was a contemporary of Gur&#363 Arjan (1563-1606) and Gur&#363 Hargobind (1595-1644). His real name was Shai<u>kh</u> M&#299r Muhammad. He was born the son of Q&#257z&#299 Sayandanah (S&#257&#299&#7749 Datt&#257 to some chroniclers) bin Q&#257z&#299 Qalandar F&#257r&#363q&#299 in 957 AH/AD 1550 at S&#257hvan (also called Sevast&#257n) in the present D&#257d&#363 district of Sindh in Pakistan. The family claimed descent from Hazrat Umar Far&#363q, the second Caliph successor to Prophet Muhammad.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M&#299r Muhammad's father died when he was a young boy and he grew up under the care of his mother, B&#299b&#299 F&#257timah, daughter of Q&#257z&#299 Qazan, who put him under Shai<u>kh</u> <u>Kh</u>izr Sevast&#257n&#299 for study of Q&#257dir&#299 Silsil&#257 (School) of S&#363f&#299 thought. Under the guidance of his renowned teacher, he traversed various &#8216stations' and 'stages' of the mystic S&#363f&#299 p&#257th in rapid succession and completed his studies at a comparatively young age of 25. He then shifted to Lahore where he joined the school of Maul&#257n&#257 Sa'ad Ullah and subsequently of Maul&#257n&#257 Ni'mat Ullah and Muft&#299 Abdus-Sal&#257m to study traditional and rational philosophies. He remained steadfast in his devotional prayers and spent most of his spare time in meditation in gardens and forests outside the city. He soon became known as a distinguished 'Alim (scholar) much sought after by seekers of religious instruction. But Shai<u>kh</u> M&#299r Muhammad demurred at the publicity he was receiving and liked solitariness and was very selective in making disciples. Perhaps for this reason he left Lahore and went to stay at Sirhind, but the climate at the latter place did not suit him and he returned after a year to Lahore where he stayed for most of his remaining life revered by kings and commoners alike.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Emperor Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r in his <i>Tuzuk</i> (autobiography) praises his piety and selflessness. Prince D&#257r&#257 Shukoh was one of his devout <i>mur&#299ds</i> (disciples). The Sikh tradition is inclined to count several years of mutual friendship between Hazrat M&#299&#257&#7749 M&#299r and Gur&#363 Arjan, though their actual spans of life will not support this. The latter is said to have had the foundation-stone of the Harimandar in the midst of the sacred pool of Amritsar laid by the former in 1588. M&#299&#257&#7749 M&#299r could not save Gur&#363 Arjan from the bigotry of Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r which resulted in the Gur&#363&#8217s martyrdom in 1606, (probably the Emperor had not met the Shai<u>kh</u> by then), but he was instrumental in securing the release of Gur&#363 Hargobind from Gw&#257l&#299or Fort where he had been detained under Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r's orders.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hazrat M&#299&#257&#7749 M&#299r died at Lahore on 7 Rab&#299' ul-Awwal 1045 AH/11 August 1635. His mausoleum in H&#257shimpur&#257 outside the old city lends his name, Mi&#257&#7749 M&#299r, to the whole locality.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sohan Kav&#299, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 19'70<BR> <li class="C1"> Satb&#299r Si&#7749gh, <i>Pur&#257tan Itih&#257sik J&#299van&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Jalandhar, 1969<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M.A., <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Madanjit Kaur, <i>The Golden Temple : Past and Present</i>. Amritsar, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Z. H. Faruqu&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>