Hadhrat Molana Pir Fakir-u-llah Bakoti
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Hadhrat Molana Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti (died November 18, 1921) was a religious leader in the resistance movement against British rule. He used the idea of Tassawaf (Sufi Theosophy) to recruit his followers by promising freedom. Fakir-u-llah Bakoti is not his real name, but an honorific one made up of several parts:
His appearance was viewed as a miracle by the local people when the British Empire had crushed the people of Murree
and Circle Bakote brutally and treated them as slaves. His arrival from Pajja Sharif district Muzaffarabad
(now in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
) through the Kohala Bridge
resulted in the reunification of local tribes.
The tribes, such as Dhond Abbasi
and others, were unified and were encouraged to battle the British authorities under his leadership. Mohammed Ali Shah (Pir of Plasi) was another Saint of Circle Bakote who led local tribes in the war of Bala Kote against Sikhs with co-ordination of Seyed Ahmed Shahid and Shah Ismail Shahid, but they did not succeed.
forces under the command of Hari Singh Nalwa
ruined Molana, Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti then stepped in as younger age, the Kashmir. Pir Bakoti was a fellow of his family shrine in Pajja Sharif, Chikar, but Nalwa's forces gutted the holy place under their feet and set it on fire. These circumstances compelled Pir Bakoti to migrate to the Hazara Division
, where his uncle was a priest in a religious school in Baffa, Mansehra
. He stayed there for a few months, then he went to Swat, where a new spiritual horizon awaited him. He stepped down before Ahkoond of Swat known as Pir Abdul Ghafoor, had sucked the inner light of soul. He stayed there more than twenty years and analysed the holiness, warriorship and struggle for Jihad against Sikh
atrocities. He also participated in many wars with his priest. He completed his religio-spiritual education and practice in Swat and in 1876, set off to the beautiful valley, on the order of his priest Pir Abdul Ghafoor.
, historian, and biographers Mohabbat H Awan (Birote
) and Malik Pervaiz Ahmed Awan (Baithek Awanan, Azad Kashmir
), claimed that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti belonged to the Awan tribe, but both authors failed to provide any proof or his family tree. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti himself provided his tribe identity as Qureshi, the tribe of Mohammed bin Abdullah. New research by Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi, his biographer, stated that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti is Usmani but not Alvi on the basis of the newly discovered family tree that was compiled by his younger brother Said Moor's grandson, Mohammed Daood of Khaki, Mansehra
. This family tree is attested by shrine superior Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azher Bakoti Usmani too by his handwriting. He showed that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani's family started from daughter of Mohammed and second wife of third Caliph Usman bin Affan Roqeyya, from Umayyad
tribe. Roqeyya was second wife of Uthman
bin Affan after the death of his first wife and daughter of the prophet Mohammed Umm e kalthome. Syed Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
, Syed Qamar Usmani, Syed Taqi Usmani, founder of the Islamic Banking
System and financial institution Meezan Bank
, and Kashmiri Islamic scholar of Deoband University of India
Molana Anwar Shah Kashmiri
also belonged to this Islamic and Arabic Umayyad tribe. (For further details, see Qamar Usmani Book Usman Zunnourain, Khilafat o Seayaset').
. His tribe Alvi Awan
was living in Birote, so he decided to settle there. He came to Birote in 1888, built his house at Khoaas. Local Kamlal, a sub-tribe of the Dhond Abbasi
tribe donated him eighteen canals of agri land where he rebuilt an old mosque and started Jumma prayers for the first time in the history of Circle Bakote.
and Circle Bakote. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani came to Birote, Moolia and Bakote on an invitation from Sardar of the Dhund Abbasi tribe of the before mentioned areas. They gave him land and cooperated with great enthusiasm. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani was a practical man in religio-social affairs and every person believed he was a saint. He gave honor and dignity to the Seyeds tribe, as narrated by his grandson Sahibzada Azher Bakoti Usmani in his book NIsbat e Khair ul Basher. He further wrote that Pir Bakoti Usmani believed the honor of Seyeds as a part of his faith. As a social worker, he helped the needy people from every walk of life. Poor people of the area traveled with him and he donated to his colleagues, and when Rs. Twenty collected and paid to his colleague, he ordered him to return back to his home. His house was a free dining room for all people and they sat and ate. He also introduced tea for the first time in Circle Bakote in the first decade of the twentieth century. He also boiled his olive tree leaves and used them as tonic for his patients, they would recover their health immediately. This herbal treatment is still continued by his successors. He named newborn babies as Obaidullah Alvi father's name changed as Mohammed Abdullah Alvi instead of Khaliullah Alvi. He also married needy girls as their guardian.
and Birote, taught them the lessons and reorganized their culture and society. He planted Indian Olive in his lands but these plants turned into Palestine
or Spanish fruit trees. Nobody can harm these trees without his offspring's permission. He preached the teaching of Islam
as a flexible way and never issued any religious directives which could cause harm to the culture at the time. He reformed and taught people socially and benefited them spiritually without any difference of caste. He himself had a very simple personality and donated all his belongings to the needy throughout his life. He married those widows who had no compensation from their deceased husbands and treated them equally according to teaching of Islamic prophet Muhammad
. He never permitted anybody to come inside his house or peep through his door. His ladies were always in veils day and night, met only with their closest relatives father, brother, son, grandson only that continued today in his family. He died from diarrhea but he said that he would never pass away before the exit of all his bodies maleness. He was a practical Sufi who implemented his philosophy of theosophy first on his soul and body before he preached. He is recognized as an elder today. Every house of area and people walk without shoes towards his shrine and translate into reality their uncompleted deeds.
and his teaching. Following is a detailed account of Pir Bakoti Usmani writers and their books.
- HadhratHadratis an honourific Arabic title used to honour a person. The literal translation of Hadrah is "Presence". In usage it is comparable to traditional Western honorifics addressing high officials, such as "your honour", "your majesty" or "your holiness".The term was also loaned into Turkish and...
- used to honour religious leaders - Molana - someone who is a scholar
- PirPir (Sufism)Pir or Peer is a title for a Sufi master equally used in the nath tradition. They are also referred to as a Hazrat or Shaikh, which is Arabic for Old Man. The title is often translated into English as "saint" and could be interpreted as "Elder". In Sufism a Pir's role is to guide and instruct his...
- a Sufi master - Faqir - capable of endurance or apparent magic
- Bakoti - of the Bakot area.
His appearance was viewed as a miracle by the local people when the British Empire had crushed the people of Murree
Murree
Murree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
and Circle Bakote brutally and treated them as slaves. His arrival from Pajja Sharif district Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...
(now in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
) through the Kohala Bridge
Kohala Bridge
The Kohala Bridge across the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus River, forms part of one of the land routes from the Azad Kashmir to the rest of Pakistan....
resulted in the reunification of local tribes.
The tribes, such as Dhond Abbasi
Dhond Abbasi
The Dhund Abbasi are a tribe of northern Pakistan. The tribe claims descent from Dhond Khan and ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and hence are known as Dhund Abbasi. The tribe speak the Dhundi-Kairali dialect...
and others, were unified and were encouraged to battle the British authorities under his leadership. Mohammed Ali Shah (Pir of Plasi) was another Saint of Circle Bakote who led local tribes in the war of Bala Kote against Sikhs with co-ordination of Seyed Ahmed Shahid and Shah Ismail Shahid, but they did not succeed.
Pir Bakoti Usmani homeland
Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani's ancestors came from Kundan Shakrean five hundred years ago, but it is still a mystery why his tribe vanished. There are only two families which existed at the time of Pir Bakoti Usmani, one being his family and the other is his brother Said Noor.Migration from his native village
His father, Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani, was a religious leader at the time. As Qazi Amanullah narrated a tradition to Obaidullah Alvi that in-laws of Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani were living in the village of Phanna Chapprhean, Chikar, District Muzafferabad, Azad Kashmir. Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani migrated there.Family of Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani
Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani married a noble lady of the Bloch tribe of Kashmir. His eldest brother was Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani, and the two younger brothers were Mohammed Seyed Noor and Abdullatief. His sisters were Baigum Jan and Sahib Jan, and were still babies when their father, Molana Mian Hafiz Taj Mohammed Usmani, died.Pir Bakoti Usmani's brothers and sisters
Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani had two brothers and two sisters. His younger brothers Said Noor Usmani migrated and got married in Khaki, Mansehra. Said Noor Usmani had two sons, one was Molvi Ghulam Hessian (Hasan) and the other was Molvi Mohammed Safi. Molvi Ghulam Hasan had four sons; the first son was Molvi Dawood, the second was Molvi Ayoub, the third was Mohammad Sultan and the fourth was Molvi Ilyas. His one daughter was named Bibi. The first son of Molvi Ghulam Hasan Molvi, Dawood, had only one daughter who got married in Sherpur Village, the second son of Molvi Ghulam Hasan Molvi Ayoub, had four sons, and two daughters. The first son was Dildar Hussain (late), the second son was Fida Hussain, the third son was Musarat Iqbal (late), and the fourth son is Khursheed Anwer. One daughter married in Village Tarangri Paeen, and the second daughter married in Khaki Village. The third son of Molvi Ghulam Hasan Sultan Mohammad had three sons and three daughters. One is Mohammad Tariq, the second one is Babar Sultan, and the third son is Ehsan Ellahi; one daughter married in Khaki and the second daughter married in Bherkund Village, and the third daughter is unmarried. The fourth son of Molvi Ghulam Hasan Molvi Ilyas (late) was unmarried.Early age
When DograDogra
The Dogras are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both Savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs and Non-savarnas. The Dogras also incluide merchant castes such as Mahajans...
forces under the command of Hari Singh Nalwa
Hari Singh Nalwa
Hari Singh Nalwa was Commander-in-chief of the Khalsa, the army of the Sikh Empire. He is known for his role in the conquests of Kasur, Sialkot, Multan, Kashmir, Attock, and Peshawar. He led the Sikh Army in freeing Shah Shuja from Kashmir and secured the Koh-i-Nor diamond for Maharaja Ranjit Singh...
ruined Molana, Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti then stepped in as younger age, the Kashmir. Pir Bakoti was a fellow of his family shrine in Pajja Sharif, Chikar, but Nalwa's forces gutted the holy place under their feet and set it on fire. These circumstances compelled Pir Bakoti to migrate to the Hazara Division
Hazara Division
On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad...
, where his uncle was a priest in a religious school in Baffa, Mansehra
Mansehra
Mansehra city is located at in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near to Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to China...
. He stayed there for a few months, then he went to Swat, where a new spiritual horizon awaited him. He stepped down before Ahkoond of Swat known as Pir Abdul Ghafoor, had sucked the inner light of soul. He stayed there more than twenty years and analysed the holiness, warriorship and struggle for Jihad against Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
atrocities. He also participated in many wars with his priest. He completed his religio-spiritual education and practice in Swat and in 1876, set off to the beautiful valley, on the order of his priest Pir Abdul Ghafoor.
Is Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Alvi or Usmani?
Alvi AwanAwan (Pakistan)
Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...
, historian, and biographers Mohabbat H Awan (Birote
Birote
Birote is a town in the Circle Bakote area of Abbottabad District in Pakistan, between the borders of Punjab and Kashmir. It has two higher secondary schools for boys, five religious schools, 75 mosques, bank, a post office, Upper Dewal Kohala Road and New Kohala Bridge...
) and Malik Pervaiz Ahmed Awan (Baithek Awanan, Azad Kashmir
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
), claimed that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti belonged to the Awan tribe, but both authors failed to provide any proof or his family tree. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti himself provided his tribe identity as Qureshi, the tribe of Mohammed bin Abdullah. New research by Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi, his biographer, stated that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti is Usmani but not Alvi on the basis of the newly discovered family tree that was compiled by his younger brother Said Moor's grandson, Mohammed Daood of Khaki, Mansehra
Mansehra
Mansehra city is located at in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near to Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to China...
. This family tree is attested by shrine superior Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azher Bakoti Usmani too by his handwriting. He showed that Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani's family started from daughter of Mohammed and second wife of third Caliph Usman bin Affan Roqeyya, from Umayyad
Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Arab caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. It was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from the...
tribe. Roqeyya was second wife of Uthman
Uthman
Uthman ibn Affan was one of the companions of Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He played a major role in early Islamic history as the third Sunni Rashidun or Rightly Guided Caliph....
bin Affan after the death of his first wife and daughter of the prophet Mohammed Umm e kalthome. Syed Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was an Islamic scholar who supported the creation of an Islamic system of governance in Pakistan after its creation in 1947. He was a theologian, writer, orator, politician, and expert in tafsir and hadith...
, Syed Qamar Usmani, Syed Taqi Usmani, founder of the Islamic Banking
Islamic banking
Islamic banking is banking or banking activity that is consistent with the principles of Islamic law and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Sharia prohibits the fixed or floating payment or acceptance of specific interest or fees for loans of money...
System and financial institution Meezan Bank
Meezan Bank
Meezan Bank Limited is a publicly listed company offering Islamic Banking in Pakistan. It was first incorporated on January 27, 1997, starting operations as an Islamic investment bank in August of that year...
, and Kashmiri Islamic scholar of Deoband University of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Molana Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Maulana Anwar Shah Al Lolabi Kashmiri was an Indian scholar of Islam. During his career, he taught at a number of prominent institutions, including the Darul Uloom Deoband which contains a gate named at his honor...
also belonged to this Islamic and Arabic Umayyad tribe. (For further details, see Qamar Usmani Book Usman Zunnourain, Khilafat o Seayaset').
Arrival in Circle Bakote
Pir Bakoti was fond of tourism and moved from his native town Pajja Sharief to Murree through KohalaKohala, Pakistan
Kohala is a town in Pakistan on the River Jhelum, north of Murree, south of Muzaffarabad, and east of Circle Bakote. -Location:...
. His tribe Alvi Awan
Awan (Pakistan)
Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...
was living in Birote, so he decided to settle there. He came to Birote in 1888, built his house at Khoaas. Local Kamlal, a sub-tribe of the Dhond Abbasi
Dhond Abbasi
The Dhund Abbasi are a tribe of northern Pakistan. The tribe claims descent from Dhond Khan and ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and hence are known as Dhund Abbasi. The tribe speak the Dhundi-Kairali dialect...
tribe donated him eighteen canals of agri land where he rebuilt an old mosque and started Jumma prayers for the first time in the history of Circle Bakote.
Great Sofi after Pir Malik Seraj (Soorej)
Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani was a great spiritual leader of his time who continued the spiritual movement of Pir Malik Seraj (Sooraj) Khan, a feudal and a spiritual personality from the Dhund Abbasi tribe of MurreeMurree
Murree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
and Circle Bakote. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani came to Birote, Moolia and Bakote on an invitation from Sardar of the Dhund Abbasi tribe of the before mentioned areas. They gave him land and cooperated with great enthusiasm. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani was a practical man in religio-social affairs and every person believed he was a saint. He gave honor and dignity to the Seyeds tribe, as narrated by his grandson Sahibzada Azher Bakoti Usmani in his book NIsbat e Khair ul Basher. He further wrote that Pir Bakoti Usmani believed the honor of Seyeds as a part of his faith. As a social worker, he helped the needy people from every walk of life. Poor people of the area traveled with him and he donated to his colleagues, and when Rs. Twenty collected and paid to his colleague, he ordered him to return back to his home. His house was a free dining room for all people and they sat and ate. He also introduced tea for the first time in Circle Bakote in the first decade of the twentieth century. He also boiled his olive tree leaves and used them as tonic for his patients, they would recover their health immediately. This herbal treatment is still continued by his successors. He named newborn babies as Obaidullah Alvi father's name changed as Mohammed Abdullah Alvi instead of Khaliullah Alvi. He also married needy girls as their guardian.
His mission
Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani came in Circle Bakote to complete a mission of a multi-dimensional spiritual movement:- He participated in Jihad under the command of his mentor Akhwand Sahib against Sikh Army in Tribal AreasTribal AreasTribal Areas can refer to:*Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan*Provincially Administered Tribal Areas also in Pakistan*Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh are considered as the Tribal areas of Bangladesh...
. He decided that in time of anarchy, the only solution of NWFP Muslim was JihadJihadJihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
, but it did not succeed. - Akhwand Sahib ordered him to shift in Circle Bakote, so he came first to Moolia, Union Council Bakote. Local landlords, afraid of his arising spiritual and social beliefs teased him badly.
- He shifted Birote, married with widow daughter of Molana Abdul Aziz Alvi and established an almshouse in Baglotian and then in Khoas, Birote.
- He promoted lower class Noor Hussein (Noora Bawa) from service of masque to Imam as in written agreement with Feudal of Birote.
- He shifted to Bakote as an Ahmdi imamImamAn imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
introduced the Qadeani Movement in Bakote and adjoining areas. Ahmdi were considered as unbelievers because of their Guru Ghulam Ahmed claimed holy Christ as prophet of Christians and challenged the faith of Muslims in the last prophethood of Mohammed. Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Usmani challenged the faith of the Imam and stayed there permanently with his preaching of Quran and HadithHadithThe term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
. He reconstructed a mosque in Central Bakote. He appointed Qazi Abdullah as imam of the mosque and started teaching the Quran there.
Bakoti School of Thought
Pir Bakoti was not a spiritual personality but a great saint of the area, after two centuries of Pir Malik Sooraj (real name is Mohammed Suraj Khan died in 1632) of Potha Sharief Murree, Pakistan. A generation of Circle Bakote and Murree Hills followed him and his message. Pir of Deval Sharief Abdul Majid Ahmed wrote in his book that he was the tidings of Molana Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti. No person or family did not accept his spiritual position as well as his blessings. It was an age of despair, after the Balakot massacre in 1839, and the defeat of the local tribe in 1857 against the British Government. As a result, they were totally unable to lead a caravan without a leader of the time, an uncourageous personality. That space was filled by Molana Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti by highly ethical way of life, so he was welcomed everywhere in the area. He encouraged and returned them towards life and social activities. He established religious schools, started Jumma Prayers in BakotBakot
Bakot is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It has an average elevation of 645 metres...
and Birote, taught them the lessons and reorganized their culture and society. He planted Indian Olive in his lands but these plants turned into Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
or Spanish fruit trees. Nobody can harm these trees without his offspring's permission. He preached the teaching of Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
as a flexible way and never issued any religious directives which could cause harm to the culture at the time. He reformed and taught people socially and benefited them spiritually without any difference of caste. He himself had a very simple personality and donated all his belongings to the needy throughout his life. He married those widows who had no compensation from their deceased husbands and treated them equally according to teaching of Islamic prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
. He never permitted anybody to come inside his house or peep through his door. His ladies were always in veils day and night, met only with their closest relatives father, brother, son, grandson only that continued today in his family. He died from diarrhea but he said that he would never pass away before the exit of all his bodies maleness. He was a practical Sufi who implemented his philosophy of theosophy first on his soul and body before he preached. He is recognized as an elder today. Every house of area and people walk without shoes towards his shrine and translate into reality their uncompleted deeds.
Books on Pir Bakoti Usmani
Many have written about his life, theosophyTheosophy
Theosophy, in its modern presentation, is a spiritual philosophy developed since the late 19th century. Its major themes were originally described mainly by Helena Blavatsky , co-founder of the Theosophical Society...
and his teaching. Following is a detailed account of Pir Bakoti Usmani writers and their books.
- Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azhar Bakoti, Yad e Baiza(يد بيضا ) (Enlightened hand) Biography of Pir Bakoti Usmani, Published by Dr Mehmood of Osia, MurreeMurreeMurree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
in 2009. - Rana Ali HassenChohan Gujjer, GujratGujratGujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...
, India (Tareekh e garjer, Vol II, 1936) This book is available in State BankState bankA state bank is generally a financial institution that is chartered by a state. It differs from a reserve bank in that it does not necessarily control monetary policy , but instead usually offers only retail and commercial services.A state bank that has been in operation for five years or less is...
Library KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
. - Hafiz Suleman Betharwi (very close friend and comrade of Pir Bakoti Usmani; spent his 40 years with him) wrote a manuscript named Guldeasta e Karamat e Pir Bakoti Usmani in 1940 and saved by Qazi Amanullah of Pajja Shareef. This book is in poem shape.
- Imam u Din, Behdote, District MuzaffarabadMuzaffarabadMuzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...
, Azad KashmirAzad KashmirAzad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
(Samra Keramat, 1930) . This book is in poem shape. - Mohammed Zaman Khan Cahrehanvi, Union Council Charehan, MurreeMurreeMurree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
(Sawan e Hyat, 1945) . This book is in poem shape. - Syed Mehmood Azad of Harhi Gehel, District Bagh, Azad Kashmir.(History of Kashmir, published in 1971)
- Miss Sabiha Shaheen, MansehraMansehraMansehra city is located at in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near to Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to China...
(The Golrha family of Hazara), her MA thesis at Peshawer University in 1982. - Noor Alahi Abbasi of Sahr Bagla, Murree (Tareekh e Muree, 1985, but he deleted his book new edition published in 2005)
- Mohabbat Husain Awan of BiroteBiroteBirote is a town in the Circle Bakote area of Abbottabad District in Pakistan, between the borders of Punjab and Kashmir. It has two higher secondary schools for boys, five religious schools, 75 mosques, bank, a post office, Upper Dewal Kohala Road and New Kohala Bridge...
, Idara e Tehqiqul Awan Karachi, (Awan Mashaekh e Uzzam, 1988) - Sifarish Abbasi, Idara Ishaet e Islam Gularhagali, Murree (Sawane Hayat Pir Bakoti Usmani, 1996) This booklet first published in Monthly Ishaet e Islam no 04, Gularhagali, Murree in 1990. Sifarish Abbasi is father in law of Sajibzada Zahir Bakoti Usmani daughter. His all views expressed Deobandi school of thoughts.
- Malik Pervaiz Ahmed Awan, Idara e Tehqiqul Awan Dewarandi, Hajira, Azad Kashmir (Tareekh e Awanan Fi Oulad e Ali, 1992)
- Mohabbat Husain Awan, Idara e Tehqiqul Awan Karachi (Tareekh e Alvi Awan, 1998)
- Professor Qazi Mohammed Tahir Al Hashmi, Markezi Jamma Masjid Havelian, District Abbottabad, NWFP (Serguzasht e Hashmi, 2005) He discussed his family blood relationship with Pir Faqirullah Bakoti Sahib.
- Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azhar Bakoti, Bakote Shareef, District Abbottabad, NWFP (Nisbat e Khairul Basher, 2006) This book dealing with Pir Bakoti Usmani faith about the family of Mohammed.
- Dr. Mehmood Ahmed JadoonJadoonThe Jadoons are one of the largest Pashtun tribes in Pakistan. They originate from Jallalabad and are now located in the southern Hazara Division area of Khyber Pakhtoonkhuwa, Pakistan, partly in Gadoon area in Swabi on the southern slopes of Mahaban Mountains, and partly in Abbottabad District...
Qadri, Ausia, MurreeMurreeMurree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
, (Many articles on Pir Bakoti Usmani, published in Daily Nawa I Waqt Rawalpindi) - Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi of Birote, Journalist, Historian and Anthropologist, (Seerat e Pir Bakoti Usmani ore Kohsar main Mazheb wa Rouhaneat ka Irteqa), expected publish on Urse of. Pir Bakoti Usmani this year in October.
- Abdul Majid Tahir, Director Press Information Department Azad Kashmir, Muzafferabad, wrote many essays about Pir Bakoti Usmani in various times. His father was also fellow of Pir Bakoti Usmani in his early age.
- Sahim Abbasi of Birote, a younger journalist, wrote many articles with reference of Pir Bakoti Usmani life time and merrage in Birote.
- Naweed Akram Abbasi, a journalist in Union Council Bakote belonged to Jenial Dhond AbbasiDhond AbbasiThe Dhund Abbasi are a tribe of northern Pakistan. The tribe claims descent from Dhond Khan and ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and hence are known as Dhund Abbasi. The tribe speak the Dhundi-Kairali dialect...
tribe, also wrote a few high-quality essays on Pir Bakoti Usmani life, his spiritual role and his blood relationship with his family.