And now Sindh...loop completed

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Re: And now Sindh…loop completed

When I visited Qalandar’s mazar many years ago, I was told that he started his mission in mid of brothel in Sehwan and cleaned the area with his preaching. Here are the facts about this Sufi his origin was Uzbek. He never called himself as muhajir and mingled with local population as though he was one of them. He said:

“Sindhri da Sehwan da Sakhi Shahbaz Qalinder”

**Lal Shahbaz Qalandar"-- Some facts.

  1. He was born in 583 AH or 1187 AD in Marwand town located near Afghan- Iran border.
  2. He was named as Syed Shah Hussain at the birth but later his father changed his name to Usman.
  3. “Shahbaz” was his title given to him because of his fearless expression of thought and unbound love to Almighty.
  4. He was also called as " Saif ul Lisan" due to his mastery over various languages and an eloquence in expression. His mother tongue was " Uzbeki" but had a full command over Arabic and Persian.
  5. He was known as “Lal- Red”, because his skin complexion was reddish in tone and most importantly the colour of his eyes had always been slightly red which in English is called “Sanguine” color and in medical terminology it is known as " Dimvi" state. Besides, he loved the color Red. He used to clad himself in red cloths and carry a red flag in hand which symbolized the bloody tragdy of Karbala.
  6. He memorized Holy Quran by the age 7 and studied and mastered all branches of faith by the 21.
  7. He was known and accepted as " Qalandar" because he reached such a stage of faith where he had completely renounced the world and luxuries of living and used to express unbound love to Creator and His creation. While expressing love to the creation he never segregated human and animals; he loved and served unconditionally all the humans without any distinction of caste, creed, language or social status.
  8. He travelled throughout his life and on his last journey he reached Sewhan Sharif and made it his last abode.
  9. He lived about 112 year but spent only last six years in Sewhen.
  10. He is buried in Sehwan where his followers come in hordes to pay homage and participate in Dhamal- the Devesh Dance which had over the year become regular feature on every Friday night.
  11. It was during the Dhamal time that suicide bomber entered the crowd the other day and detonated the suicide vest, killing and maiming hundreds of Dhamili Darvesh, tuning the soil of Lal’s Shrine into Red.**
    Research and Naration: AMR