Barī Imām بری امام | |
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 A popular local depiction of Barī Imām | |
| Mystic | |
| Born | 1617 CE (1026 AH)[1] Choli Karsal, Punjab, Mughal Empire (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 1705 CE (1114 AH)[1] Noorpur, Punjab, Mughal Empire (now in Islamabad, Pakistan) |
| Feast | 24 May (urs) |
| Patronage | Pothohar Plateau |
Tradition or genre | Qadiriyya |
Syed Abdul Latif Kazmi | |
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| Title | Imam Ul Fuqra, Shehnsha E Behro Bar, Hazrat, Sayyid, Imam, Pak Bari, Mir Miran, Murshid Hazrat Ishaan ha (Teacher of the Hazrat Ishaans), Yusuf Mahdi (Yusuf of the 12th Imam), Zamen-e-Ahu (Peace retreat of the deers [his disciples]), Qibla-e-Aqtab (Navigator to the Kaaba of the Qutbs) |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Sunni Hanafi Islam |
| Region | Punjab |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
Peer Syed Abdul Latif Kazmi Qadri, often referred to as Barī Imām or Barī Sarkār (1617 – 1705), was a 17th-century Punjabi Muslim[2] Sufi ascetic. He is venerated as the patron saint of Islamabad, Pakistan. Born in Karsal, Chakwal District, he is one of the most prominent Sufis of the Qadiriyya order of the Islamic spirituality and within this order is addressed as the Master (Murshid) of the Hazrat Ishaans of the Naqshbandiyya sub branch of the Qadiriyya of whom the patron saint is Sayyid Mir Jan.[3]Today, he is widely visited by those Sunni Sufi Muslims (especially in Pakistan and South Asia) who venerate saints.[4][5][1]
The life of Bari Imam is known essentially through oral tradition and hagiographical booklets and celebrated in Qawwali songs of Indian and Pakistani Sufism.[4]
- ^ a b c Muhammad Umar and Suhail Yusuf (10 July 2014). "Syed Shah Abdul Latif: 'Khushki kay Imam'". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2014). "Antinomian Sufis". In Ridgeon, Lloyd (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Sufism. Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 101–124. doi:10.1017/cco9781139087599.008. ISBN 978-1-107-01830-3.
- ^ Tazkar-e-Khanwad-e-Hazrat Ishaan, p. 281 and Chapter on Bari Imam
- ^ a b Chaudhary, M. Azam. "Barrī Imām". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
- ^ (Associated Press of Pakistan) Security plan chalked out for Bari Imam Urs The Nation (newspaper), Published 20 May 2015, Retrieved 5 January 2021