Shrine of Meher Ali Shah

Shrine of Peer Meher Ali Shah
پير مہر علی شاہ مزار
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationGolra Sharif, Islamabad Capital Territory
StatePakistan
Shrine of Meher Ali Shah is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Shrine of Meher Ali Shah
Shown within Punjab, Pakistan
SectorE-11
TerritoryIslamabad Capital Territory
Geographic coordinates33°41′28.95″N 72°58′27.65″E / 33.6913750°N 72.9743472°E / 33.6913750; 72.9743472
Architecture
Architect(s)Babu Lal-Muhammad Chughtai
StyleIslamic architecture

The Shrine of Meher Ali Shah is a 20th-century Sufi shrine that serves as the tomb of the Peer Meher Ali Shah, an early 20th-century Sufi scholar of the Chisti order,[1] who was also a leader of the anti-Ahmadiya movement. The shrine is located within the Islamabad Capital Territory, in the village of Golra Sharif.

Nowadays, Golra Sharif is widely known for one of its custodians (Sajjada nashin) Pir Syed Naseer Uddin Naseer Gilani. The shrine's longest-serving Sajjada nashin was Peer Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani, the younger son of Babuji, who took care of the shrine for approximately 46 years (from 1974 to his death in July 2020).[2][3][4][5] Presently, the shrine is managed by the heirs of both, Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani and Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani.[6]

  1. ^ Mehr Muneer Biography of Meher Ali Shah
  2. ^ "Pir Shah Abdul Haq Gilani passes away". The Express Tribune. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  3. ^ "Pir Shah Abdul Haq Gilani of Golra Sharif passes away". The News International. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ^ "A brief life-sketch of the Lalajee Sahibaan". TheLightofGolraSharif.com.
  5. ^ "Services of Pir Ali Mehr Shah lauded, conference was presided over by Sajjada Nashin Golra Sharif, Pir Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani". THE NEWS.
  6. ^ Gilani, Ghulam Qutb-ul-Haq. "Family tree of Pir Meher Ali Shah". The Light of Golra Sharif.