Peer Zanjani( Sufi saint SYEDNA Shaikh Saad Maqdoom peer Zanjani RH GULBARGA INDIA.
Titles & Recognition • Qutb-ul-Qutab, Shaykh al-Shuyukh, Hafiz al-Hadith • Revered as one of the earliest saints of Gulbarga Sharif (Deccan, India). • Known as “Chacha Peer” of Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (RA).
Origin & Family Lineage • Birthplace: Zanjan, Iran (a historic city at the foothills of Mount Libarz).
• Lineage: From the Sadat-e-Zanjani family, descendants of Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS), the 7th Imam.
• Hazrat Abu Jafar al-Bariqi, a descendant of Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS), migrated from Baghdad to Zanjan in the 3rd Hijri century. • From this branch came Hazrat Miran Hussain Zanjani (RA) (elder saint, Lahore) and Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Syed Ali Hujwiri (RA), both from the same Sadat family.
• Hazrat Miran Hussain Zanjani (RA) even foretold the coming of a great saint from his own family — later fulfilled in the birth of Sheikh Saad bin Ali Zanjani.
Spiritual Chain (Silsila)
• Khalifa & mureed of Hazrat Shaykh Nizamuddin Auliya (RA), Mahboob-e-Ilahi.
• Contemporary and considered peer-bhai (spiritual brother) of Hazrat Naseeruddin Chiragh Dehlvi (RA).
• Known for close companionship with these Chishti luminaries.
Migration & Preaching
• After the passing of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA), he migrated from Delhi → Gujarat → Deccan in 725 AH.
• Settled in Gulbarga (Kalaburagi), actively preaching Islam in a region then dominated by disbelief and idolatry.
• Thousands embraced Islam under his guidance.
Final Years & Urs
• Wafat: 22 Shawwal 740 AH.
• Urs: Celebrated annually 21–23 Shawwal at Gulbarga Sharif with great devotion.
• Tradition: Fatiha with Hari Bhaji and Roti at the Dargah Sharif.
• Hazrat Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (RA) regularly visited his shrine every Thursday during his lifetime.
