Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi (RA)

                One of the greatest saints of Sindh is Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi (RA).He belongs to 4th generation of Hazrat Ali (AS), the 4th caliph of Islam and son in law of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He migrated from Arb to Sindh only for the great cause of Islam.




              He was born in 720 AD in Madina and moved to Sindh in 760AD as a merchant. He brought a large number of horses with him. He was given a great respect because he belonged to "Sadaat Family" the most noble family in Islam. He started living here and continued the great mission of Islam.


        At that time, the family of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi (RA) had started a movement for the revival of Caliphate, the most noble way of governance in Islam. He brother got martyred just because of this movement. The ruler of the time wrote to the governor of Sidh to arrest Hazrat Abdullah Shah FGhazi (RA) and send him back to capital where a trial could be built against him But it was a blessing from Allah that governor of Sindh was a follower of Hazrat Abdullah (RA) and postponed the orders many times. At the end he sent him as a noble guest to the nearby Raja who was under the governor. Hazrat Abdullah (RA) remainded there for 4 years.


          He continued his great mission of Islam everywhere he remained. A large number of people embrassed Islam on his hands. Besides a scholar of Islam he was a great saint.


       One day when he was out for hunt with his followers, the ruler of that time took them as some army of nearby enemy. They told them about their identity but he did not accept their argument and ordered to attack. They took the fight like men of Islam and got martyred one by one. He was burried on a hill top in Krachi.  This was year 713 AD.

           Every day, near about sunset, a steady stream of devotees crawls towards a green dome. Their destination is a grave draped in flowers. All wish to touch it but the marble railing comes their way. Not to feel belittled, they step back; sit cross-legged with head down and recite verses from Holy Quran. Soon the place would become congested and the Khadims  would persuade some in deep slumber to move out to make way for others.




          There are separate sitting arrangements for men and women but all mumble their secret wishes to the saint. Desperate women, under threat of divorce, pray for a son. Some are seeking good fortune, some pleading for the health of their loved-one. Drug addicts ask for forgiveness and an opportunity to live a normal life. This is an unusual crowd. Parents have their children with them and persuading them to ask the saint for high marks in the next examination. The young ones raise their tiny hands for blessing of the Sufi Saint.


          At first, it looks as if the devotees are from the city or nearby places. But a closure look would reveal some un-common faces. Jan Muhammed has come all the way from a far off city, Rahim Yar Khan. He has his wife and three kids with him. He proudly disclosed: “We come here for Ziarat, not every year but when we can. We wish we could afford to come each year,” Ms Saima Khan, from another distant place, Quetta, a mother with two children, visits the Mausoleum annually. “We come for Manat and to seek solutions for our problems.”