Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo ( sd, مخدوم بلاول بن جام حسن سمو), (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH Sindh) was a
sufi saint,
philosopher and
poet
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from
Sindh,
Pakistan
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. He is also referred as Makhdum Bilal or Bilali Makhdum.
Life
Makhdoom
Makhdoom ( ar, مخدوم, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum, bn, মখদুম, Mokhdum) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title for Pirs, in South and Central Asia.
People with the title Makh ...
Bilawal was ordered to be
crushed alive in a seed
grinder after the
Battle of Talti for opposing the conquest of
Sindh by
Arguns on 30 Safar 929AH/1522 AD.
Poetry
He said poems in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
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and
Sindhi language
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s. One of his Persian
Quatrain reads as follows:
Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal
His
shrine
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is at 'Baghban' near the town of
Dadu Sindh,
Pakistan
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. According to the article of Aamir Sindhi Ali Wagan, the
mosque
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at his
tomb
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was constructed by one of his devotees
Sardar
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Sakhi Mahboob Khan Wagan (Chief Sardar of Wagan Tribe).
References
External links
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1451 births
1523 deaths
Sufi poets
Sindhi people
Sindhi warriors
Sindhi-language poets
Sufism in Sindh
Year of birth uncertain
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