Imam Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya Qalandar Baba Auliya

Imam Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya (1898 – 27 January 1979) (Urdu: امام حسن اخرٰی محمد عظیم برخیا), commonly referred to as Qalandar Baba Auliya (Urdu: قلندر بابا اولیاء), was the founding Imam and Spiritual Master of the

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Sufi Order, which takes its name from him. He was a Scholar of Tassawuf, and is considered to be of the Abdāl, commonly being known by his honorific "Abdāl Haqq" (Urdu: ابدال حق). He appointed Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi as head of the Silsila, and passed on the 27th of January, 1979. Every year on the 27th of January, his

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(Death Anniversary) is conducted in which members of the Silsila congregate to recite the

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and conduct gathering on matters of Tassawuf. His resting place is located in the Shadman district of Karachi, Pakistan.

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