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Al-Hujwiri is venerated as the main saint of Lahore, Pakistan by the Sufis of the area and his tomb-shrine, known as the Data Darbar, is one of the most frequented shrines in South Asia.
It is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia. It was built to house the remains of al-Hujwiri, commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh or more colloquially as Data Sahab, a Sufi saint from Ghazni in present-day Afghanistan, who is believed to have lived on the site in the 11th century CE.
This shrine is the oldest and perhaps the most vibrant cultural marker of the past one millennium in Lahore. The title of Ganj Bakhsh was bestowed by the saint of the saints Khwaja Moin ud din Chishti of Ajmere, whose ascendancy in the Chishtia Sufi order is recognised by all and sundry.
Data Ganj Baksh traveled all over the Southeast Asian subcontinent [viii] before he died around 1070 ACE [ix]. The building itself seems to have been a complex that was lived in during al-Hujwiri’s time. It is unclear as to when it was built, but the fact remains that his body is buried there.
Uthman (c. 1009-1072/77), known as for short as Data Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. He was an 11th-century Ghaznian-Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher who became famous for composing the Kashf al-maḥjub (Unveiling of the Hidden), a book on Sufism in Persian language.
Data Darbar, located in Lahore, Punjab, is the largest Sufi mausoleum in South Asia. It was built to house all the remains of al-Hujwīrī, commonly recognized as ‘Data Ganj Baksh’, a Sufi saint belonging to Ghazni.
Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh’s tomb is one of Lahore’s most revered shrines. Situated in the data darbar, the shrine attracts pilgrims from all over Pakistan. The tomb is said to be the final resting place of Data Ganj Bakhsh, a renowned Sufi saint who lived in the 11th century.
Profile of Data Sahib. Born Ali in 1009 in Hujwer area of Ghazni to his father Usman, he wrote under the pen-name Ali, and later became immensely famous for his book Kashf-ul-Mahjoob. He got the title of ‘Data’ Ganj Bakhsh when once Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Lahore, Ali continuously remained in his service and when he was leaving, he ...
It is from this time that Ali Al-Hujwiri, according to popular tradition, came to be known as Data Ganj Bakhsh (the master who bestows treasures). In Kashf-ul-Asrar, however, he complains that people call him Ganj Bakhsh though he was penniless.
Born in 400 A.H. in Ghazni (Afghanistan), Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh belonged to a Syed family (descendant of the Holy Prophet). He completed his earlier education in Ghazni by memorizing the Holy Quran. Then he studied Arabic, Farsi, Hadith, Fiqh, Philosophy etc.