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{{Short description|Shrine in India}}
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The '''Aasar-i-Shareef Pethmakhama''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: آثارِ شريف پؠٹھہٕ مَكهوٗم), popularly called '''Ziyarat Makhama''' ("Makhama Shrine"), is a [[Dargah|Muslim shrine]] located in [[Pethmakhama]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jkpwdrb.nic.in/pdfs/CitiesTownsJK.pdf|date=July 30, 2021|access-date=1 May 2023|website=nic.in|title=Work wise details (Cities & Towns)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-05|title=EID NIMAZ TIMING IN SRINAGAR|url=https://jkalerts.com/eid-nimaz-timing-srinagar-2/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Govt Private Jobs updates Jammu, Kashmir, JKSSB, JKALERTS|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126084410/https://jkalerts.com/eid-nimaz-timing-srinagar-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DDC Budgam takes stock of Milad arrangements at Ziyarat Sharif Makhama - Jammu Links News|url=http://www.jammulinksnews.com/newsdetail/207404/Jammu-Links-News-DDC_Budgam_takes_stock_of_Milad_arrangements_at_Ziyarat_Sharif_Makhama|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.jammulinksnews.com}}</ref> [[Magam]], [[Budgam]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It contains a relic, ''Moi-e-Muqqadas'', which is widely believed to be the hair of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]. It is situated at Pethmakhama which is nearest to Magam Town of Budgam District and is considered to be one of the [[Kashmir]]'s holiest Muslim shrine.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Aasar-i-Shareef is a two-storey building with four minarets and one central [[dome]] built on typical Kashmiri style of rooftop woodwork. The building can host approximately 2000 people at a time for prayers. It has a small [[mosque]] connected internally with the shrine building. There were 3 major [[Platanus orientalis|Chinar]] trees in and around the shrine but one of them was later halved and remains there without branches. The courtyard of the [[shrine]] is made of carved stones and a large park area with inbuilt pathways leading to the shrine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DC Budgam takes stock of Milad arrangements at Ziyarat Sharif Makhama - The News Now|url=https://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=65466|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.thenewsnow.co.in}}</ref>
[[Jammu and Kashmir Police]] guards the shrine with some 4-5 of its personal as security.
The [[Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board]] remains the caretaker of the Shrine.<ref>http://waqf.gov.in/jammukashmir/ {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

==History==

The [[relic]]s of [[Muhammad]] brought in here on 17th Rajab-Ul-Murajab as per lunar calendar which as per Gregorian calendar was on 16-Nov-1932.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hijri.habibur.com/1351/7/ | title=Islamic Hijri Calendar for Rajab - 1351 Hijri }}</ref> from [[Saudi Arabia]] via the then [[Amritsar]] [[Punjab]] currently [[Pakistan]]. Some historians claim that the relics was brought on horse cart Up to Village Mazhama from Srinagar with a huge gathering of Kashmiri People reading verses and Naats on Prophet. The ''Moi-e-Muqadas'' has a long history dating back 1400 years as written in the Sanad (documentary proof) of Relics of Pethmakhama preserved along with it. The relics is preserved inside the building in a centralized space called as Noor Khwan. The relics of Muhammad at Pethmakhama is also mentioned in the books like ''Imam Ul Asar'' written by [[Anwar Shah Kashmiri]] during 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/ImamUlAsarAllamaKashmiriRa|title=Imam Ul Asar Allama Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri r.a By Maulana Abdul Haleem Chishti ra|accessdate=1 May 2023|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

It is displayed to devotees on festive occasions like ''Mehraj ul-Alam'' and other festivals at Pethmakhama. This Dargah is one of the prolific historical monuments in District Budgam.<ref>[https://kashmiruzma.news/NewsList?CID=55&PDate=04-21-2019 News List] {{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref>

Lot of [[Ulama]] from all over Kashmir mostly from Sunni Aitiqadi sects like [[Karwan-I-Islami]], [[Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya]], Tehreek Minhaj ul Islam Kashmir, [[Barelvi]] and other sects deliver sermons here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wilayattimes.com/unification-and-awakening-among-muslim-ummah-obligatory-and-essentialallama-ghulam-rasool-hami/|title=Unification and Awakening among Muslim Ummah obligatory and Essential:Allama Ghulam Rasool Hami|website=Wilayat Times|accessdate=1 May 2023}}</ref>
It is managed by Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board and protected by [[Jammu and Kashmir Police]].

Molvi Niyaz Hamdani Sahab is the one who is current authoritative person to display the relics given that he his forefathers had brought it to this place.

==Overview of Aasar-i-Shareef==

Aasar-i-Shareef Pethmakhama is very famous in all corners of Kashmir because in this village shahi Hamdan has prayed for about 2 months<ref>https://mykashmirvalley.wordpress.com/history-of-kashmir/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> and also there is beard of Muhammad is kept in the building. Thousands of people come to Pethmakhama during Mehraj un-Nabi and Miladunnabi<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jammulinksnews.com/newsdetail/207404/Jammu-Links-News-DDC_Budgam_takes_stock_of_Milad_arrangements_at_Ziyarat_Sharif_Makhama|title=DDC Budgam takes stock of Milad arrangements at Ziyarat Sharif Makhama - Jammu Links News}}</ref> The Building at Aasar-i-Shareef holds congregations of Fridays and special occasions on Eid and other Islamic festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ibkashmir.blogspot.com/2015/09/eid-nimaz-timing.html|title = Ib Kashmir: EID NIMAZ TIMING|date = 22 September 2015}}</ref> During the festivals like ''Shab-i Mehraj'' and ''Shab-i Milad a Mela'' is celebrated in and around the shrine whereby lot of artisans, craftsmen and traders come to sell their items to the devotees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thekashmirimages.com/2018/11/20/dc-budgam-takes-stock-of-milad-arrangements-at-ziyarat-sharif-makhama/|title = DC Budgam takes stock of Milad arrangements at Ziyarat Sharif Makhama}}</ref> The main attraction for the devotees is Tilla Munji, the famous Kashmiri snack and Paratha which they take along with as a blessing.

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KatherinLigertwo at 19:27, 1 November 2025