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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Sufi shrine in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| building_name = Bareilly Dargah<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]<br />
| image = Barielly Sharif Dargah Barielly UP.jpg{{!}}Bareilly Sharif Dargah<br />
| caption = <!-- The shrine of [[Ahmed Raza Khan]] is one of [[India]]'s most important shrines --><br />
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| location = [[Bareilly]]<br />
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| district = [[Bareilly district]]<br />
| province = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| country = [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}<br />
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| leadership = Ahsan Raza Khan ([[Sajjada nashin]])<br />
| ownership = [[Individual]]<br />
| architect = Shah Mahmood Jaan Qadri<br />
| architecture_type = [[Dargah]]<br />
| architecture_style = [[Modern architecture|Modern]]<br />
| established = 1921<br />
| year_completed = 1921<br />
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'''Bareilly Dargah''' or '''Dargah-E-Ala Hazrat''' is a [[Dargah|Sufi shrine]] and complex in [[Bareilly district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.nativeplanet.com/bareilly/attractions/dargah-e-ala-hazrat/ Dargah e Ala-Hazrat, Bareilly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111921/https://www.nativeplanet.com/bareilly/attractions/dargah-e-ala-hazrat/|date=7 October 2018}} nativeplanet.com</ref> It contains the mausoleum of [[Ahmad Raza Khan]], [[Mustafa Raza Khan]], Rehan Raza Khan and other members of the Raza Khan family.<br />
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The Dome of the Dargah was designed by Shah Mehmood Jaan Qadri with the use of matchsticks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alahazrat.net/islam/hazrat-allama-shah-mehmood-jaan-qadri.php |title=Hadrat Allama Mawlana al-Haaj Shah Mehmood Jaan Khan Qadiri Barakaati Ridawi Jamjodhpuri Peshawari |access-date=2016-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031244/http://www.alahazrat.net/islam/hazrat-allama-shah-mehmood-jaan-qadri.php |archive-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Fatwas==<br />
The Bareilly Dargah is known for issuing several renowned ''[[fatwas]]''. Clerics there have issued verdicts against Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan along with other issues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bareilly Dargah issues fatwa against Jinnah portrait |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/bareilly-dargah-issues-fatwa-against-jinnah-portrait201805081903470002/ |access-date=2025-09-08 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Urs ==<br />
In 2014 during the observation of the death anniversary of [[Ahmed Raza Khan]] ([[Urs-e-Razavi|Urs-e-Razvi]]) at the Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat, [[Muslims|Muslim]] clerics condemned the terrorism practiced by the [[Taliban]] and the ideology of the [[Wahhabism|Wahhabi sect]].<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Clerics-campaign-against-Wahabis-Taliban-at-Ala-Hazrat/articleshow/45578318.cms|title=Clerics campaign against Wahabis, Taliban at Ala Hazrat - The Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |date=19 December 2014 |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2015-07-28|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225152221/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Clerics-campaign-against-Wahabis-Taliban-at-Ala-Hazrat/articleshow/45578318.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the Dargah was once the main site for the [[Urs-e-Razavi]], the official [[Urs]] is also now observed in a dozen countries. This is due to the large crowds and the arrival of many scholars.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/urs-e-razvi-to-be-observed-in-a-dozen-countries-this-year/articleshow/61298734.cms|title=Urs E Razavi to be observed in a dozen of countries.|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi}}<br />
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[[Category:Dargahs in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Memorials to Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]]<br />
[[Category:Dargahs in Bareilly district]]<br />
[[Category:1921 establishments in India]]</div>Babina