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{{Infobox saint
|name = Shaikh Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar Panipati<br />
|image =File:Six Sufi masters (retouched).jpg
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|caption =Six Sufi masters: [[Moinuddin Chishti|Khvaja Mu'in al-Din]], [[Abdul-Qadir Gilani|Ghaus al-A'zam]], [[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki|Khvaja Qutb al-Din]], Shaikh Mihr, '''Shah Sharafuddeen Bu 'Ali Qalandar'''<nowiki> and Sultan Musa Shaikh.</nowiki>
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|birth_date = c. 1209
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|death_date = c. 1324
|death_place = [[Panipat district|Panipat]], [[Haryana]]
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|major_shrine = Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Dargah, [[Panipat]], [[Haryana]]
|attributes =
|patronage = [[Haryana]], [[India]]
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|tradition = [[Sufi Islam]]}}
'''Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Panipati '''renowned as '''Bu Ali Qalandar''' (1209-1324 [[Common Era|CE]]) born in [[Panipat]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auliasworld.com/2012/02/hazrat-bu-ali-shah-qalandar.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223032845/http://www.auliasworld.com/2012/02/hazrat-bu-ali-shah-qalandar.html |archive-date=23 December 2016 }}</ref> was a [[Qalandar (title)|Qalandar]] and [[Sufi]] [[saint]] of the [[Chishti Order|Chishtī Order]] who lived and taught in India. His [[shrine]] or [[dargah]] (mausoleum) is at Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Dargah, [[Panipat]] which is a place of [[pilgrimage]].

His real name was Sharfuddin but he is well knowned by his title Bu Ali Shah Qalandar.His father Syed Muhammad Abu al Hassan (Fakhar Uddin) also known as Fakhar e Alam was a great scholar and saint of his time. His father was buried in Village Kirman [[Parachinar]], [[Pakistan]]. He is from the ancestry of Imam [[Zain-ul-Abidin]]. His large descendants reside in Pakistan and are known as [[Husseini]]. He completed his studies at an early age and subsequently taught near the [[Qutub Minar]] in Delhi for 20 years. He published a collection of Persian poetry by the name of "Diwan Hazrat Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar"<ref name="Malik Chanan">{{cite book|last=Shahudin|first=Maulavi|title=Diwane Bu Ali|publisher=Malik Chananuddin}}</ref> which was later translated by [[Khawaja Shahudin]] in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. It was a great Sufi work in Persian language.<ref name=Boota>{{cite book|last=Boota|first=Sohail|title=Tazkara Aulia|year=2007|publisher=Shahudin Academy|location=Sialkot}}</ref><ref name=Hazeena>{{cite book|last=Qadri Sarwari|first=Mumtaz Ali|title=Hazeena Tul Uns|publisher=Zam Zama Printing Press|location=Sialkot}}</ref> Some other famous Qalandars include [[Lal Shahbaz Qalandar]] and [[Shams Ali Qalandar]].

==Birthplace==
One account says he was born in early 1209 and lived till 1324 in [[Panipat]], [[India]]. However an epitaph on his tomb in [[Persian language|Persian]] gives his birthplace as Ganja in present-day Azerbaijan{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}; while some scholars opine that in fact, he was born near Ganjah, once a small suburb of [[Lahore]] city but now integrated in the main old city complex{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}. His father, Sheikh Fakhar Uddin was a famous scholar of his time. His mother was Hafiza Jamal, the daughter of Maulana Nemat Ullah Hamdani. Some people also claim his father actually came from Iraq and settled down in Panipat.<ref>{{cite web|title=More about the saint|url=http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/dargah/Panipat.htm|website=www.aulia-e-hind.com/d|access-date=27 April 2015|archive-date=4 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604003348/http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/dargah/Panipat.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Shah Sharaf bu ali qalander Chiniot pakistan.jpg|thumb|Chilla Gah of Bu Ali Qalandar in Chiniot]]

==Tomb==
The [[dargah]] (mausoleum or shrine), mosque and enclosure at the Qalandar Chowk in Panipat were constructed by [[Mahabat Khan]], a [[general]] in the service of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]]. Mahabat Khan's own tomb in red sandstone is adjacent to the saint's mausoleum. The tombs of Hakim Mukaram Khan and the [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet Maulana [[Maulana Hali|Altaf Hussain Hali]] are also located within the enclosure. A nearby structure is the tomb of the last [[Lodi dynasty]] ruler of Delhi, [[Ibrahim Lodi]], killed in the [[First Battle of Panipat]] (1526).<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Ibrahim-Lodhi%27s-Tomb-14121.htm Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022095416/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Ibrahim-Lodhi%27s-Tomb-14121.htm |date=22 October 2016 }}</ref>

The left wall of the mausoleum has a [[qasida]] ([[panegyric]]) embossed and painted in blue and gold, written by Zahuri Neishabouri who visited India during the reign of [[Akbar]].

A large number of people from all walks of life [[Hindus]], [[Muslims]], [[Sikhs]] and [[Christians]] visit the tomb and offer prayers there each Thursday and during the annual [[Urs]] Mela.<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/-Haryana/Panipat/Dargah-of-Bu Ali-Shah-Qalandar-14137.htm Dargah of Bu Ali-Shah-Qalandar]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205024904/http://panipat.nic.in/ Panipat municipal website]
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/34913846/Deewn-e-Shah-Bu Ali-Qalandar The Diwan of Bu Ali Qalandar in Persian (PDF)]

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[[Category:Indian Sufi saints]]
[[Category:Muslim saints]]
[[Category:People from Panipat]]
[[Category:1209 births]]
[[Category:1324 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of death uncertain]]

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