Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari

Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari (Sindhi: سيّد غلام حسين شاهه بخاري; 1932 – 26 January 2023) was a Sindhi Pakistani Islamic scholar. He belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi school of thought. He managed the Dargah Hussainabad, one of the largest religious institutions in Pakistan.[1][2]

Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari
Bukhari in 2014
Born1932 (1932)
Deh Drib Chandia, Qambar Shahdadkot, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died (aged 90)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityBritish Indian citizenship (1932–1947), Pakistani citizenship (1947–2023)
SchoolSunni Islam, Hanafi, Sufi, Naqshbandi

Biography

Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari was born in 1932 in the village of Drib Chandia, Qambar Shahdadkot, Bombay Presidency, British India.

In 1980, he built a masjid and madrassa titled Dargah Hussainabad where religious education and accommodation is free of all political associations. He was also the head of Tanzeem Islahul Fuqra Al-Hussainia, that also provides religious education to people.[2]

In 2013 Bukhari was attacked by terrorists.[2]

Bukhari died at Karachi's private hospital on 26 January 2023, at the age of 90.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Spiritual leader's grandson killed in 'sectarian' attack". Daily Dawn. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. "Cleric targeted in Jacobabad last week teaches only the message of peace". Daily Tribune.com.PK. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. web, des (26 January 2023). "ناليوارو مذهبي اڳواڻ غلام حسين شاهه قمبر وارو لاڏاڻو ڪري ويو". Awami Awaz (in Urdu). awamiawaz.pk. Awami Awaz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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