Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (RA), Bahawalpur

February 9, 2014

Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (AD)‎, 595 - 690 AH, 1198 - 1292 AD) was a Sufi saint. He was a follower of Bahauddin Zakariya of the Suhrawardiya order. He is known as Jalal Ganj; Mir Surkh (Red Leader); Sharrifullah (Noble of Allah); Mir Buzurg (Big Leader); Makhdum-ul-Azam; Jalal Akbar; Azim ullah; Sher Shah Jalal Azam and Surkh-Posh Bukhari. With formal honorifics, Bukhari is known as Sayyid Jalaluddin; Mir Surkh Bukhari; Shah Mir Surkh-Posh of Bukhara; Pir Jalaluddin Qutub-al-Aqtab; Sayyid Jalal and Sher Shah Sayyid Jalal.

Bukhari was known as Surkh-posh ("clad in red") because he often wore a red cloak. His life was spent traveling. As an Islamic missionary. Bukhari founded the "Jalali" section of the Suhrawardiya order of Sufi. He converted the Samma, the Sial, the Chadhar, the Daher, and the Warar tribes of the Southern Punjab and Sindh.

In 1244 (AD) (about 640 AH), Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (AD) moved to Uch, Punjab with his son, Baha-ul-Halim, where he founded a religious school. He died in about 690 AH (1292 AD) and was buried in Uch. After his tomb was damaged by flood waters of the Ghaggar-Hakra River, Bukhari's remains were buried in Qattal town. In 1027 AH, Sajjada Nashin Makhdoom Hamid, son of Muhammad Nassir-ud-Din, moved Bukhari's remains to their present location in Uch and erected a building over them. In 1670 AD, the tomb was rebuilt by the Nawab of Bahawalpur, Bahawal Khan II.

The brick-built tomb measures 18 meters by 24 meters and its carved wooden pillars support a flat roof it is decorated with glazed tiles in floral and geometric designs. The mosque consists of a hall, measuring 20 meters by 11 meters, with 18 wooden pillars supporting a flat roof. It was built of cut and dressed bricks and further decorated, internally and externally, with enameled tiles in floral and geometric designs.