Suleman Taunsvi

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Muhammad Shah Suleman Taunsvi
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Personal life
Born1770 CE
Darug Town, Baluchistan
Died1850 CE
Other namesPeer Pathan
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Muslim leader
Based inTaunsa Shareef, Punjab
Period in officeLate 18th century and early 19th century

Muhammad Shah Suleman Taunsvi (1184 A.H / 1770 CE - 1267 A.H / 1850 CE), also known as Pir Pathan, was a Sufi scholar and spiritual leader within the Chishti order. He was born in Gargogi to the Jafar Pakhtun tribe of Darug people in present-day Loralai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.

His shrine is located in Taunsa Tehsil, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, where his urs (annual death anniversary) is observed each year from 5-7 Safar al-Muzaffar, the second month of the Islamic calendar.

Suleman Taunsvi was born in 1770. He studied Qur'an with Yusuf Jafar. He associated with Noor Muhammad Maharvi from whom he received spiritual training in Chishti order of Sufism.[1]

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