Pir Baba


Sayyid Ali Tirmizi, more commonly known as Pir Baba, was a Sufi who settled in Buner among the Yusufzai Pashtuns. He was probably born in 908 AH, in Fergana, of Sayyid descent, died in AH 991. He was a supporter of the Mughal emperor Babar, and was an opponent of Bayazid Pir Roshan.
It is claimed that Pir Baba was the son of Sayyid Qanbar Ali, who was in emperor Babur's army and had come down to Delhi as the governor of the Indian state. His mother was of Uzbek origin. Baba was more inclined towards Islamic studies. Baba supposedly married a sister of Daulat Khan a Yusufzai; a respected Pashtun from Buner.
He had 2 sons, Sayyid Habibullāh Shaah and Sayyid Mustafa Shaah.
Anwar Baig Baghi, a descendant of Pir Baba in his 12th generation, made news because "he could read only up to fifth grade but he penned down over 50 books on variety of topics."

Shrine (Mazar)

Baba's grave and shrine is in Pacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The shrine was closed by the Taliban temporarily.

Urs Mubarak

The annual Urs or Pilgrimage of Hazrat Pir Baba is celebrated from 24 to 26 Rajab of the Islamic calendar every year in Buner.