Zar Zari Zar Baksh, or Shah Muntajab ud din, was one of the earliest Sufis of the Chishti Order, the most dominant of all the Sufi orders in the Indian subcontinent.) With 700 disciples, Zar Zari Zar Baksh came to Aurangabad, and is said to have converted a Hindu princess near a well at Khuldabad. The place is now called the "Sohan baoli" or "pleasing well," and the princess is buried close to the
saints grave in Khuldabad. The tomb of Zar Zari Zar Baksh is between Malik Ambar's tomb and the northern gate of the town. It contains a number of ornaments and relics, the most remarkable of which is a circular steel looking glass mounted on a steel pedestal of four feet in height. It is said to have been presented by King Tana Shah. The [dargah]] in Khuldabad attracts thousands of pilgrims each year for the Urs of the saint. Several apocryphal stories are told about Muntajib al-Din to account for the name, Zar Zari Zar Baksh, "the giver of the essence of gold", but historical data notes simply that he was a practicing Sufi who often retreated to a hill cave near the place where his tomb was eventually built. Carl Ernst in his extensive study of the shrines of Khuldabad, The Eternal Garden, says about Muntajib al-Din (p. 235): "Although his connection with the Chishti tradition is beyond doubt, the lack of any contemporary account leaves him [Muntajib al-Din] in the fog of legend, forever beyond the grasp of our knowledge." However the widespread stories of prayers answered at this tomb have made the Dargah of Zar Zari Zar Baksh an important pilgrimage sites for Sufis in the Deccan and other parts of India. According to the managers of the Dargah, people have come from other Muslim countries to this shrine. The Zar Zari Zar Baksh Dargah [Sufi Shrine] in Khuldabad attracts hundreds of pilgrims each year for ordinary rituals such as seeking the blessings of praying at a holy place. But this Dargah draws people from long distances for more specific purposes too. Thousands of pilgrims travel to the Zar Zari Zar Baksh Dargah for the urs or death anniversary of the saint, immediately followed by the commemoration of the death of the Prophet Muhammad. However, most pilgrims to the Zar Zari Zar Baksh Dargah travel to seek the help of this saint and his mother in conceiving a child or finding a husband. Though women are not allowed inside the small room that houses the tomb, they stand or sit just outside the doorway praying for the saint's blessing. A man from the Dargah indicates this blessing by tapping them quickly on their heads and shoulders with a small bunch of peacock feathers. As a sign of their petition, the women tie a small thread or a glass bangle, often green, above the doorway to the tomb. The women also tie a thread on their own wrists for a month and 7 days. Within the innermost courtyard of the dargah, to the side of the tombs, is a mosque where anyone visiting the dargah prays when the muezzin sings the call to prayer. Although women might be visiting the dargah, only men were observed performing the prayer ritual at this mosque. You the purchase book
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Book Name: The Eternal Garden-Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, And Politics At A South Asian Sufi Center
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