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{{aow|Baba Wali Kandhari}} | |||
{{pm|File:Baba Wali Kandahar-m.jpg|Shrine of [[Baba Wali]] in [[Kandahar]]}} | |||
'''Baba Wali Kandhari''' was a [[Sufi]] saint or [[pir]] who is believed to have been born in about 1476 in [[Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]]. In about 1498 he moved to [[Hasan Abdal]] near present-day [[Rawalpindi]] in [[Pakistan]]. | |||
This town of [[Hasan Abdal]] is about fifty kilometres from {{w|Rawalpindi}} to the west side of the mountains. A very hilly area, in some places natural fountains or springs flow from the ground. | |||
On a nearby hill, at an altitude of 714 meters, [[Wali Kandhari]] settled and built a small house near a natural fountain. The water here was very clear and so the town people used to come to fetch drinking water from this fountain. There was no other source of fresh drinking water nearby. The water from the fountain then progressed down the hill to the small town. Kandhari would preach to the simple people who came there. Soon he had enlarged his house into a small community building or "dera". | |||
But as time progressed, he became arrogant and began to discriminate against those who had not accepted [[Islam]]. <!--- He used this dera to assist people who followed his faith and to punish the "non-believers". After travelling through Arabia and many other countries, in 1521 A.D during the summer season, [[Guru Nanak]] reached this town and set-up camp near the base of the foothill where the Wali had commandeered the only spring.----> {{aowf|Baba Wali Kandhari}} | |||
Latest revision as of 18:33, 26 May 2011
Baba Wali Kandhari was a Sufi saint or pir who is believed to have been born in about 1476 in Kandahar in Afghanistan. In about 1498 he moved to Hasan Abdal near present-day Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
This town of Hasan Abdal is about fifty kilometres from Rawalpindi to the west side of the mountains. A very hilly area, in some places natural fountains or springs flow from the ground.
On a nearby hill, at an altitude of 714 meters, Wali Kandhari settled and built a small house near a natural fountain. The water here was very clear and so the town people used to come to fetch drinking water from this fountain. There was no other source of fresh drinking water nearby. The water from the fountain then progressed down the hill to the small town. Kandhari would preach to the simple people who came there. Soon he had enlarged his house into a small community building or "dera".
But as time progressed, he became arrogant and began to discriminate against those who had not accepted Islam. .....More
