![]() ![]() With relation to nearby towns, is to the west of the Takht-e-Sulaiman, and about 50 km east of Zhob. The main peak of Shinghar is 9,273 feet above sea level, and the mountain extends from Kurchpina in the north to Sulyazai valley in the south. The Harifal tribe lives on Shinghar, which are separated from the Sulaiman Mountains by the valley of Lahar. This research corroborates the views of Qazi Abdul Haleem Asar. Īccording to recent DNA testing by a member of this family, they belong to Haplogroup J2 of Arab origin. He claims that Maler kotla's ruling family, though famed as Pathan, is actually Sayyid in its origin, for its ancestral progenitor was Sayyid Husain who migrated from Ghaur during the reign of caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705 the 5th Umayyad Caliph) and settled in the region neighboring `Kooh-e-Sulaiman. Stanley Reed (28 January 1872 – 17 January 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician and an important figure in the media of India in the early 20th century. A close friend of allama Muhammad Iqbal, he was the author of the first biography of the famous poet, titled A Voice from the East. One distinguished member of this family was Zulfiqar Ali Khan who, although not a nawab, was a figure in the literary history of the riyasat. The Sheikh chose a raised mound near the old village of Maler to build his hut, and there he used to spend his time in prayer. When his master was sure that his disciple was well versed in spirituality, he asked him to go out and help humanity. In 1449, he reached Multan and became the disciple of Baha-ud-din Zakariya. Shaikh Sadar Ud-din also known as Haidar Shaikh was born at Daraban, the winter dwellings of the Harifal tribe, in 1437. Stories of Hazrat Shaikh's erudition and piety spread far and wide and gradually Malerkotla became the seat of Sufism in India." This gave much impetus to his reputation. Sheikh later married daughter of Sultan Behlul Lodhi. ![]() In India he reached " Malir Kotla and settled there. He migrated to India to spread the word of Islam. Sheikh Ahmed Zinda-pir had five sons eldest among them was Sadar-ud-din, who later became famous by the name of Sheikh Sadar-ud-din Sadar Jahan an erudite and noted Sufi saint. The author on page #419 clarifies that the actual name of Harifal was "Arif-Ullah". ![]() The pedigree chart of this saint runs like this: Sheikh Ahmed zinda-pir s/o Sheikh Ali Shabaz s/o Sheikh Muli Qatal s/o Sheikh Suleiman Dana s/o Sheikh Ahmed Jawan-mard s/o Sheikh Musa s/o Sheikh Mehmood s/o Ibrahim s/o Malik yar s/o Jaffery s/o Harifal s/o Sarwani. In the twelfth generation of this tribe was a renowned saint by the name of Sheikh Ahmed Zinda-pir. Qazi Abdul Haleem Asar Afghani (1910-1987), a well known Pashto writer (District Mardan, Tehsil Takht Bhai) holds that "Harifal is a minor tribe living in and around Daraban amongst Sheranis. Elphinstone as a branch of the Sheraunees, residing 'in the hills and valleys at the western base of Tukht-e-Sulaiman'." This Akhoond, I was informed, belonged to a tribe called Hurrial, connected with the Sheraunees the same probably as that of 'Hurreepaul,' mentioned by Mr. Not very far from midway between the town and the Pass of Drabund, but rather nearer to the latter, are ruins of the former fort of Akhoond Gool Hubeeb. About five or six miles to the south of the Zirkunnee Pass, is the Pass of Drabund, the mouth of which is about eight miles from Drabund itself. Herbert Benjamin Edwardes says "It is by the Zirkunnee Pass that caravans go to Kandahar. North of it is Wauneh, a low plain situated on the hills that slope down to the valley of the Gomul." Īccording to Baluchistan Through the Ages, "The Haripals claim a Saiad descent, and allege that their progenitor, Harif, was a Saiad from Pishin, who migrated to the Shirani country, married a Shirani woman, and was affiliated with the Shiranis". ![]() To the north of the Hurreepaul is the country near the junction of the Gomul and Zhobe, sometimes pastured on by wandering Cankers. Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859) says "The tribes of Hurreepaul (sic) and Kuppeep resemble the Sheeraunees, of which tribe they are branches and their residence is in the hills and valleys at the western base of Tukhti Solimaun. ![]()
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