CHITTI SHEIKHAN (Part 3)

Hafiz Barkhurdar Ranjha

رانجھا برخودار مصنف گور جناں دی چٹی

ہر ہر بیت اونہاں دا مٹھاں جیویں مصری دی کٹھی

       

Hazrat Hafiz Barkhurdar (1658-1707) a JATT by Cast, belong to Takht Hazara District Sargodha Pakistan. He was Student of Hakeem SHEIKH ABDUL HAMEED QURESHI. He do Bait under Hakeem family ancestors, that Hakeem Family brought Hafiz Barkhurdar from Takht Hazara to a place name CHITTI SHEIKHAN in Sialkot & then Hafiz Barkhurdar lived there & died in 1707 at CHITTI SHEIKHAN. He is Buried in Maqbara Kabrastan at Chitti Sheikhan. He also written the famous Punjabi Qissa Mirza Sahiba compiled by Dr Faqeer Muhammad Faqeer, which was also sung by famous ALAM LOHAR A folk singer.

صاحباں مرنوں ڈرن نہ محبتے عشق لکاون ننگ

سڑ دا تاوری مار دا اتے شمع پتنگ

جیّوں شہیداں دے کربلا عاشق ویکھن جنگ

کچی پوے مہاستی سڑنوں موڑے انگ

             

     Hafiz Barkhuradar was the first Punjabi poet who translate the Persian poetic version of Surah Yousaf into Punjabi, done at the request of Nawab Jafar Khan, Brother in law of Emperor SHAH JHAN & Senior Minister of emperor Aurangzeb.Barkhurdar was the Hafiz OF THE HOLY QURAN, meaning that he memorized the entirely HOLY BOOK, & spent his Life as a religious Scholor.He went  on to write several religious books Though He is said to have stopped writing poetry, He Composed The legend of Yousaf Zulekha, Kissa Khatri which is poetic commentary of The Hadith al-dunya mazra’at al-akhirah(This world is the Seedbed of the Hereafter).He write many Punjabi Books including:-

Nehat-ul-Uloom, Rasala Namaz, Shamas-ul-Uloom, Muftah-ul-Mualli,

Fiqah Jamal & many others.

Tomb Of Hafiz Barkhurdar Ranjha at Chitti sheikhan 

Book: Taj Ul Arifeen written by  Peer Muhammad Ajmal Qureshi

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SHAHI HERBAL (HAKE EMS)

This village has shahi herbal physicians. This shahi physician’s family was popular in the Punjab of Indo-Pak.

                 Hakeem Sheikh Abdul Hameed was the teacher of Punjabi Sufi Poet HAFIZ Barkhurdar Ranjha. Hakeem Molvi Qutab ud Din Qureshi & his ancestors were a Shahi Herbal Physicians in the region of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Siakot. He was very generosity personality. He was an inspired and creative Shahi physicians. Hakeem Molvi Qutab ud Din Qureshi family is being also living in CHITTI SHEIKHAN. He and his Grandson Hakeem Haji Mohkam Din Qureshi was also very famous in his rule.

                             Haji Mohkam Din Qureshi was born at CHITTI SHEIKHAN on 1857. He was also very popular in Sub-Continent. He was deeply interested in ISLAM. He was Also inspired & creative Physicians. He delivered his herbal knowledge to HELP for Humans all life. He was immensely Popular among all sections of life. He always worked for the progress & prosperity of ISLAM. He died in 1932.

Welfare Works Of Hakeem Haji M.Mohkam Din Qureshi:-

                                                                  He has done many Welfare works for Human. Hakeem Haji Mohkam Din Qureshi was founder of JAMIA MASJID of CHITTI SHEIKHAN & He was also the founder of two bridges on stream Palkoo in CHITTI SHEIKHAN.

                             He has written a famous Book of Masheer Tibbi or Tibbi Pocket Book. This Book was most popular in Punjab of Indo-Pak. This Book register in Barqi Press Delhi INDIA. Now He is laydown at Maqbara Kabrastan in CHITTI SHIKHAN SIALKOT but their work & Generosity for Human being remembered till & always. 

SHRINE:-

            Shrine of Hakeem Haji Mohkam Din Qureshi is also situated in CHITTI SHEIKHAN and His Two sons Hakeem Muhammad Sharif Qureshi & Hakeem Mehmood Hussain Qureshi are buried also in Hakeem Haji Mohkam Din Qureshi Shrine. Hakeem Mehmood Hussain Qureshi was Advocate by Profession in Sialkot. Hakeem Muhammad Sharif Qureshi was also Popular HAKEEM of the PUNJAB & Running the Shafa Khana Farooqi Faiz-E-Aam in Chitti Sheikhan.

Shrine of Hakeem Mohkam Din Qureshi

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History:-     

           According to history firstly this village was known as chitti & chitti was land lady from a Gujjar clan however about 400 years ago sheikh badar ud din suleman Chishti the grandson of HAZRAT BABA FAREED GANJ SHAKAR came from CHISHTIAN to Sialkot for hunting. At that time Sialkot was a gateway to Kashmir valley & due to proximate with Kashmir it was a fertile area.

According to PEER Ajaml Chishti  ^[1]& MAULANA Muhammad Ali Asgar : -

                                Sheikh Badar Ud Din Suleman Chishti stayed for few years in CHITTI and He married here and his descendants SHEIKH Abdul Fattah & SHEIKH Salaahe Muhammad settle in CHITTI. After this SHEIKH Abdul Fattah became the Ruler of Village due to the said link of BABA FAREED GANJ SHAKAR with this the name of the village CHITTI was converted into CHITTI SHEIKHAN & The word Sheikhan is commonly used by ARABS as a matter of pride and santity. According to Sialkot district gazetteer published in the year 1920 during the British raj the author of the gazetteer which is an authentic document while discussing different Casts & clans in Sialkot observed as under “QURESHIS” are of Arab descent and belong to the same TRIBE as The PROPHET (PBUH). Their strong hold in the Sialkot is CHITTI SHEIKHAN, the tribe enjoys an odour of sanctity.

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[1] Author Of Book Taj Ul Arifeen (تاج العارفین)