Cause of death Old age Name Baba Bhanderi | Died April 5, 1937 | |
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Full Name Syed Gulamur Rahman Resting place Shrine of Hazrat Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Other names Ghaus-e-Azam,Babajan Kebla, Gausul Azam Baba Bhandari Known for Maizbhandari Sufi Order Children Syed Khairul Bashar, Syed Abul Bashar,Syed Mahbubul Bashar, Syed Shafiul Bashar, Syeda Maimuna Khatun, Syeda Sajeda Khatun Parents Father: Syed Abdul Karim, Mother: Syeda Musharaf Jaan | ||
Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari also known as Baba Bhandari (15 January 1826 – 5 April 1937) was a Sufi from India.
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Background
In the Sufism of Maizbhandari order after Syed Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari it was taken charge of by Gausul Azam Hazrat Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari, also known as Baba Bhandari. Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari was born in Maizbhandar village on 10 January 1865, corresponding to 27th Ashwin of 1270 Bengali Calendar year. His behavior from childhood caused people to see him as a future saint of Maizbhandari Sufism.S
Hazrat Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari taken place on Maizbhandari Sufism after Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari as patron of Maizbhandari Sufism. Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari has got the complexion and appearance of Hazrat Eusuf (AS) and Bhanderi was highly particular with religious activities, including prayers, fasting, and reading the Quran and Hadith. Bhandari was first given Quranic lessons by his uncle and spiritual guide - Syed Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari. Bhandari started his basic education in a local religious school (Madrasa) and later continued his higher studies in the Chittagong Government Madrasha – a religious college in Chittagong. Since his early childhood, he always preferred to be present in front of Hazrat Kebla Kaba.
Khalifa
After Ahmed Ullah Maizbhandari, Syed Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari became the chief patron of Maizbhandari Sufism. He has assigned his appointed person/ Authorized/Khalifa to practice Maizbhandari Sufism through Islamic way.