Pir Pagaro

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Pir Pagaro the Seventh (Urdu: پیر پگاڑو ) (Sindhi: پير پاڳارو ) or Pir Pagara is the title given to the leader of Muslim Sufi order of Hurs in Sindh province of Pakistan. It comes from Persian word Pir (Chief) and Sindhi word Pagara (Chiefton's Turban). + the turban that Pir Pagaro's used to adorn was thought to belong to the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h).

Per legend, the first Pir Pagaro was such a high scholar that he won many scholarly debates. As per Sindh's tradition, the defeated scholar would submit his turban. With so many turbans on his head, he was declared Pir Pagaro or Chief with Many Turbans.

The current Pir Pagaro is Shah Mardan Shah II he became Pir Pagaro in 1954. His father Pir Syed Sabghatullah Shah Pagaro was given the chair, he was electrocuted on 20th March, 1943 by the British colonial government after armed uprising of Hurs.

[edit] Lineage

• Pir Sayien Rozeh Dhani
• Pir Sayien Tajar Dhani
• Pir Sayien Mafaay Dhani
• Pir Sayien Banglay Dhani
• Pir Sayien Kot Dhani
• Soreh Badshah (1921-1943)
• Pir Pagaro the Seventh;Shah Mardan Shah II (Incumbent)

[edit] Further Reading

• Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947, by Sarah F. D. Ansari, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0521522986
• Freedom at the Gallows, by Khadim Hussain Soomro