Wali Kirani ur:خواجہ ولی مودودی چستی کرانی is one of the foremost Muslim saints of his time. His date of birth and date of death is not known; it is believed that he lived around the time of Sultan Hussain Mirza's rule in Herat around 1470. Wali Kirani s father Khwaja Naqr-ud-din migerated from Chisht Herat approximately before 1470 A.C. At the time Quetta(shal) was a territory of Herat under the rule of Sultan Hussain Mirza,who subsequently conferred the territories of Shal,Pushang and Sibi on Amir Shuja-ud-din Zunnun,the Arghun. Khwaja Wali Kirani lived during this time.
The founder of Chishti group was Khwaja Moudod,who was born in 1039 AD and died in 1133 AD at Chisht, a suburb of Hirat. Khwaja Moinuddin,who flourished in the 12th century and whose shrine is in Ajmer, was a Chishti. A few families live in the Manzakai in the Pishin Tahsil,where they have been given the proprietary right in a sixth share of their land by "Alizai Tarins".The Chishti Syed's of Kirani in the Quetta Tahsil claim as their ancestor "Khwaja Naqur_ud_din" alias " Shal Piran"whose shrine lies close to the Quetta fort and who is stated to have left Manzakai for Quetta about 600 years ago. His grandson "Khwaja Wali"setteled in Kirani. Syeds are said to have rendered some service during the first Afghan war,their leading man being one "Mubarak Shah". The principal men among them receive allownces from the "Levy" service.Syed Lutuf ullah shah who was sevevth in descent from Khwaja Naqruddin Shah accompanied Mir Nasir Khan 1, of Kalat to Persia and was rewarded on his return with the revenue_free holdings of Chashma Shiekh Manda and Sadiq Karez in the Quetta tahsil and with two "angusht"of water at Dhader. The latter is now held by another branch of the family.
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Wali Kirani is one of the foremost saints of his time.He is a Husseini Syed and was from the line of Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi's (the 10th imam) son, Hazrat Imam Hassan Asghar.He was a descendent of Khwaja Maudood Chishti and because of this was known as "Moudodi Chishti" . His father was Khwaja Naqr-ud-din (Shal Pir baba). Khwaja Naqr-ud-din along with his two brothers left Chisht and migerated to Minziki Pishin,where one of his brother's Khwaja Ali took permanent residence and his tomb is also in Minziki but Khwaja Naqr-ud-din continued ahead to Quetta and settled there.His tomb is near the Old fort Quetta. His other brother Khwaja Ibrahim continued ahead, settled in Mastung and his tomb is also in Mastung Balochistan.
Most of Wali Kirani's descendants have migrated to various areas in Balochistan and Sindh. In Balochistan his descendants have settled in Sindh and are more prosperous. There are people from his Chishti line living in Nawab Shah and their forefather is believed to be Syed Imam Shah, who is a descendant of his as well. In the same way his descendants are spread throughout Tando Adam and Mirpur Khas.
Kirani is an area on the outskirts of Quetta previously known as Shal Kot, the capital of Baluchistan province of Pakistan. It is a small village. Initially the people here included the descendants of Wali Kirani Chishti predominantly and some Baluchistan and Pathans who worked on their lands. At the time this area was green and lush and there were fruit orchards of all kinds. Which were irrigated by the local rivers. An abundance of forests and wild life was there. The locals had to ask for permission from Wali Kirani's descendants in order to get wood for burning from their lands.
At the time most Balochi tribes were mostly Bedouins and raised goats and sheep for a living. Slowly people spread their resources and took to selling wood that they cut from the forest. Many of these people made permanent houses for themselves on the uninhabited lands and started paying rent to the owners.
Because there was lack of manpower and the land was only used in the rainy season, the owners had no qualms about the arrangement. But after a few decades these people filed for partial ownership of the land and occupied them permanently. Also as the population of the Sadat grew the land was distributed between their descendants and some families only ended up with enough land which was hardly enough for them to live on. So they migrated to other areas. In this way the influence of non-Sadat increased in the area and many villages were formed. People took over thousands of acres of barren land. Today the Sadat are only limited to their own village. Most have sold their lands and left the area.
When the British control on Quetta was established, it was turned into an army garrison. Today where the staff college Quetta stands ,at that very place, was a fort called "Fort Durrani". when the British chose Quetta to be a military garrison, they bought this fort from the Durrani's. In 1905 Asia's largest military academy staff college was established in Quetta. The Durrani's were removed from it. Therefore Ghullam Sarver Khan Durrani s/o Sardar Saeed Khan Durrani bought a very large piece of land from Syed Mohammad Ashraf Shah s/o Syed Mohammad Sadiq Shah adjacent to killi Kirani Quetta and formed a village there called killi Gulzar. It is present today as well and its record is present in land review records.
The founder and forefather of the Moudodi branch of the Chishti order is Qutubu-d-Din Maudood Chishti, who was born in Chisht, Herat, Afghanistan. The sadat of Kirani are the descendants of Naqruddin Shal Pir baba who came here 600 years ago from Miziki pishin. His son Wali Kirani Moudodi settled in Kirani.(Referenced from:Gazeteers of Balochistan,p-no:53 ) His Descendants took part in the first Afghan war. Sadat of Kirani received an allowance from the Levy service.
In this book Khwaja Wali's father's name is mentioned to be "Khwaja Nasir-ud-din" but according to the hereditary Shijra of the Syed's of Kirani, it is "Khwaja Naqr_ud_din Shal Pir Baba". His shrine lies with in the cantonment limits between the Fort and the Leytton Road.The Shrine is held in great esteem among the locals and the Tribes of Balochistan.Khwaja Naqr-ud-din's father's name is Khwaja Nasir_ud_din Waleed (birth:1326 A.C , death:1417 A.C ) and his shrine is in Chisht Sharif. Before 1470, during the reign of Sultan Hussain Mirza, when Shal(Quetta) was a part of Hirat,Khwaja Naqr-ud-din migerated from Chisht Hirat to Quetta along with his two brothers and settled there. Because Quetta at the time was called "Shal",Khwaja Naqr-ud-din is also known as "Shal Piran". His son Khwaja Wali settled in Kirani. The word "Khwaja" (Master) is used to Show respact for the saints of the Chishti order.
Rukunuddin's era and Tataris:
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Full Name:Khwaja Rukun-ud-din Hussain Chishti He was the third son of Khwaja Najamuddin Ahmed Mushtaq, the two elders being Khwaja Baha-ud-din Mohammed and Khwaja Nizam-ud-din Ali. The two elder brothers could not decide as to who should be successor of their father while the younger one, Khwaja Rukun-ud-din Hussain kept quiet. Finally the "murids" and "Khulifa", having seen a miraculous sign, requested Khwaja Rukun-ud-din to be the "Sajada nashin". His brothers also agreed. He was always respectful to his brothers and gave them due regard. During the period the Tartars had entered the Muslim provinces and the disorder and the disturbances prevailed everywhere. The Khwaja migerated to Ghour along with his family. It is said that he was in the fort of Ghour when the Tartar forces surrounded and besieged the city but the Khwaja prayed and as they could not conquer, they left. Though Khwaja Rukun-ud-din came back to Chisht but the whole of his family was disturbed due to the Tartars looting and killing without discrimination. The Khwaja asked his son Khwaja Ali to proceed to India while his other son Khwaja Mohammed died. He often felt grief over separation of his sons, due to migration and death. He died in 635 AH at the age of ninety years.
Mangol leader Genghis Khan's real name was Temüjin. In 1220 CE the Tataris attacked Afghanistan. During one of the battles at a place called Gholaghola, Genghis Khan's son was killed. In his grief and anger the Khan ordered his soldiers to kill all living things in the area. The following slaughter was of such magnitude that even cats, dogs and mice were not spared. In 1221, this conflict spread from central Afghanistan towards Herat to the north. In heart, it was the time of Syed Rukunuddin Hussain Maududi Chishti In Herat. It was also the height of Tatari power. Rukunuddin Saw his father in his dream who warned him about the impending threat of a Tatari attack on the Herat and advised him to seek shelter elsewhere. After receiving this warning Khaja Rukunuddin Hussain along with his two sons Mohiuddin Ali And Sheikh Ul Islam Qududdin Mohammad traveled to an area called Saghir.T hey stayed there for six months. On his return to Chisht Rukunuddin Hussain found his relatives in complete disarray . Most had lost their lives to the Tataris, the rest were in turmoil and distress. Rukunuddin Hussain brought them together and gave them hope. It is said that after Sahib's arrival at Chisht whenever an attacking army passed near Chisht, most of the soldiers converted to Islam at Rukunuddin's hand. In this way thousands converted to Islam and there came a time when even the barbaric Tataris were found kissing the hooves of the horses of Khwajagan-e-Chist.
Qutubuddin's era and Tataris:
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Full Name:Khwaja Qutub-ud-din Khwaja Muhammed:Khwaja Qutub-ud-din is the grand son of Khwaja Rukun-ud-din Hussain. His father Khwaja Muhammed died when his grandfather was still alive. So he assumed the position of "Sajada Nashin" after his grandfather's death. He wrote to his uncle Khwaja Ali to return from India and offered him the seat but the later declined to come back. The Mongols who had converted to Islam revered him and their ruler issued an order to the effect that none should be harmed in the vicinity of where the Khwaja lived. He died in 680 AH and was buried at Chisht.
Qutubuddin Mohammad Ibn-e- Mohammad Moududi Chishti belonged to the same era as Genghis Khan's nephew Hulagu Khan. After the death of Changez khan his son's and many of his followers converted to Islam. Many of them became followers of Qutubuddin Mohammad. He gave them advice and explained to them the religion of Islam and responsibilities of being a Muslim. After the Tatari assault on Herat in 1221 A.C many of the residents of Chisht and followers and relatives of Qutubuddin had permanently fled to other areas like Ghour, Ghazni, Khurrassan (Ref Book: Mohammad Ibrahim Yukpasi by Dr. Tahir Taunsvi) because of Qutubuddin the ruler of the time declared that anyone who wanted to return to Chisht and agreed to follow Qutubuddin, would be protected and given safe passage. As a result a large number of people came back to Chisht and settled in peace under the guidance of Qutubuddin Mohammad.
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3. The name of the Hazara people derives from the Persian word hazār, which means "thousand". The term originally was used to refer to the Mongol military unit of 1,000 but was later applied to a distinct group of people.but according to Herald Liam (author of:Attack of Tatari's) Mongol's were divided into a thousand small families.The word for 'thousand" in Persian is "Hazar",and that is where the word "Hazara" comes from. The real home land of Hazara's is Hazaristan which consists of areas of central Afghanistan. Hazara's believe themselves to be the descendants of the Mongol soldiers who invaded Afghanistan The relationship of these people with Moudodi Chishtia Saddat's is proven in history, first at the time of Genghis Khan and then during the time of Hulagu Khan. In present day during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan a large number of Hazara people came to Pakistan as refugees. They settled at Killi Kirani Quetta, an area at the outskirts of Quetta Balochistan famous because of the tomb of Wali. Kirani is also the residential village of the Chishti sadat. Hazaras came into the fold of Islam because of Wali's ancestors and today live in peace and security on the land of his descendants.
Hazara Town (Urdu: ہزارہ ٹاؤن , Hazaragi: هزاره ٹاون) is a lower- to middle-income area on the west of Quetta city with a population of up to 70,000, of which an approximately all are Hazara with minority Baloch and Pathan tribe on south of Hazara town.[1] Hazara Town[2] starts from Brewery Road near Bolan Medical Collage and continue to Kirani road. The area has an important geographical importance, which makes up the largest part of chiltan Town of Quetta City. Hazara Town has established its own Bazar and food supply source for the people which help them in their shopping facilities. Which are mainly named as Ali Abad, Masjid Road and Hussain Abad. New Markets are being built which will increase the popularity of Hazara town more than ever.
The area was established in 1908 by Haji Nasir Ali (an ethnic Hazara, Nasirabad, is named after him) who bought the land from a Kirani Moudodi Chishti Syed family and built housing there. Many ethnic Hazaras from Afghanistan who came earlier were living in different areas of Quetta moved to the settlement, attracted by cheaper land and the security of the scheme. Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete.
Syed's of Kirani owning to their great sanctity and influence among the local tribesmen, allowance aggregating Rs.138 per mensem were sanctioned, apparently about 1878,for Syed Aurang Shah and four other Syed's of Kirani. Syed Samander Shah and Jahan Shah died in November 1889, when their allowances were discontinued for a time. That payable to Aurang Shah viz, rs.50,has been continued to his son,Syed Bahar Shah and has been paid through the political agent, Kalat, since October 1899. The question of the distribution of the remaining Rs.80 was referred to jirga in September 1890, and as a result of its recommandation,the payment of Rs.45 was sanctioned to certain members of Ata ullah Shah's family,and Rs.35 to Amin ullah Shah's family.
The allowances mentioned above were given to the Saddat Kirani for the services they offered to the English colonel Sir Robert Sandeman.He came to Balouchistan and his forces barged in Kandahar, the road to Kandahar was so closed that none could venture to go to Kandahar but at the sacrifice of his life. Consequently no Kandahar news could reach the English as none dare d to bring it. Thereupon colonel Sandeman summoned all the sardars then assembled expressed their opinions that the news could not be brought by any person other than the Syed's of Kirani because they had been WAKEELS of the Kabul courts since the time unmemorial and that they should be called upon to bring the news. The colonel Sandeman called for Mir Samunder Shah, Mir Jehan Shah, Mir Aurang Shah motabars of Kirani and asked them to bring the news from kandahar.They readily undertook the mission and brought the news tidings regularly. And a sum of Rs. 300 fixed for their services and was stopped when the British forces returned and country was reconciled and was converted to a sum of Rs. 130 monthly for Syed's
Initially the building of Sahib's tomb was made of mud.Before 1970 Sadat of Kirani had a brick and concrete boundary wall built and a main gate installed.After that in 1973,the than prime minister Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Shaheed) provided the money for the tomb's renovation. Further improvements were also made in 2006.
Present Day Construction: In 2008, due to alarming increase in population in the immediate vicinity of the tomb,there was the danger of desecration of the tomb and the adjoining 600 year old graveyard of the Sadat of Kirani, therefore the Government of Balochistan built a fortified boundary wall around the tomb as well as the graveyard.Chief Minister of Balochistan Mr Nawab Aslam Raisani signed a grant of Rs,fifty lakh for this project.The Chief Minister of Balochistan [1] Nawab Mohammed Aslam Raisani's father Mr.Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Rayesani (late) was also a close alley of the Sadat of Kirani. Another person who played an important role in the construction of this boundary wall was [2] Mr. Mir Haji Ali Mudad Jatak (Minister for food Balochistan).This Project was possible because of his relentless efforts.