Data Darbar, located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia. It was built to house the remains of the Muslim mystic, Abul Hassan Ali Hujwiri, commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh, who is believed to have lived on the site in the 11th century CE. The site is considered to be the most sacred place in Lahore, and attracts up to one million visitors to its annual urs festival.
Ismail Darbar is an Indian bollywood film score composer, instrumentalist, violinist and music director, a popular name in Indian Film Industry: Bollywood. Darbar is a national award winning music director. He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 3 in 2009.
Mohra Sharif is a spiritual center and home of the Sufi order is a Naqshbandi in origin, and is based in a small village called Mohra Sharif located in the Murree Hills of Punjab, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. It was made into a spiritual center by Baba Ji Khawaja Muhammad Qasim Sadiq, a purported Sufi shaikh of this area.
A khanqah or khaniqah, also known as a ribat (رباط) – among other terms – is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood or tariqa and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation. In the past, and to a lesser extent nowadays, they often served as hospices for saliks, Murids (initiates) and talibs. Khanqahs are very often found adjoined to dargahs, mosques and madrasas.
Nesarabad (Swarupkathi) is an Upazila of Pirojpur District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh. Nesarabad is famous for Sarsina Darbar Sharif. At present, guava gardens, floating market and backwaters of Nesarabad are turning into famous tourist attractions.
Satkania is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.With an area of 280.99 km2, is bounded by Chandanaish Upazila on the north, Lohagara Upazila on the south, Bandarban Sadar upazila on the east, Banshkhali and Anwara Upazilas on the west. Main river is Sangu,Dalu & Hangor; Main depressions are Goribarjheel, Mahalia.
Dhola Kalan is a village in Tehsil Phalia, Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab, Pakistan about 11 kilometres from the Tehsil Headquarters Phalia with a road running between the two. It has a population of more than 7,000, and many crops like wheat, rice, sugar, and various types of vegetables are farmed.
Lakhiwal or Lakhiwal Sharif is a village and union council 139 of Sahiwal Tehsil, Sargodha District, Pakistan. It lies on the Jhelum River.
Chakswari is a Tehsil in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It is composed of approximately 25 Union councils including the New Town of Islamgarh. Approximately 42 km from Mirpur, it is rapidly becoming an economic hub and commercial area of the district.
Qasimiya or The Qasimi order, is a Naqshbandi branch in origin, and is based in a small village called Mohra Sharif located in the Murree hills of Punjab, Pakistan close to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. It was made into a spiritual center by Baba JiMuhammad Qasim Sadiq, a purported Sufi shaikh or master.
Furfura Sharif is a village in Jangipara community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a holy place for Muslims.
Mohri Sharif is a village in Tehsil Kharian, in the Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan. It lies midway between Lahore and Islamabad. Mohri Sharif and Kharian Tehsil have many of its population settled in European countries.
Mundair Kalan, commonly known as Mundair Sharif Syedan is a village situated near Sahowala, between Ugoki and Sambrial in the Sialkot District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated between two canals. The name refers to the Mundair, one of the castes in Hinduism. The word Syedan, used in the local variant of the official name, refers to the Syed respectable family name in Islam. This was because the Syeds migrated here and purchased the land from Hindus and Sikhs. Today the majority of the population of the village is made up by Syeds. The two other neighbouring villages are named Mundair Khurd (منڈیر خُرد) and Mundair Kothey (منڈیر کوٹھے).
The July 2010 Lahore bombings occurred on 1 July 2010 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Sufi shrine, Data Darbar Complex. At least 50 people were killed and 200 others were hurt in the blasts. It was the biggest attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan since 2001.
Tarika-e-Maizbhandari is a Sufi sect based in Chittagong District of Bangladesh.
Darbar is a village in Baladeh Rural District, Khorramabad District, Tonekabon County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 180, in 47 families.
Sabri Darbar Faisalabad is a Darbar Sahib or Sufi shrine in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Hazrat Khwaja Yunus Ali, also known as Khwaja Enayetpuri after his birthplace of Enayetpur in East Pakistan, was a prominent Sufi saint. He is considered the founder of Mujaddediya Tariqa in Bangladesh.
Rauza Mandhali Sharif Darbar is a Sufiyana Darbar shrine located in Mandhali village, nearby Phagwara, Punjab, India.
