Shalbandi Sharif | |
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| Shalbandi Sharif | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Buner |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of towns | 105 |
| Number of Union Councils | 27 |
Shalbandi Sharif is an administrative unit, known as Union council of Buner District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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District Buner has 6 Tehsils i.e. Daggar, Chagharzai, Chamla, Khudu Khel, Gagra and Gadezai. Each tehsil comprises a certain number of union councils. There are 27 union councils in Buner District. [1]
This village is the spiritual centre for the Chishti Order in Sufism. The village is visited by thousands of Shalbandi Baba G Sahib followers, called "Masakeens", from all over the world to pay respect and to gain blessings from this holy site.
Four occasions are celebrated here every year:
- 10th of Muharram-ul-Haram
- 12th of Rabi-ul-Awal
- 6th of Rajab-ul-Murajab (Urs of Syed Mehmood Shah Sahib & Khawaja Moin-ud-Din Chishti)
- 1st of March (Urs of Syed Babar Badshah s/o Syed Mehmood Shah)
