Sial Sharif

Sial Sharif
Village
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Population  (2017 Census of Pakistan) [1]
• Total	1,303
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Website	https://sialshareef.com/

Sial Sharif, also known as Sial, is a village in the Sahiwal Tehsil, Sargodha District of Punjab, Pakistan. ^[2]

Care of the shrine

After the death of Khawaja Shams Uddin Sialvi, care of his shrine passed to Khawaja Muhammad Uddin Sialvi and, after his demise in 1909, to his son Khawaja Zia Uddin Sialvi. ^[3]

It subsequently passed on to Zia Uddin Sialvi's eldest son Khwaja Qamar ud Din Sialvi (7 July 1906 – 20 July 1981), president of the Sargodha branch of Muslim League who became famous for donating all his valuables to the Pakistani Army during the 1965 Pakistan-India war. In 1970, Qamar ud Din became president of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and member of Islamic Ideology Council, in 1981 receiving Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (medal of distinction) from the President of Pakistan.

References

1. "Population and Household Detail Blockwise - Sargodha District (see Sial also known as Sial Sharif listed under Sahiwal Tehsil - page 36 of 98)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
2. "Tehsils and Unions in the District of Sargodha (see Sial Sharif listed under Sahiwal Tehsil)". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
3. Ahmad, Faid; Khān, Muhammad Fāḍil (1 January 2002). Mihr-e-munīr: biography of Ḥazrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English) (pages 76, 386).