Suleman Taunsvi


Muhammad Shah Suleman Taunsvi, also known as Pir Pathan, was a Sufi scholar and spiritual leader within the Chishti order. He was born in Gargogi to the Jafar Pakhtun tribe of Darug people in present-day Loralai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
His shrine is located in Taunsa Tehsil, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, where his urs is observed each year from 5-7 Safar al-Muzaffar, the second month of the Islamic calendar.

Life

Suleman Taunsvi was born in 1770. He studied Qur'an with Yusuf Jafar. He associated with Noor Muhammad Maharvi from whom he received spiritual training in Chishti order of Sufism.