Bismillah
Hir Rahman Nir Raheem.
Allahumma
Salle Ala Syedina Muhammadin Wa Ala Aalihi Syedina
Muhammadin Wa Barik Wa Sallim.
Ala
Inna Auliya Allahu La-Qaufum Alaiheem Walahum Yazanoon.
Dargah Name : Hazrat Pir Shah Nafah (RA) or Nafah Shah
Baba (RA)
City / Town : Munger
State : Bihar.
Pir
Shah Nafah Dargah shareef in Munger District
There
is an inscription on the entrance of the Dargah which speaks
-
Bari
Aalee Teri Sarkar Hai Nafah-Shah;
Mashaa-Allah Sakhi Darbar Hai Nafah-Shah.
In
Munger fort area the oldest building inside the fort is a sacred
dargah shareef built on an elevated piece of ground near the
southern
gate. It is said that it was a mazar of a Pir or Saint known
as Hazrat
Pir Shah Nafah Baba (RA).
He is said
to have traveled from Persia to Ajmer and from there came down
to Munger under the instructions from Hazrat Khwaja Moin-Uddin
Chisty (RA) - the famous Sufi Saint and Lived at Munger for
many years and also died here in 596 A.H, corresponding to 1177
A.D. He was
buried in an obscure place near the ramparts and with the lapse
of years exact burial place was forgotten. Ultimately, in 1497
A.D. when the ramparts of the fort being repaired by the Governor,
Prince Danyal. It was he who ordered a mosque to be built over
that place. So since 1497 the particular place has been known
as the Dargah of Hazrat Shah Nafah, nafah being a Persian word
meaning pod of musk. Over the gateway there is an
inscription set up by Prince Danyal and a round the Dargah shareef
are many old tombs in a delapitated state.
There is
a popular tradition that Prince danyal got a divine dream about
the exact location of the Dargah of Shah Nafah (RA). A hint
was given to him that the Dargah existed where the earth gave
out the fragrance of Nafah (Kasturi). It is significant to note
that the Dargah attracts not only the Muslims but also the Hindus
of the town. The offering of Chaddar and holding a musicial
programme has become an annual feature on 1st of January every
year. The dargah is said to be the protector of the town and
a place of wish fulfillments. All those who pass through the
road bow their heads in remembrance of the of the Great Saint.
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