Uch Things to Do

the visitors come for paying tribute n regards to saints in this historical city. Uch Sharif is unrivalled for the number of its shrines, and it is said that every inch of the ground is occupied by the grave of a saint. There are two families of Sayyids in Uch Sharif, the bukhari and Jilani. The most celebrated shrine of the bukhari saint is that of the Makhdoom Sher Shah Jalal-u-Din Surkh Posh Bukhari entitled the second Adam. He was born at Bukhara on Monday the first of Ramazan, 595 Hijri. He is also known as Sayyid Jalal or Sher Shah Sayyid Jalal. His history and pedigree are given in extend in such works as the Mazher-i-Jalali, the Akber-ul-Akhyar, the Rauzat-ul-Ahbab, Maraij-ul-Walayat, Manaqabi Qutbi, the Siyar-ul-Aqtar, the Siyar-ul-Arifeen, the Manaqib-ul-Asifya etc. These books only exist in manuscript and are generally found in the position of Bukhari Sayyids.

The other famous shrines at Uch is that of Hazrat Syed Bandagi Muhammad ghaus gilani, who was descendant of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani of Baghdad. This saint came to Uch in 1509 and founded Uch Gilani. He was universally respected as a man of great spritual power and set up his mission to preach Islam. another noted saint of Uch was Makhdoom Jahanian, also known as Jahanian Jahan gasht, a grandson of Syed Jalal. his entire life was spent in travel. He performed 36 pilgrimajes to Holy city of Mekkah. he was well versed in Philosophy and theology. the oldest shrine at Uch is that of Sheikh Saif-ud-Din Ghazrooni, who was the first Muslim saint to settle in Uch. most probably, ghazrooni is the oldest saint's tomb in the whole sub-continent.