Shalbandi


Shalbandi Sharif
Shalbandi Sharif
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictBuner
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns105
Number of Union Councils27

Shalbandi Sharif is an administrative unit, known as Union council of Buner District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Village/Neighbourhood Council". lgkp.gov.pk.