The Spiritual Guides of Sarwari Qadri Order/Shahbaz-e-Arifaan Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Pir Syed Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah Kazmi Al Mashhadi
Pir Syed Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah was born on Sunday, August 16th 1801 AD (5th Rabi-ul-Sani, 1216 H)at the time of Fajr (morning)prayer in the town of Hasoowali, Tehsil Shorkot, District Jhang, Pakistan. Pir Bahadur Ali Shah often used to go to the shrine of Sultan Bahoo with his father, Syed Fateh Ali. During those visits, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo blessed the soul of Syed Bahadur Ali Shah with Divine Enlightenment.
Syed Bahadur Ali Shah spent almost forty years at the shrine of Sultan Bahoo. He came there at the age of eight in 1809 AD and stayed there till 1849 AD. After forty years Sultan Bahoo spiritually ordered him to go back home and visit the shrine once every month. This routine continued till 1861 AD. Then one day, during his visit to the shrine, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo ordered him to go to Shorkot and take bayat at the hand of Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah. This bayat took place in Shorkot on Friday August 2nd, 1861 AD (25th Muharram, 1278 H)176. After bayat, when he went back to the shrine, Sultan Bahoo esoterically said to him, “You have been bestowed with the Treasure of Faqr of Sultan-ul-Faqr V which you have to transfer to Sultan-ul-Faqr VI who would be from my family”. After bayat, Syed Bahadur Ali Shah made it a routine to spend the day in the service of his Murshid Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah and the night at the shrine of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo.
According to the command of Sultan Bahoo, Pir Bahadur Ali Shah now holds the authority to decide all the matters of Faqr. All the extrinsic and intrinsic issues of the Seekers of Faqr are solved and their ranks and statuses are decided by him. Pir Bahadur Ali Shah was blessed with an age of 132 years. After his Murshid Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah’sdeath, he migrated from Hasoowali and settled temporarily in Deva Singh, Tehsil Kabirwala, District Multan. Syed Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah died on Tuesday, February 27 1934 AD (14thZiq’qad 1352 H). His shrine is at “Pir di Bhanairi”,village Fareed Mehmood Kathia which is 2 km West from Qasimabad stop (13 km from Shorkot on Jhang road)Tehsil Shorkot, District Jhang, Pakistan. There is a beautiful mosque next to his shrine. His death anniversaryis held every year on the 25th, 26th and 27th of February.