Shah Yaqeeq Bukhari

Shah Aqeeq Bukhari (c. 1432 – c. 1451) (known as Shah Yaqeeq/Aqeeq Baba) was a Suhrawardi Sufi. He lived in Sindh, Pakistan

 Life 

Shah Aqeeq lived from about 1432 to 1451.http://www.uh.edu/~sriaz/religion/shrines/ He is celebrated as a Suhrawardi Sufi Saint. Shah Aqeeq lived in Uch, Punjab till the age of 7 but after his father Muhammad Sharifuddin Ibn Abdullah Bhukari's death he and their brothers migrated to Sindh. In Sindh Shah Aqeeq met with Mian Usaman Shah. Severals years later he became the successor of Mian Usman Shah.

 Urs (annual death anniversary) 
The urs () is celebrated every year in the month of the Jumada al-awwal The Urs is (anniversary of his death celebrated in the town of Shah Aqeeq, in Chuhar Jamali in Sujawal District,Asghar Ahmad, Pakistan tourism directory, '86: everything about tourism. Holiday Weekly, 1986, p373, quote="URS OF SHAH YAQIQ, at Thatta, the historic town of Sind located about 80 kilometers from Karachi on the National Highway", accessed at https://books.google.com/books?id=-x0zAAAAMAAJ and there is a shrine to Shah Aqeeq where he is venerated as a "spiritual surgeon" and many visitors believe they are cured of disease. روحانی آپریشن  سے علاج دیکھیں, BBC Urdu, June 3, 2009. (In 1986, a biography was written about him by Habibu Sindhi and published by the Anjuman-i-Ghulaman-i-Mustafa).Accessions List, South Asia, Volume 7, Issues 1-6 E.G. Smith for the U.S. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi, 1987 accessed at https://books.google.com/books?id=UDlMAQAAIAAJ

 Spiritual surgeon 
Shah Aqeeq Baba is considered to be a spiritual surgeon in 'Sindh', Pakistan.Spiritual Surgeon Shah Aqeeq Bukhari People having diseases like cancer, heart/lungs/liver/brain diseases or any other diseases (even if doctors have denied) from all over the country even from outside the country come here for treatments. The treatment is followed by annunciations. Following the annunciations is considered as important and necessary.https://www.pakistanpoint.com/amp/en/pakistan/news/sindh-chief-minister-orders-security-audit-of-110984.html

 References 

 Further reading 
Sindhi, Habibu, Sawanah hayat Shah Yaqiq Shaheed Bukhari (Biography of Saint Shah Yaqiq Bukhari), Soshal Vailfe'ar Anjuman-i-Ghulaman-i-Mustafa (Cuhar Jamali, 1986)

Category:1432 births
Category:1451 deaths
Category:Saints
Category:Asian Sufis
Category:Pakistani Muslims