predecessor successor death_date alias birth_place death_place location title birth_date period image article_title name
nathar vali hazrat syedna baba yusuf qattal hussaini 1295 '' ` baba fakhruddin '' ' sistan , iran india penukonda , india penukonda qalandar e barhaq 1169 12th century mazar_baba_fakhruddin_in_penukonda_anantapur . jpg baba fakruddin
 '' ` syedna khwaja baba fakhruddin suharwardy '' '
baba fakruddin

baba fakhruddin suharwardy was a sufi saint who lived in the 12th century .
before coming to penukonda , he was a king of sistan and shahpur in iran .
his disciples knew him as a true follower of islam who renounced the world for the sake of allah .
his murshid -lrb- spiritual guide -rrb- was tabr-e-aalam baadshah nathar vali , who himself was a king who also had renounced the world in a place called tiruchirapalli -lrb- tamil nadu -rrb- .
after serving hazarath for several years at his murshid 's command , baba fakruddin left for penukonda in order to preach .
popular legend says that babu fakruddin was searching for a place to settle when his guru gave him a dry twig and said to him , `` wherever this twig will bloom to a big plant stay there . ''
baba then planted the twig and slept under a tree only to awake and saw it become a beautiful plant and he stayed there .
he is commonly known as babaiah in india and his name has been taken by many men over the centuries due to a widespread popular respect for his legend .
today , his mausoleum is located in penukonda , anantapur district , andhra pradesh , india .
