Abdullah Shah Ghazi
8th-century Muslim mystic and Sufi
Abdullah Shah Ghazi (Arabic: عبد الله شاه غازي, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh Shāh Ghāzī) (c. 720 - c. 773) was a Muslim mystic and Sufi whose shrine is located in Clifton in Karachi, in Sindh province of Pakistan.
Life in Sindh
Abdullah Shah Ghazi was born in 98 Hijri Or 109 Hijri. In 738,he came to Karachi during the Umayyad Caliphate's rule. It is said that both the Umayyads and Abbasids viewed him as a threat to their reign. This prompted the Abbasids to persecute and martyr him in 151 Hijra during Caliph Al-Mansur's tenure, who was the 2nd Caliph of Abbasid Caliphate. His devotees and disciples chose the hillock along the coast of Karachi as his burial ground. There are other versions of the saint's arrival in the region and his background.
Martyrdom
Sohail Lari suggested in his book, A History of Sindh that Shah Ghazi was an Arab merchant who had come to Sindh with the first wave of Arab conquerors.
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