18 Facts About Baba Fakruddin

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin was a disciple and successor of Pir Nathar Tabl e Aalam Badshah Natahar Vali of Tiruchirappalli.

Baba Fakruddin was Shahanshaah of Sistan and Shahpur of present-day Eastern Iran later abdicated the throne to take the path of Sufism.

Baba Fakruddin was a direct descendant of Mohammed through Imam Hassan paternally and Imam Hussain maternally.

Baba Fakruddin traveled on foot from Sistan to Tiruchirappalli via Makkah, Madina, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Gujrat states of India where he was initiated into the Qalandariyya Suhrawardiyya order by his Murshid Tabl e Aalam Nathar Vali at Tiruchirappalli.

Baba Fakruddin was later accorded spiritual succession by his murshid and was set to find his abode where the Miswak spurt leaves.

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin made Penukonda his home and final resting place.

Baba Fakruddin's ancestors were descendants of Muhammad and were from Makkah and his grand uncle, Sultan Mohammed Hussain, was the Sharief of Makkah.

Sultan Abul Khasim, the grandfather of Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin invaded and conquered Sistan from Akhahir on the orders of elder brother Sultan Mohammed Hussain, the Sharief of Makkah.

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin was an expert in Quranic studies and an Islamic jurist, he was adept in battle skills.

Baba Fakruddin ascended to the throne of Sistan and Shahpur and became Shahanshaah of Sistan and Shahpur after his father.

Baba Fakruddin was a great king loved by his subjects until he decided to abdicate the throne and renounced worldly pleasures to seek the path of Sufism.

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin abdicated the throne and became a dervish and traveled to many cities in search of a perfect master and found his guide and master Nathar Vali in Tiruchirappalli.

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin served his master for 23 years and became a perfect master himself and was appointed Khalifa by his Murshid.

Baba Fakruddin undertook severe penance, self-mortification practices and became engrossed in prayers for a long stretch of periods without food or water and attained higher spiritual stations, and showed several miracles during his lifetime.

Baba Fakruddin remained celibate throughout his life and devoted himself to God.

Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin was initiated into Qalandariyya Suhrawardiyya order of Sufism and the spiritual genealogy traces back to Imam Ali through several Imams and Qalandars namely Pir Nathar Tabl Alam Badshah, Shaikh Ali Zuwalqi of Shewan, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Ibrahim Mujarrad Karbalai, Syed Jamaluddin Saoji.

The shrine of Baba Fakruddin Fakhruddin is the chief seat in Madras Presidency for faqirs.

Baba Fakruddin's mausoleum is located in Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh, India, and is accessible by road, and railway the closest airport is the Kempegowda InternationalAirport, Bangalore, India.