SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF SULTAN BAHOO Sultan-ul-Arifeen Sultan Bahoo was born on Thursday, 1st of Jumada ath-thani in 1039 AH (17 January, 1630 AD) at dawn, in the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Shorkot, District Jhang, Pakistan (then India). He belonged to the Awan tribe of the progeny of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Awans are Ali‟s children from wives other than Fatima bint Mohammad. Sultan Bahoo‟s father Bazayd Mohammad was a soldier by profession and a titleholder in Shah Jahan‟s army. His mother, Bibi Rasti was a Saint. She was spiritually informed of Sultan Bahoo‟s grandeur and spiritual status before his birth and according to his status of annihilation in Hoo1, his name Bahoo (one with Hoo ) was revealed to her. Sultan Bahoo says:
اہند اہند
ابھو ُؒ ُھو
اب
امدر
ابھو ُؒ
انل
دایمئ
ابھو ُؒ
زاہکن
Explanation: Bahoo‟s mother named him Bahoo because Bahoo has always remained with Hoo . Sultan Bahoo was a Saint by birth. He remained engrossed in heavenly experiences and doubtless revelations from his early age. Sultan Bahoo gained his early mystic education from his mother. A non-Muslim would immediately recite shahada and accept Islam if his eyes fell upon the luminous face of Sultan Bahoo, such was the intensity of Divine theophanies radiating from him. Sultan Bahoo states in his books, “I searched for a spiritual guide for thirty years but in vain”. It was because he already held such 1
The Divine Essence
