Faqir Abdul Raheem Garhori
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Fakir
Fakir
The fakir or faqir ; ) Derived from faqr is a Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms....

 Abdul Raheem Garhori
was a great saint
Saint
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 and poet
Poet
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 of the Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

. Faqir Abdul Raheem Garhori belonged to the Mangrio
Mangrio
Mangrio ) is a Sindhi Muslim Rajput tribe found in Sindh in Pakistan and Rajasthan in India. Like the Samma and Bhatti, and most other Sindhi Rajputs, they are of Chandravanshi origin....

 tribe and his father's name was Sadullah Mangrio.

Early years

In 1739 CE (1152 A.H.
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), Garhori was born in Ranipur
Ranipur, Pakistan
Ranipur Riyasat, Sind This city was probably established before the Kalhora reign of Sindh . It become famous first time in British occupation when a anti khilafat movement was operated from Ranipur city by the Pir's of the city to protect the interest of British Rajj/ occupation in Sindh and...

, Khayrpur, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

. Shaikh Fakir Abdul Raheem Garhori was the caliph of Sultan-ul-Auliya Khuwaja Mohammad Zamman Lanwari Sharif. He was a great commander who fought against the Sikhs in those areas and defeated them everywhere. He was considered a Shaheed at age 40 in 1192 A.H.
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 The father of Abdul Raheem Garhori was dead before this occurrence but his mother remained alive till his Shahdat.

Garhori Sahab had five marriages and had four daughters and one son who died when he was five years old. In Garhor there is a shrine
Shrine
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 devoted to Abdul Raheem Garhori .

Recently Dr. N. A Baloch researched that the Grohirri Sahab was born in village "Warr
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", Taluka Khipro
Khipro
Khipro Khipro is a taluka, an administrative subdivision, of Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. This is largest taluka in Pakistan by its area. From two sides it is connected to the major cities like Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, and remaining two are connecting with border of India...

, Dist Sanghar
Sanghar
Sanghar is a city in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. Sanghar is the headquarters of Sanghar District and Sanghar Taluka . It is one of the agriculture town situated approximately 265 km from Karachi city...


Poetry

He wrote many poetry books, he was great Arabic, persion and sindhi poet of that era. His poetry is famous nowadays. His book of poetry entitled Abdul Raheem Grohiri Jo Kalam is available in market.

(poetry of shaheed abdul raheem girhori)written by abdul razaque nohri from girhore sharif
achien je aotaq me moon sarende superien
moon jehre mushtaq dittho dukhda laahe

(poetry of shaheed abdul raheem girhori)written by abdul razaque nohri from dargah girhore sharif
NOTE= IN SINDHI
darh doonger aen deh wajan raat saari
moon munjhara kheh,kanh waddi baarn nikre
ward wazifa wisria,neh ka thi namaz
hanyoon behri baz, chori kayochanban me
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