Roza Mubarak Hazrat Imam Bari Sarkar (ra) Islamabad

Описание: Introduction to Bari Imam
Bari Imam is a shrine and a main visiting place for millions of devotees of Silsila Qadria in Islamabad. It is a shrine of muslim sufi and saint “Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif” commonly known as “Bari Imam” or “Bari Sarkar” or “Sarkar Bari” or “Imam Bari”.

Sufism is a part of Islamic mysticism which teaches self-control and spiritualism.

Location of Bari Imam Sarkar
Shrine of Hazrat Bari Imam Sarkar is located in a small village in Islamabad known as Nurpur Shahan also called as Imam Bari Sarkar. Nurpur Village just behind Islamabad’s famous D Chowk and is at the footsteps of lush green Margalla Hills.

It is located at a distance of around 12 Kilometers from Zero point Islamabad, which is around 22 minutes drive. It is located at a distance of around 7 Kilometers from Blue Area Islamabad, which is at around 16 minutes drive.

History of Shrine Imam Bari Sarkar
Shrine was initially built by Mughal Emporer Aurangzeb in 17th Century. It was then renovated in the era of British Rule. Since then shrine was renovated in number of times. It has recently been renovated by the Government of Pakistan.

As a result of recent renovations, shrine is now more spacious. Hence, most people can be accommodated in the area. There are separate entrances for both male and female devotees.

It is not different from any other shrine in Pakistan or South Asia. And one can witness similar types of activities and atmosphere in the bari shrine also.



Saint of Bari Imam - Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi
Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi was the Muslim saint living in a Village in Modern Islamabad. Shah is also named as bari sarkar or Sakar bari or imam bari sarkar. He was a 17th Century sufi saint born in 1617 and died in 1705.

He was one of the most famous and popular saints of Qadiri order or tariqa. Qadri order is derived from persian sufi saint of Abdul Qadir Jillani or Gillani (1077 to 1166).

Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi was born in a small village Karsal in District Chakwal, Punjab in 1617. His father’s name was Syed Mehmood Shah. His father was a farmer by profession. Shah Abdul Latif used to help his father in some activities like looking after the animals to graze in the fields and forests.

Syed Mehmood Shah along-with his family migrated to Baghan Village, now Aabpara islamabad. At the time Shah Abdul Latif was 8 years old.

It was an Islamic religious family, hence Shah Abdul Latif was sent to another village named as Ghourghushti in Attock District renowned for Islamic schools in the area. There he studied fiqah, hadith and Quran disciplines for 2 years.

Shah Abdul Latif, Imam Bari also visited Iran, Iraq and central asian states in search of more advanced knowledge about islam. Bari Imam also went on pilgrimage to holy cities of Makkah and Madina to perform Hajj.

After his return to the native country, Shah Abdul Latif rejoined his father to work as a farmer. He used to go to a nearby forest / hilly area to feed his animals. The area was then known as Chourpur.

Chourpur means an area full of theives. Reason for the name was that area was known to be Notorious and residents were mainly involved in criminal activities.

Imam Bari delivers the teachings of Islam to them, which is about peace, love and harmony. The name of the area was then changed as Nurpur or Nurpur Shahan.

Bari Imam sarkar also used to regularly travel to a cave in the Margalla hills for mediation. He used to remain in the cave for several days for mediation and prayers. Area is called as loai dandi. One can reach loai dandi after a tough hike of around 2/3 hours.

It is along a ridge of the hills. There are some shops and food stalls along the trail. Its a long walking trail on Margalla hill and is a bit difficult one. It has 11,000 steps, 1100 feet high and is 4.6 miles long.

There are monkeys on the way to loai dandi which are often agressive, if someone is carrying food items or fruits in plastic bags.

Shrine of Imam Bari Sarkar
Devotees and followers of bari imam are in millions and are from all across the country. They pay regular visits to the shrine. Specially during URS or Mela which is around May to June (Jeth) every year.

From morning till night people came on coming to offer Fatiha at the grave of Bari Imam.

There is also arrangement for free food called langar for the visitors. Devotees also used to arrange and participate to provide free food to the devotees.

There is a also a big bazar outside the shrine.

Approach to the shrine is the main highway between Murree and Islamabad near Lake view Park.