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Abdullah
Shah
Ghazi
(Arabic:
عبد
الله
شاه
غازي)
(c.
720)
was
an
eighth-century
Muslim
mystic
and
Sufi
whose
shrine
is
located
in
Clifton
in
Karachi,
in
Sindh
province
of
Pakistan.
His
real
name
was
Abdullah
al-Ashtar.
His
father,
Muhammad
al-Nafs
al-Zakiyya,
was
a
descendant
of
Muhammad
through
his
daughter
Fatimah.
The
tomb
is
built
on
a
high
platform,
though
the
body
is
kept
in
a
subterranean
crypt.
The
shrine
is
made
of
a
high,
square
chamber
and
a
green-and-white
striped
dome,
decorated
with
Sindhi
tilework,
flags
and
buntings.
Devotees
to
the
shrine
caress
the
silver
railing
around
the
burial
place
and
drape
it
with
garlands
of
flowers.
The
shrine
is
highly
regarded
and
respected
by
people
of
all
ethnicities
and
religions.
Until
the
early
twentieth
century,
the
shrine
was
a
small
hut
on
top
of
a
sandy
hill
in
Clifton.
The
shrine
was
built
and
expanded
by
Syed
Nadir
Ali
Shah,
a
Sufi
saint
of
Qalandariyya
Sufi
Order
and
the
then
custodian
of
the
shrine.
The
iconic
building
of
the
shrine,
its
stairs,
mosque,
Langar
Khana,
Qawwali
Hall
and
pilgrim
lodge
were
built
under
his
supervision.
The
shrine
became
a
centre
of
attraction
for
people
belonging
to
different
sects,
ethnicities
and
sections
of
society.
Free
meals
and
the
devotional
poetry
such
as
Qawwali
was
the
essential
features
of
the
shrine.
The
shrine
was
always
devotionally
connected
to
Nadir
Ali
Shah's
dervish
lodge,
called
Kafi
in
Sehwan
Sharif
and
for
a
long
time
the
arrangements
of
the
shrine
and
langar
continued
under
his
supervision.
In
1962,
the
Auqāf
department
took
its
administrative
control.
The
twice
a
day
free
meal
started
by
Nadir
Ali
Shah
continued
under
the
management
of
his
disciples.
In
2011,
the
shrine
was
handed
over
to
a
Pakistani
construction
giant,
Bahria
Town,
who
renovated
the
exterior
of
the
shrine.This
received
a
mixed
response
from
the
residents
of
Karachi.
The
Abdullah
Shah
Ghazi
shrine
was
attacked
in
2010
by
militants
who
detonated
two
suicide
bombs
at
the
shrine,
killing
10
and
injuring
50