Burhanuddin Gharib

Burhanuddin Gharib studied under Nizamuddin Auliya, the Sultan ul Mashaikh of Delhi. According to Saiad Mahomed of Karmania in the "Seyar ul Aulia," Burhanuddin was invested with the mantle and cap (the symbols of the Caliphate) to identify him as the successor to the Auliya. According to other writers[^whom?], Burhanuddin was sent to Daulatabad to succeed his brother, Shah Muntajab ud din, upon his death. It is probable that Burhanuddin first succeeded Auliya as Caliph. He would arrive in Daulatabad later, after Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq transferred the capital there from Delhi.

Haji Saiad Baksh and Shams ud Din, the nephew of Hasan bin Es Sanjari, were friends of Burhanuddin. Burhanuddin allowed music and rejoicing in the religious exercises at his convent. He remained for some time at Daulatabad. He later left for Roza (present-day Khuldabad), where he would die in 741 AH (1344 CE).

When the sovereign Nasir ud din Nasir Khan Faruki of the Faruki dynasty of Kandesh captured Asirgarh in 1399 CE, the town of Burhanpur on the bank of Tapti was founded in honor of Burhanuddin.

The dargah has a large quadrangular courtyard, featuring an open-fronted building on all sides and a Naqqar khana at the east end. The west end of the quadrangle is used as a school, and a door gives access to an inner courtyard containing several graves. Facing the entrance is the tomb of Burhanuddin. Within the shrine are preserved some hairs of the Prophet's beard. The shrine doors are plated with metal plates wrought into fanciful designs of trees and flowers. There is a mosque in front of the dargah. The dargah attracts thousands of pilgrims each year for the Urus of the saint.

• Bakiat-el-Gharib by Mujud ud Din

• Nizams of Hyderabad
• Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh
• Khuldabad
• Zainuddin Shirazi
• Sufi Saints of Aurangabad
• Zar Zari Zar Baksh
• Ashraf Jahangir Semnani

• Gazetter of Aurangabad - H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884. (Chapter VI page 395 & 396)

• aulia-e-hind