What is Lal Shahbaz Qalandar?
{{infobox person | name = Syed Muhammad Usman Marwandiؒ | image = An original view of Laal Shahbaz Qalandar on 29-04-2012.JPG}} [[Syed]] '''Muhammad Usman Marwandi''' (1149–1299), better-known as '''Lal Shahbaz Qalandar''' , was a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[poet]] from [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Sarah Ansari (1971) Sufi Saints and Pirs of Sindh, 1843–1947''. Lahore: Vanguard Books, 1971, p 87, 88, 89</ref> He belonged to the [[Suhrawardi]] order of Sufis. He shifted from Afghanistan and went and settled in [[Sindh]] area of [[India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]).<ref>Ansari, 88-89</ref> His [[shrine]] in ''Sehwan Sharif'', [[Sindh]],[[Pakistan]], is still visited by many people. <ref>I A Rashid, Note on Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. in ''Story of Pakistan''. 6 March 2004. </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Qalandar, Lal Shahbaz}} [[Category:1149 births]] [[Category:1299 deaths]] [[Category:Asian Sufis]] [[Category:Afghan poets]] {{bio-stub}}