Faqir Izat Shah Warsi(Chappar Sharif)

Introduction:

Hazrat Al-Haj Faqir Izat Shah Warsi was born on 09 Nov 1925 at ancestral village of Sanghoi Jhelum. His father was an eminent pious, physician and a retired Junior Commissioned Officer Subedar Qazi Muhammad Yousaf Qadri Sarwari. Haji Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi named him as Aziz Ahmed and became his patron. His great grandfather was Hafiz Rukan Alam Chishti who was Caliph of Khawja Shamsudin Sialvi. During Hafiz Rukan Alam Chishti’s time, Sarkar Alam Panah Haji Waris Ali Shah came to Sanghoi and honoured the village by staying for three days and nights. On departing Sanghoi, Sarkar Alam Panah said “we have our share in your family and when we desire we shall get our share”. Sarkar Alam Panah got his share in the shape of Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi (Ahramposh by Sarkar Alam Panah) and Faqir Izat Shah Warsi. 



Basic Education:

Faqir Izat Shah Warsi got his worldly education from High School Sagri Rawalpindi and higher education from Punjab University.



Journey to Ajmir Sharef:

During 1938 when Faqir Izat Shah Warsi was attending matric classes, he left Sagri and reached Delhi via Kaliar Sharif. In Delhi, he met a Majzoob Dervish Yasin Sahib who ordered him to report Khawja Gharib Nawaz Ajmir sharef. He reported to Gaddi Nashin Khawja Gharib Nawaz, Khawja Hassan Imam Chishti, and Faqir Izat Shah was awarded the duty to look after the Mazar Sharef and key of Mazar Sharef was awarded for opening and closing the Mazar Sharef of Khawja Gharib Nawaz. During the stay he was taught Tafseer Quran Hakim by Hafiz Noor ul Hassan Chishti. One day Khawja Hassan Imam Chishti told Faqir Izat Shah that your duty over here is over. You will report to Deva Sharef as per orders of Khawja Gharib Nawaz. Total stay was eleven months and twenty days.



Journey to Dewa Sharif:

Faqir Izat Shah, as per order, reported to Dewa Sharef, met his uncle Hazrat Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi, who presented him to Mian Aughat Shah Warsi who got him in the Warsi family/Silsla.



Back to Home:

During 1939, Faqir Izat Shah was ordered by Mian Aughat Shah to return to Sanghoi. He resumed his studies, completed and joined education department. During youth, he was known as man of character and a class of sportsman.



Arrival at Chapper Sharef:

On 08 Mar 1948, Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi died at Chapper Sharef (Gujar Khan Distt Rawalpindi). Faqir Izat Shah was the only person from his family who reached Chapper Sharef for the burial of Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi. After the death of Hafiz Akmal Shah, Abdullah Shah Warsi stayed on at the grave of Hafiz Akmal Shah Warsi. Abdullah Shah Warsi died during 1956 and Astana was without an Ahramposh. During the annual Urs of Sarkar Alam Panah, on 08 Mar 1956, Faqir Izat Shah Warsi was awarded Ahram on orders of Sarkar Alam Panah by Faqir Hairat Shah Warsi. The construction of Mazar sharef of Hafiz Akmal Shah was started. Sarkar Alam Panah said, “This will be Deva in Pakistan”. Today it can be observed, Chapper Sharef as Deva in Pakistan. Faqir Izat Shah Warsi stayed at Chapper Sharef for forty-eight (48) years and Chapper Sharef became a central place of warsia silsla in Pakistan.



The State of Affairs after Ahramposhi:

Faqir Izat Shah Warsi was an eminent scholar, writer and as per the tradition of warsia silsla, he would travel a lot within the Subcontinent and worldwide. He performed forty-nine (49) Haj, He used to stay at Medina for months together. He had finest touch of poetry in Arabic, Urdu, Porbi, Punjabi and Siraiki.



Member Islamic Ideological Council:

Faqir Izat Shah accepted the membership of Islamic Ideological Council on the personal request of Gen Zia ul Haq, the President of Pakistan and he delivered many lectures on different subjects in the council.



Service in the Field of Education:

Faqir Izat Shah Warsi was a great educationist. He established thirteen (13) schools/seminaries where along with Dars Nizami, education is rendered up to graduation level. Boarding, lodging is provided free.



Relations with Contemporary:

Faqir Izat Shah was the most prominent Saint of his time. Almighty Allah has bestowed upon him a towering personality with knowledge, wisdom and vision. He had the complete patronage of Sarkar Alampanah all the times. Numerous Qadianies embraced Islam by his continuous preaching. He was so enriched in “Tasawaf” that even in Saudi Arabia, he had numerous followers including people from Royal family. Throughout his life he would serve the humanity and at Astana Chapper Sharef, every visitor is looked after as a guest with honour and dignity. He would preach the teachings of Sarkar Alampanah Haji Waris Ali Shah. He was a living replica of Sarkar Alampanah. 

Faqir Izat Shah Warsi died on 07 Sep 2004 at the age of seventy-nine (79) years. He was a beam light of Silsla Warsia and left thousand grieved disciples all over the world.



Trust Astana Alia Warsia:

During 1995 Faqir Izat Shah appointed a Trust with the chief executive Jamil Asghar Malik (a high class retired Govt official) and got it registered. A Board of Trustees assist him in managing the logistics of Astana. The Trust has appointed Faqir Ahmad Shah Warsi, (an Ahramposh and a close disciple of Faqir Izat Shah Warsi) to remain in Astana for spiritual/religious teachings. 

Gujar Khan Review

The place was named after Gujjars, while they formerly ruled the Gurjara Pratihara Kingdom for centuries. Present:Is one of most improved and rich town of Pakistan.

Gujar Khan is situated on the Islamabad-Lahore National Highway. Travel within Gujar Khan is diverse from auto-rickshaws and tanga.
Gujar Khan Railway Station is on the main line of Pakistan Railways. Trains operate to Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Rawalpindi.
Islamabad International Airport is about 45 kilometres from Gujar Khan.and bewal is 15 km away from gujar khan.and Islam Pura Jabbar is 19 km away from gujar khan.and Bunair Kaswal is 18 km away from gujar khan.Bunair Kaswal near in Islam pura jabbar.this is the beautifull village.(Warsi)

Gujar Khan, as well as being tehsil capital, is administratively subdivided into 3 union councils:
Gujar Khan-I
Gujar Khan-II
Gujar Khan-III
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city had a population of 57,099.

Large reserves of oil and gas were discovered in February 2002 at Tobra, about ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The field is being developed by the Oil and Gas Development Company. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude oil daily.\The Ahdi oil and gas field is about 30 km from Gujar Khan, situated near Daultala town and is being operated by Pakistan Petroleum. According to the Oil and Gas Development Company, huge oil and gas reserves have been discovered at Missa oil and gas field, ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The sources said that the drilling at well no. 3 of the Missa Kaswal oil and gas field at Tobra led to the discovery. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude daily.Arid Agriculture is main profession of area and cattle at homes.
Gujar Khan is 2 kilometres from the Dohngi Dam and about 35 kilometres from the much larger Mangla Dam

There is an old abandoned Hindu temple in the village of Dera Bakhshian. There is an old temple of Sikhs and a pond in the village of Narali. There is a small dame there as well

Main shopping places are Main Bazaar, Halwai Gali, Railway Road, Sabzi Mandi (vegetable and fruit market).
Sangni Forte is a fort built by Maharaja Kashmir on the borders of Gujar Khan and Kashmir. It is on the road to Bewal through Daryala, on a high rock with only one approach side.

Gujar Khan has one main hospital, Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. Private hospitals and health units are also in the city. Government Rural Health centers are also working in Mandra, Doultala & Qazian.33 Basic Halth Units are working in parifery.international hospital in bewal is under construction.Private hospitals are also running With surgeons and gynaecologists present round the clock..

Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان )also called the land of SHAHEEDS is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of punjab.[3] It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab. Gujar Khan is bounded on the north by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, on the south by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, on the east by Azad Kashmir and Kahuta and on the west by Chakwal and Khushab. The city has a population of approximately 73,000. Gujar Khan lies at the heart of the Pothohar cultural region. The area has considerable natural resources in the form of petroleum and natural gas.

People

The principal clans of Bewal are the Qureshis, Awan, Gakhar,Gujar, Mughals, Sayyid, Rajputs ( Kanyals, chouhan ,Bangial, Bhattis, Minhas, Jats( Cheema, Chhina, Dhamial, Kalyals and Sandhu).
Inhabitants in this region are modest and polite.Majority own various shops in main bazaar while other are farmers and stick to their lands, rest of the people are abroad for a living especially in United Kingdom.
A large number of people went to live and work in United Kingdom since 1970. In daily life people indulge themselves in simple activities like sports which include, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Bull Racing, Dog Fighting.
In recent elections held in United Kingdom Sayeeda Warsi ak Baroness Warsi a British lawyer from Dewsbury Yorkshire and member of Conservative Party , became a cabinet minister who is also from Bewal.

History Of Bewal

There are many versions of stories about its history and name. Some believe it was named after Alexander The Great's horse which was killed during a furious fight. Others would claim that it was named after a Hindu Raja's daughter nicknamed Baby which was suffixed with a Hindi word "Waala" and together it was "Babywaal", which ended up as a Bewal over time. There are no historical proofs for these claims. though.
Up until the spring of 1947, Bewal had a sizable non-Muslim population, most of which consisted of Sikhs with a small number of Hindus. Bewal suffered from communal riots in which local Muslims besieged the town for over a week. The stalemate resulted in the rioters setting fire to the homes of the Sikhs and Hindus living in the centre of Bewal. Virtually the entire population of Sikhs and Hindus in Bewal was burnt alive in the ensuing fires.
A Hindu temple stills stands in Bewal although the two Gurudawaras did not survive the fire of 1947. Many former Sikh and Hindu residents and their descendants have visited Bewal in the 1980s and 1990's. Before partition Sikhs and Hindus dominated the local business scene of Bewal, while local Muslims hardly had any kind of business at all. Muslims were mostly farmers in poor conditions. It was an area governed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Kashmir and in the past it was a part of Kashmir. Qilla Sanghani (a fortress built during British Raj), Pakka Khu (a well, said to be built by some Mughul king) and Pakki Masjid (a mosque also said to be built by Mughul King) are the main historical sites in the area. There is a village in Bewal called Dheri that is the most beautiful village there, and while there are many bungalows, no one lives there, they all live in the UK.

Politics and Agriculture

Traditionally, Bewal has been a stronghold of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)and has elected PPP candidates to both the Provincial and National Assemblies during the last several General Elections. Local politicians play a major role in the lives of the populace.


A typical Potohari landscape
Rawalpindi is the city which is a main shopping centre for the people. The countryside surrounding the town consists of typical Pothohar Plateau landscape. Surrounded by several smaller towns, Bewal is a hub for other areas around it. Other main towns include Kallar Syedan, Choha Khalsa, Jabber Islampura and Smot. The fertile land of the Bewal region grows crops such as wheat, corn and peanuts.

Bewal Introduction

Bewal (Urdu ﯧﺑﻭﻞ ) is a town and Union Council in the eastern part of Gujar Khan Tehsil and to south east from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Bewal along with Sui Cheemian is today probably the most wealthy place anywhere in rural Pakistan, with a large proportion of its population being settled in Europe, particularly the UK. In several villages of Union Council Bewal, virtually every family has at least one member living and working in England. Unlike other rural areas in Pakistan, Bewal is reasonably well developed. A major new International Hospital is being built in Bewal by British Bewalis and is due to start providing quality healthcare to local people in summer 2009. Despite boasting a very low crime rate in the past, there has been a significant increase in looting, murders and house break-ins in recent years. The literacy rate in the area is estimated to be about 70 percent for men and somewhat lower for women.