Pir Baba

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Sayyid Ali Tirmizi Pir Baba
پیر بابا
Buner Mazar of Pir Baba
Title	Syed Ali Tirmizi
Personal
Born	Syed Ali Tirmizi Around 908 Hijri, 1502 A.D. Fergana, Uzbekistan
Died	Around Rajab 991 Hijri, 1583 A.D. Buner
Resting place	Pacha Killay Buner, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Arab, Uzbek, Persian, Afghan, Pakistani
Movement	Established Islam Among Yusufzai Pashtuns and Pashtuns
Notable work(s)	Spreading Islam
Other names	Pir Baba
Organization
Order	Chisti Order
Muslim leader
Teacher	Syed Ahmad Noor ,Sheikh Saalaar Roomi
Period in office	900-1000 Hijri
Successor	Akhund Darweza
Disciple of	Salaar Roomi
Students Syed Mustafa ,Akhoondzada; Dewana, Hisar and other
Website	http://www.pirbaba.org/

Sayyid Ali Tirmizi (Pashto: سيد علي ترمذي), more commonly known as Pir Baba (پير بابا), was a Sufi who settled in Buner in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There, he lived among the Yusufzai Pashtuns.

He was a Naqvi Syed, probably born in 908 AH (1502 CE), in Fergana (present-day Uzbekistan), of Sayyid descent, He died in AH 991 (1583 CE).^[1] He was a supporter of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and was an opponent of Bayazid Pir Roshan.

Baba's grave and shrine is in Pacha Killay village in the mountainous Buner District of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[2][3]

In 2009, the shrine was closed down by Taliban militants^[4] temporarily.

• Pir Baba site