Hazrat babajan biography
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Hazrat Babajan (c.
Hazrat babajan biography
1806 - September 21 1931) was a BalochMuslimsaint considered by her followers to be a sadguru or qutub. Born in British India in Balochistan, she lived the final 25 years of her life in Pune, India.
Early life & realization
Babajan, whose birthname was Gulrukh "Like a Rose", was born as a Pathan princess to a Muslim royal family of Balochistan.
The precise date of Babajan's birth is unclear. Biography variants range from 1790[1][2] to 1806.[3] Well-educated, she memorized the entire Qur'an by heart, becoming a hāfiżah at an early age.
At the age of 18, Gulrukh fled her arranged marriage and sought God instead.
Disguised by her burqa, she journeyed to the northeast, first to Peshawar and then to Rawalpindi. According to Indian author Bhau Kalchuri, she lived for a year and a half in the mountainous regions of what is now Pakistan under the guidance of a Hindu sadguru, then trav