Rahman Baba

Abdur Rahmān Momand (Pashto: عبدالرحمان بابا; c. 1632 – 1706)[1] or Rahmān Bābā (Pashto: رحمان بابا), was a renowned Afghan[2][3] Sufi Saint, member of Sufi Dervish and poet from Peshawar (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) during the Mughal era.

Rahman apparently lived peacefully in the area, and never mentions his involvement in the fierce intertribal conflicts of his day.

"[7] Abdur Rahman Baba died in 1706 CE, and his tomb is housed in a large domed shrine, or mazar, on the southern outskirts of Peshawar (Ring Road Hazar Khwani).

This annual congregation attained a festive status over the years which has carried on as part of Peshawar's rich cultural tradition to this day.

[11][12] "The high intensity device almost destroyed the grave, gates of a mosque, canteen and conference hall situated in the Rehman Baba Complex.

[14] Every year on 4 April people from different part of Pakistan and Afghanistan visit Shrine of Rahman Baba to celebrate Urs Mubarak.

Illustrated page from a diwan (poetry collection) of the Pashtun Sufi poet Rahman Baba
Folio of a Diwan-i-Rahman manuscript (Diwan-i-Rahman IO Islamic 2765)