KHAIRPUR/ Bedil Sain

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KHAIRPUR/ Bedil Sain

Bedil’s Urs on 25th

By Our Correspondent

Dawn

KHAIRPUR, Nov 3: The 139th three-day annual Urs of Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil, commonly known as Bedil Sain, would be held on Nov 25-27 at his last resting place in Rohri near Sukkur, said Sukkur DCO Khuwaja Shafiq Ahmed at his office on Saturday.

Sukkur District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah will inaugurate the Urs by laying a floral wreath on the grave of Sufi saint at 11am on Nov 25. Events featuring in the Urs include an Adabi conference, Mushaira, musical evening and seminar. Renowned scholars and poets will read papers in Sindhi, Seraiki, Urdu, Persian and English on the life and works of Bedil.

The musical evening will be held at Bedil-Bekus auditorium near the shrine on Nov 27 in which renowned artists will sing the saint’s poetry. The organising committee of the Urs will present four Bedil Aawards for best author, best singer, best worker and a special award in recognition of the works and services of Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil, Dewan-i-Bedil, Dewan-i-Minhajul Haqeeqat. A Bedil Souvenir will also be published on the occasion.

Faqir Bedil Sain’s ancestors used to trade in items of daily-use in Rohri. His father Mian Mohammad Mohsin later became devotee of Shah Inayat Shaheed of Jhoke. Bedil Sain also owned a general store (called a Manjarko shop in Sindhi) but later left for mysticism.