History
Hazrat Mian Mir sahib was a famous Qadiri Sufi of Lahore (1550-1635) . He was a descendant of Hazrat Omar bin Khattab and originally belonged to Sindh area but migrated and settled in Lahore city, Punjab , where he initially lived in Dharampura locality and later at the present site of the shrine. He was a Sufi instructor of Prince Dara Shikoh, son of the Emperor Shah Jehan, later defeated and murdered by his brother Aurangzeb. Mian Mir sahib was also revered by the Sikhs who invited him to Amritsar to lay the foundation of the Golden Temple there.
After having lived a long life of piety and virtuosity, Mian Mir died on 22 August 1635 (7 Rabi' al-awwal, 1045 according to the Islamic Calendar). He was eighty-eight years old.
His funeral oration was read by Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, who was a highly devoted disciple of the Saint. He was buried at a place which was about a mile from Lahore near Alamganj, that is at the south-east of the city. Mian Mir's spiritual successor was Mullah Shah Badakhshi. Mian Mir's Mazar (Mausoleum) still attracts hundreds of devotees each day and he is revered by many Sikhs as well as Muslims. The tomb's architecture still remains quite intact to this day. His death anniversary ('Urs' in Urdu language) is observed there by his devotees every year.
He is identified as the founder of the Mian Khel branch of the Qadiri order. His younger sister Bibi Jamal Khatun was a disciple of his and a notable Sufi saint in her own right.