Urs Mubarak Of Hazrat Jalalshapir Dargah on 21st Shahban
every year there are laces of pilgrims visiting for annual urs festival
May Allah grant you all the happness, peace ,health and prosparity in your life with the blessing of Hazrat Jalalshapir (R.A)
Aameen
The History of Hazrat jalalshapir Dargah....
Sufi sant hazrat jalalshapir valiullah's sheren situated on ahmedabad highway just 7 k.m
away from rajkot city in Gujarat. It is believed that before 1945, in the primary school syllabus, the story of Jalalshapir was in curriculum various instances and works of pir jalalsha were narrated in the books. But now a day it became history. This dargah Sharif has having its own significant, because of freedom movement was started from here in the year 1842 in the leadership of then Mogul emperor Bahadurshah Jafar the last king of mogul. It is believed that bahadursha Jafar with his army camped here for few days, he invited the adjoining state's king and royal dignitaries and arranged a workshop to liberate India from the clutches of the British raj. Thus, this place has significant importance because one of the first its kind of conference was held here with blessing of hazrat Jalalshapir. This too becomes now history. It was the usual practice of kings, whosoever came to throne, had to take the blessing of this Jalalshapir: then only he will be successful. This was the belief. The people belong to Hindu and Muslim has full faith in this dargah. People belong to all cast and creed visiting this holy place. In the begaining century of 1700, a nobleman named RAJU GAMETI who along with his solider and family established here with his cattle. At the same place he developed and named it Rajkot. Day by day this place become very much famous. People surrounding these area are frequently visting this place. The fame increased tremendously. Certain people like king Mustafakhan attacked on rajkot and took the complete control of this place. He ruled this place (Rajkot) for least five years, he even named the rajkot city as mustafabad. But after five years another king Azimkhan who attacked on Mustafakhan and took complete control of rajkot....and later or named rajkot the city as Azimabad. This king developed the Rajkot many public welfare project was carried out and completed during this tenure, such as Ajidam, Aji River was named after him. But all these good deeds of the king were totally rejected by Raju Gameti, he was sheltered at Jalalshapir dargah for fifteen years and he gathered his loyal soliders together and with this blessing of Jalalshapir and with the blessing of Jalalshapir attacked the king azimkhan and defeated him. In this battle at least 100 People were killed and sacrificed their lives in the liberation of the city. The martyrs were buried in the campus of this Jalalshapir dargah Sharif thus in the year 11-6-1760, again the Rajkot was liberated from azimkhan dynasty. One of the important significant of this dargah is that, it is in the center place from where the roads to vadhvan Ahmedabad, Junagadh are passing. In the olden days this was the transit center people who wanted go to various destinations, were taken shelter here and after taking the blessing of Jalalshapir procced further. During the older time, various king royal people were providing eatable article for the people who visit this dargah.this system was into existence up to 1947. It is also revealed from the history books that during period between and 1902 To 1915 there was stream tram service which joining the nearest villages and vadhvan state, Now a days it is known as surendranagar. During that period the Jalalshapir dargah was transit centre. The tram used to halt here at least for 30 Minutes daily , but now a days the tram track had been vanished, and the porbandar and Ahmedabad highways has been constructed on the same track thus the importance of the dargah Sharif is same and having same historical importance people belong to all walks of life, and all cast and creed are visiting this place with full respect. One of the historical importance of the this place is that a Nobelman named Adamsheth was a trustee of this dargah and rather president. During his period, the free foods were served to the needy people and devotees. It is called that during this period our Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji was also frequently visiting this place, because he was very much close to Adamsheth and certain Documentary evidence showed that mahatma Gandhi was working with Adamsheth during his younger days. Mahatma Gandhi with his friends; used to visit this place and enjoyed the picnic at the same dargah sharif. With blessing of Jalalshapir later on mahatma Gandhiji became the father of nation and very much inspired by the grace of pirvali to liberate india. The arrangements for foods were managed by Gandhiji himself with help of his other freind. If we may say that the seeds of liberation of India were woke up by the grace of Pir Jalalsha in the heart of mahatama Gandhi..
