Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo[1][2] (Sindhi: مخدوم بلاول بن جام حسن سمو), (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH Sindh) was a sufi saint, philosopher and poet from Sindh, Pakistan. He is also referred as Makhdum Bilal or Bilali Makhdum.

Makhdoom Bilawal Saint
Tomb of makhdoom Bilawal Shaheed
Born	1451( 856 A.H.) Sindh Pakistan
Died	January 17, 1522(30 Safar 929 A.H.) Baghban (near the town of Dadu Sindh)
Venerated in	Islam
Influenced	Sayed haider of Sann
Tradition or genre	Poetry

Life

Makhdoom Bilawal was ordered to be crushed alive in a seed grinder after the Battle of Talti for opposing the conquest of Sindh by Arguns on 30 Safar 929AH/1522 AD. [3]

Poetry

He said poems in Persian and Sindhi languages. One of his Persian Quatrain reads as follows:

Surrender yourself to God
Lose your will into His
Self-assertion is blasphemy

Shun the Self and merge into Him^{[citation needed]}

Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal

His shrine is at 'Baghban' near the town of Dadu Sindh, Pakistan. According to the article of Aamir Sindhi Ali Wagan, the mosque at his tomb was constructed by one of his devotees Sardar Sakhi Mahboob Khan Wagan (Chief Sardar of Wagan Tribe).

References

External links

• Media related to Makhdoom Bilawal at Wikimedia Commons