Wali Kirani

Wali Kirani ur:خواجہ ولی مودودی چستی کرانی is one of the foremost Muslim saints of his time.¹ His date of birth and date of death is not known; it is believed that he lived around the time of Sultan Hussain Mirza's rule in Herat around 1470.² Wali Kirani s father Khwaja Naqr-ud-din migerated from Chisht Herat approximately before 1470 A.C. At the time Quetta(shal) was a territory of Herat under the rule of Sultan Hussain Mirza,who subsequently conferred the territories of Shal,Pushang and Sibi on Amir Shuja-ud-din Zunnun,the Arghun.Khwaja Wali Kirani lived during this time. The founder of Chishti group was Khwaja Moudod,who was born in 1039 A.D and died in 1133 A.D at Chisht, a suburb of Hirat. Khwaja Moinuddin,who flourished in the 12th century and whose shrine is in Ajmer, was a Chishti. A few families live in the Manzakai in the Pishin Tahsil,where they have been given the proprietary right in a sixth share of their land by "Alizai Tarins".The Chishti Syed's of Kirani in the Quetta Tahsil claim as their ancestor "Khwaja Naqur_ud_din" alias " Shal Piran"whose shrine lies close to the Quetta fort and who is stated to have left Manzakai for Quetta about 600 years ago. His grandson "Khwaja Wali"setteled in Kirani. Syeds are said to have rendered some service during the first Afghan war,their leading man being one "Mubarak Shah". The principal men among them receive allownces from the "Levy" service.Syed Lutuf ullah shah who was sevevth in descent from Khwaja Naqruddin Shah accompanied Mir Nasir Khan 1, of Kalat to Persia and was rewarded on his return with the revenue_free holdings of Chashma Shiekh Manda and Sadiq Karez in the Quetta tahsil and with two "angusht"of water at Dhader. The latter is now held by another branch of the family.³