Pir Budhan Shah

Pir Budhan Shah (died 1643; ), also called Baba Budhan Ali Shah, Peer Baba, and Sayyed Shamsuddin, was a venerated Sufi pir who held a religious discourse with Guru Nanak in Rawalpindi and later accepted Gurmat thought during the times of Guru Hargobind. He was a Sufi Muslim by birth he was born in Talwandi, the same village as Guru Nanak. belonged to a family of chieftains, but left everything to become a Sufi mystic. He is believed to have arrived in Jammu sometime during the 15th century. His disciple, Sunder Shah, died together with Bidhi Chand at Devnagar near Ayodhya on the banks of the Gomti River in 1638.

Death

Budhan Shah lived up to the time of Guru Hargobind and died in 1643. His mausoleum is located on hilltop in Kiratpur, about 200 meters east of the ashram of Baba Gurditta. His tomb is visited by both the Sikhs and Muslims of the region. A dargah (shrine) dedicated to him is located in Jammu City, across the Tawi River from the local Jammu Airport.