Shah Abdul Karim Bulri

Shah Abdul Karim Bulri
شاه عبدالڪريم بلڙي
Shrine of Shah Karim in Bulri, Sindh, Pakistan
Personal life
Born1536
Mutalvi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died1623 (aged 87)
Bulri Shah Karim, Sindh, Pakistan
Resting placeShrine of Shah Abdul Karim Bulri, Bulri Shah Karim, Sindh, Pakistan
FlourishedMughal period
ChildrenSyed Lal Muhammad Shah (died in childhood), Syed Abdul Rahim (died in lifetime), Syed Jalal Shah, Syed Burhan Shah, Syed Lal Muhammad Sani, Syed Din Muhammad, Syed Shah Hussain, Syed Abdul Quddus
Parent
  • Syed Laal Muhammad Shah (father)
Notable work(s)Bayan ul-Arifeen
EducationMadrassa
Known forBeing great-great-grandfather of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Religious life
ReligionSunni Islam
OrderQadiriyyah and Suhrawardiyyah-Owaisiyyah
PhilosophySufism
LineageSayyid through Musa al-Kazim
Initiationinto Qadiri Tariqah and into Suhrawardi-Owaisi Tariqah
by Syed Ibrahim Shah Bukhari (Qadiriyyah) and Makhdoom Nuh Halai (Suhrawardi-Owaisi)
Senior posting
TeacherSyed Ibrahim Shah Bukhari (Qadiriyyah), and Makhdoom Nuh Halai (Suhrawardi-Owaisi)
SuccessorSyed Jalal Shah
Influenced by

Shah Abdul Karim of Bulri (1536–1623) (Sindhi: شاه عبدالڪريم بلڙي) famously known as "Shah Karim", was an early Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh, Pakistan. Shah Abdul Karim Bulri was the great-great-grandfather of the famous poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.