Shaikh Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand – 1 (1168 -1260 AD)
Shrine in :  Mastoi, North Waziristan, K P Province, Pakistan

He is in descendents of Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansari and Peer-e-Hirat Abdullah Ansari. He was born in Madina Munawwarah and completed his education / acquired the Certificate from Darul Uloom of the famous city of Baghdad, in Iraq. There he met the ‘Shaikh ul Shiyookh Shahabuddin Soharwardi’. He became his mureed (disciple) and continued completing the spiritual stages under the guidence of his mentor for many years.

After the death of his murshid (spiritual teacher), he visited Multan to meet his Pir Bhai (follower of same spiritual guide) and friend Makhdoom Bahauddin Zakariya Multani. After staying for some time in Multan, when he intended to leave for Baghdad, Makhdoom Bahauddin Zakariya suggested him to go to Mastoi (presently North Waziristan), as his disciples in Burki tribe had great need of guidance and reformation. Therefore he left for Mastoi, the city of the old Burki Tribe, who greeted him with great respect. The Sardar {Head} of Daud Khel Tribe {A branch of Burki Tribe} named Multani Khan married his daughter to Shaikh Maulana Ibrahim. After marriage he decided to settle down there permanently. He was blessed with four sons and the eldest one named Shaikh Sirajuddin was made disciple {Khilafat} of Bahauddin Zakriya Multani. The descendents of Shaikh Ibrahim brought very good name for their ancestors in the coming two and half centuries in this region {Kohistan e Afaaghna}. He died in the year 1260 AD and Shaikh Sirajuddin assumed the Khilafat {succession} after his death.

During the following years, there at Mastoi, Burkis had a great fight with Mastong tribe. Moreover, an earth quake also destroyed the city of Mastoi. Therefore, Burki tribe along with Ansaar tribe were compelled to migrate to Kaniguram (presently South Waziristan & part of KP Province, Pakistan). It was arround 1500 AD, the period of “Ba-Yazeed-1 Darya aliace Baba Shahbaz Parind, a descendent of Shaikh Moulana Ibrahim. Here at Kaniguram, the Ansaar family acquired great fame and respect over the years in the upper circles/ rulers at Persia and India.

Shaikh Maulana Muhammad Ibrahim and his descendents played a great role in spreading the Silsila-e- Soharwardiya in Kohistan e Afghanistan  and India. He was a great scholar having great vision. He was the author of a book named “Tareekh-e-Moallam”. It describes the family profile and explains teachings of Silsila-e-Tareeqat-e- Soharwardia.

His sons are well known in India, as the members of remote ancestors of Ansaars. The three settlements that had been inhabited and created by his descendents, who migrated and settled in the suburbs of Jalandhar.

The first settlement by his descendents was ‘Basti Karrar Khan’ (Mohallah Al Burk), established in the mid of 16th century by Shaikh Ahmad Ghous, the grand son of Shahbaz Parind.

The second settlement was given the name of “Ibrahim Pura”, which was later called “Basti Danishmand” {1612 AD} created by the sons of Shah Ibrahim Danishmand-2 {s/o Ba-Yazeed-1 Shahbaz Parind}, who was settled in  Bangal. Ansaar Danishmands were living in majority in this Basti. There was a historic “Deewan Khana” (A big drawing room or hall for meeting large number of people). Nearly every famous and known literary and historical personality of that time had visited it. There, one can find enormous evidence of the knowledge and wisdom of Allama Iqbal and Maulana Ghulam Qadir Girami.

The third settlement “Basti Shaikh Darwesh” was later created {in 1617 AD} by another descendent Shaikh Muhammad Darwesh, a prominent personality of Ansaar Danishmand tribe.

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Misconception :

In many books of India / Pakistan, they have mixed up the two persons of the Tribe. One is “Shaikh Moulana Ibrahim Soharwardi Danishmand” (1168-1260 AD) of Mastoi, Waziristan and the other one is his direct descendent “Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Danishmand” (1455-1524 AD – Birth place Kaniguram, Waziristan) of Bangal.  There is a gap of 200 years approx in their period. So for proper understanding of the readers, we have mentioned against their names as Ibrahim Danishmand-1 AND Ibrahim Danishmand-2.