·         His name is ꜤAlī, and his father’s name is ꜤUthmān.

·         Dātā Ganj Bakhsh رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ   was a resident of Ghazni, Afghanistan. There is a neighbourhood in Ghazni called Hujwayr. Heرَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ  lived in this neighbourhood, and thus he came to be known as Hujwayrī.

·         He is a Ḥasanī and Ḥusaynī Sayyid.

·         From the very beginning, he was extremely pious, devoted to worship, and deeply passionate about religious knowledge.

·         Dātā Ganj Bakhsh رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ   travelled to many countries including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Khurasan, and Turkistan to acquire religious knowledge, and he studied under the great scholars and Sufis of that time.

·         At the age of approximately 34, he arrived in Lahore on the command of his spiritual guide, Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan Khuttalī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ .

·         Here, he propagated the invitation to goodness, spread the message of Islam, and taught people the Quran and Sunnah. Through his character and conduct, sometimes by delivering speeches, and at other times by performing saintly miracles, he brought countless non-Muslims into the fold of Islam. As for those who were already Muslims, he transformed them into embodiments of the Sunnah, produced many scholars, and nurtured many people under his tutelage, guiding them to high spiritual stations of sainthood.

·         Over the course of approximately 30 years, he brought about a revolution in the subcontinent.

·         According to a reliable report, he passed away in the year 465 AH.

·         His blessed shrine is in Lahore.

·         Lahore is also known as Markaz-ul-Awliyāʾ (the Centre of Saints) and