Baba Fakruddin

Who is Baba Fakruddin?

Baba Fakhruddin Suharwardy is a Sufi saint who lived in the 12th century. His Mausoleum is located in Penukonda, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Before coming to Penukonda, he was a king of Sistan and Shahpur in Iran. He renounced the world for the sake of Allah and was, his disciples say, a true follower of Islam who then found his Murshid — that is, Tabr-e-Aalam Baadshah Nathar Vali, who himself was a king who also had renounced the world in a place called Tiruchirapalli. After serving Hazarath for several years on the latter's command he left for Penukonda in order to preach.

Legend says that he was searching for a place to settle and his Guru gave him a dry twig and said to him wherever this twig will bloom to a big plant stay there. He planted the twig and slept under a tree only to awake and saw it become a beautiful plant and he stayed there.

He is called Babaiah by the local people and thousands of men have taken his name over the centuries because of love and respect for him.