Miran Badshah Syed Ishaq Gazruni alias Pir Sabz
This is the tomb of Syed Muhammad Ishaq, known as Miran Badshah in the courtyard of Wazir Khan Mosque.
A divine who settled in Lahore during the time of the Tughluq dynasty. The tomb, therefore, predates the mosque.
It is located below the courtyard.
According to Tahqiqat-e-Chishti, when Nadir Khan Lodhi built his haveli, he incorporated the mazar in it. Later, the whole area and the Lodhi haveli (mansion) was acquired by Shahjahan's governor Wazir Khan for the construction of his spectacular Jamia Masjid. He maintained due reverence by ensuring a prominent position for the mazar in the mosque's courtyard.
The pavilion-like structure, decorated with fresco painting and mirrorwork, located in the southwest corner of the mosque courtyard marks the location of the sepulchre. Steps lead to a subterranean chamber containing the grave of the saint as well as another chamber which accommodates visitors wishing to offer fateha (prayers for the departed soul). The grave of the saint itself is extra-long in size—perhaps conveying the larger-than-life status of the saint. No original inscription is extant, though a marble headstone was fixed here by Aminul Hasnat Syed Khalil Qadri in 1970.
Syed Muhammad Ishaq (d. 786/1284) hailed from Gazrun (Central Asia), and had undergone rigorous training and education in religious and temporal subjects by well known scholars and saints. On arrival in Lahore, he imparted religious instruction and achieved such eminence that well-known scholars and thousands of followers would congregate at his madrassah. Due to his eminence he was referred to as Qutubul Aftab and Shaikh al Shayukh (the sun of all eminence and the shaikh of all the shaikhs).
Syed Ishaq Gazruni is also referred to as Sabz Pir (the green saint)—due to the popular belief that the green vine on his katcha grave provided cure for all ailments. However, once the new mosque was constructed, the vine no longer thrived due to the reconstruction of the shrine.
