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{{Short description|Dargah (shrine) located at Dikauli village,Shravasti district, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif''' or '''Bade Purush Dargah''' is a [[dargah]] (shrine) located at Dikauli village in [[Shravasti district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India near [[Bahraich]].<ref name=dikauli>{{cite news |title=जायरीन से गुलजार हुई दिकौली दरगाह |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti-10441890.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=1 June 2013 |language=Hindi}}</ref> It is the dargah of Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah or Nasrullah Shah or Hazrat Saiyyad Nasrullah Gaazi or Mir Nasrullah, who is famously known as '''Bade Purush''' or '''Bade Purukh'''<ref name=dikauli/> and '''Budhwa Baba'''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Islam in India, Volume 4 |date=1989 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House (Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies. Islamic Section) |pages=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUQwAAAAYAAJ&q=Nasrullah+Bahraich |quote=are situated graves of many companions, disciples and devotees of the great Ghazi, including his two commanders (killed in a battle before him) Mir Nasrullah alias Burhwa Baba and Saifuddin Surkhru Salar, as well as his treasurer, Pir Khidr.2 The tombs of Muslim divines of later periods...}}</ref> Bade Purush is revered by both the [[Muslims]] and [[Hindus]].<ref name=jagran/>

[[File:Bade Purush Dargah (Dome).jpg|200px|thumb|Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif]]
Various sources described him being the uncle (Bade Walid or Taau) of [[Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud]].<ref name=dikauli/><ref>{{cite news |title=Hazrat Sayyed Salar Masood Ghazi R.A. |url=https://aalequtub.com/hazrat-sayyed-salar-masood-ghazi-r-a/ |access-date=11 December 2022 |publisher=Aalequtub.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HAZRAT SAIYYAD SAALAAR MASUD GAAZI ALIAH REHMA |url=https://ahlesunnatkokan.boards.net/thread/278/karamaats-aulia-allah-all |website=Ahlesunnatkokan.boards.net |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> He was the commander in the army of [[Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud]]. He died in the battle (1034 CE) before Salar Masud at Dikauli village, where his tomb is located at a distance of fifteen kilometres on the [[Bahraich]] - [[Bhinga]] road.<ref>{{cite book |title=Islam in India - Volume 4 |date=1989 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |pages=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUQwAAAAYAAJ&q=Nasrullah+Bahraich |access-date=12 November 2008 |quote=Mir Nasrullah's tomb is in village Dikauli at a distance of fifteen kilometres , on the Bahraich - Bhinga road , while Surkhru Salar , killed before him , is buried about a mile away from the dargah , near the Bahraich...}}</ref> A large number of Hindus and Muslims perform [[ziyarat]] at the mausoleum of Bade Purush.<ref name=jagran/>

== Fair and event ==
An annual fair is held throughout the month of [[Jeth]] at the shrine of Bade Purush. The place is visited by pilgrims from every corner of the country, including [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Bihar]], [[Siddharthnagar district|Siddharth Nagar]], [[Basti district|Basti]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Ambedkar Nagar district|Ambedkar Nagar]], [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Allahabad]] and neighbouring country [[Nepal]]. The pilgrims arrive performing music with [[Dhol]] [[Taal (instrument)|Majira]] and worshipped with incense sticks, camphor, perfume and offered chadar and sinni.<ref>{{cite news |title=मजार पर चादर व सिन्नी चढ़ा मांगी दुआ |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti-chadar-and-sinni-offered-prayers-on-the-tomb-22727769.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=19 May 2022 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=बड़े पुरुष के मेले में उमड़े लाखों जायरीन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti/jairin-gathered-at-the-big-man-s-fair-srawasti-news-lko631343950 |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=19 May 2022 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name=jagran>{{cite news |title=दिकौली दरगाह पर उमड़ा जायरीनों का सैलाब |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti-dekauli-dargah-muslims-urs-mela-shravasti-uttar-pradesh-17913315.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=4 May 2018 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=चादर पोशी के साथ दिकौली दरगाह मेले की हुई शुरुआत |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti/15587192629-srawasti-news23 |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=24 May 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

According to the old tradition, before visiting the tomb of Ghazi Salar Masud of Bahraich, pilgrims pay obeisance at the shrine of Bade Purush.<ref>{{cite news |title=गंगा-जमुनी तहजीब का प्रतीक दिकौली मेला 23 से |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti-dikauli-dargah-ka-mela-19240563.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=20 May 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== Accessibility ==
The Dargah is situated at a distance of about 22 km from the district headquarters of [[Shravasti]]. It is away 15 km from [[Bahraich]].<ref name=dikauli/>

== Other sources ==
[[Kumar Suresh Singh]], in his survey book, ''[[The People of India|People of India]]: Uttar Pradesh, Volume 3'', published by [[Anthropological Survey of India]], describes Bade Purukh as the spiritual guide of [[Ghazi Mian]] (Salar Masud).<ref>{{cite book |author1=K. S. Singh |author2=Baqr Raza Rizvi |author3=J. C. Das |author1-link=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=People of India: The Communities: Nai-Yadav. Bio-Anthropological Indormation. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Maps. Index |date=2005 |publisher=[[Anthropological Survey of India]] |pages=1106 |isbn=9788173041143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkkK6SZOo_gC&dq=Bade+Purukh&pg=PA1106}}</ref>

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Dikauli Village, Shravasti.jpg|Dikauli village where Dargah Bade Purush located
File:Tomb of Bade Purush.jpg|Tomb of Bade Purush
File:Tomb of Sati Amina.jpg|Tomb of Sati Amina adjoining the tomb of Bade Purush in the Dargah premises
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Dargahs in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Shravasti district]]
[[Category:Bahraich district]]
[[Category:Ghaznavid Empire]]

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