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  "ar": "لعل شهباز قلندر",
  "en": "Lal Shahbaz Qalandar",
  "ur": "لعل شہباز قلندر"
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  "ar": "السيد عثمان المروندي، المعروف بلعل شهباز قلندر (1177 – 19 فبراير 1274)، صوفي وشاعر وُلد في مروند وجال في البلاد ثم استقر في سيهون بالسند، ويُعد ضريحه فيها من أشهر مزارات الصوفية؛ وُصف بأنه من أتباع السهروردية وأنه قلندر جوّال.",
  "en": "Sayyid Uthman al-Marwandi, known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 - 19 February 1274), was a Sufi saint and poet born in Marwand who travelled widely before settling at Sehwan in Sindh, where his shrine is among the most visited in Sufism; he is described as a follower of the Suhrawardi order and as a wandering Qalandar.",
  "ur": "سید عثمان مروندی، معروف لعل شہباز قلندر (1177ء – 19 فروری 1274ء) صوفی بزرگ اور شاعر تھے جو مروند میں پیدا ہوئے، سیاحت کے بعد سیہون، سندھ میں مقیم ہوئے، جہاں ان کا مزار مشہور ہے؛ انہیں سہروردی سلسلے کا پیرو اور قلندر بتایا جاتا ہے۔"
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  "latest": 1274.1390309177832
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   "edtf": "1177",
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   "note": "The English, Arabic and Urdu articles agree on his birth in 1177 at Marwand. The Arabic article's infobox pairs the year with 538 AH, which does not convert to it (1177 CE is 572-573 AH; the Urdu article gives 573 AH), and the year spans two Hijri years, so no Hijri year is built.",
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   "edtf": "1274-02-19",
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   "calendar": "gregorian",
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   "note": "The English article gives his death on 19 February 1274 at Sehwan, the day resting on its cited Pakistan Today source. The Arabic article gives 673 AH and the Urdu article converts 673 AH to 1275, a year later; February 1274 in fact falls in 672 AH, so the texts do not convert cleanly and no Hijri year is built.",
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    "value": "Sayyid Uthman al-Marwandi"
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    "value": "Lal Shahbaz Qalandar"
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    "value": "al-Marwandi"
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   "status": "historical",
   "note": "The English, Arabic and Urdu articles agree on his birth in 1177 at Marwand. The Arabic article's infobox pairs the year with 538 AH, which does not convert to it (1177 CE is 572-573 AH; the Urdu article gives 573 AH), and the year spans two Hijri years, so no Hijri year is built.",
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   "note": "The English article gives his death on 19 February 1274 at Sehwan, the day resting on its cited Pakistan Today source. The Arabic article gives 673 AH and the Urdu article converts 673 AH to 1275, a year later; February 1274 in fact falls in 672 AH, so the texts do not convert cleanly and no Hijri year is built.",
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    "value": "sufi",
    "basis": "documented",
    "note": "The Arabic article's prose states that he was a follower of the Suhrawardi order; the English article calls him a Sufi saint and poet and a wandering Qalandar, and the Urdu article calls him a famous Sufi elder and a Qalandar - two independent texts attesting Sufi standing for him himself. The readings are preserved in full because they compete: Suhrawardi adherence in the Arabic prose; Qalandari practice in the English and Urdu prose; and the Urdu article's infobox additionally names the Qadiriyya, an infobox field that settles nothing.",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Built from the English, Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia articles and the Wikidata item, all fetched live on 2 November 2026; revision IDs are recorded in the source records.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "السيد عثمان المروندي، المعروف بلعل شهباز قلندر (1177 – 19 فبراير 1274)، ولي صوفي وشاعر استقر في سيهون بالسند {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar}. تذكر المقالة العربية في متنها أنه كان من أتباع الطريقة السهروردية {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar}. وتقدمه المقالتان الإنجليزية والأردية قلندرًا جوّالًا، وتُحفظ القراءات المتنافسة في هذا السجل {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en} {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته وسياحته",
     "markdown": "وُلد سنة 1177 في مروند {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. جال في بلاد المسلمين طويلًا قبل أن يستقر في سيهون، حيث عاش حتى وفاته {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. تعده الرواية من الچهار يار، «الأصدقاء الأربعة»، مع بهاء الدين زكريا وبابا فريد وجلال الدين سرخ پوش البخاري {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. اسم القلندر يدل على رجل روحاني جوّال زهد في الدنيا {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "سيهون وضريحه",
     "markdown": "توفي في سيهون في 19 فبراير 1274، واليوم يستند إلى مصدر «باكستان توداي» الذي تنقله المقالة الإنجليزية {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. تعطي المقالة العربية وفاته سنة 673 هـ، وتحسب المقالة الأردية 673 هـ بسنة 1275، أي بعد سنة من المقالة الإنجليزية؛ ويُحفظ الخلاف في السجل {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar} {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}. يجتذب ضريحه في سيهون جموعًا كبيرة من المريدين، ولا سيما في عرسه السنوي {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Sayyid Uthman al-Marwandi, known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 - 19 February 1274), was a Sufi saint and poet of Sehwan in Sindh {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. The Arabic article's prose states that he was a follower of the Suhrawardi order {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar}. The English and Urdu articles present him as a wandering Qalandar, and the competing readings are preserved in this record {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en} {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life and travels",
     "markdown": "He was born in 1177 at Marwand {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. He travelled widely through the Muslim world before settling at Sehwan, where he lived until his death {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. Tradition counts him among the Chahar Yar, \"the four friends\", with Bahauddin Zakariya, Baba Farid and Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. The name Qalandar marks a wandering spiritual man who has renounced the world {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sehwan and his shrine",
     "markdown": "He died at Sehwan on 19 February 1274, the day resting on the English article's cited Pakistan Today source {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. The Arabic article gives his death in 673 AH, and the Urdu article converts 673 AH to 1275, a year later than the English article; the disagreement is preserved in the record {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar} {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}. His shrine at Sehwan draws large crowds of devotees, above all at his annual urs {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}."
    }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "لعل شہباز قلندر، سید عثمان مروندی (1177ء – 1274ء)، سندھ کے شہر سیہون کے مشہور صوفی بزرگ اور شاعر تھے {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}. عربی مقالہ انہیں متن میں سہروردی سلسلے کا پیرو بتاتا ہے {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ar}. انگریزی مقالہ ان کی وفات 19 فروری 1274ء بتاتا ہے، جبکہ اردو مقالہ 673ھ کو 1275ء سے جوڑتا ہے {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en} {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-ur}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ 1177ء میں مروند میں پیدا ہوئے، سیاحت کے بعد سیہون میں مقیم ہوئے {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. روایت انہیں بہاء الدین زکریا، بابا فرید اور جلال الدین سرخ پوش بخاری کے ساتھ «چہار یار» میں شمار کرتی ہے {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}. سیہون میں ان کا مزار آج بھی زائرین کا مرکز ہے، خصوصاً ان کے سالانہ عرس کے موقع پر {cite:wikipedia-lal-shahbaz-qalandar-en}."
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