The Zikri Baluch are an offshoot of mainstream Islam that is concentrated in the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. There are about 750,000 adherents in this group. Most Zikris live in Baluchistan, but a large number also live in the region around Karachi and Iran. A high percentage of Zikris are involved in fishing, mainly along the coast of the Arabian Sea. Some are also involved in farming, basket weaving and making other hand crafted items.
Muslim But Different
Their practices are based around the teachings of Syed Mohammad Jaunpuri, a 15th century and South Asian Islamic Messiah figure (Mahdi). In religious practice, the Zikris differ greatly from mainstream Muslims. Zikris perform five daily prayer rituals called Zikr in which sacred verses are recited which differ from orthodox Islamic prayer. Zikris do pilgrimage to their most famous shrine at Koh-e-Murad, near the city of Turbat in Baluchistan, on the twenty seventh night of Ramadan. "Koh" means "mountain", and "Murad" is a name, meaning "aim"or "desire". It has been reported that the Zikris perform rites similar to a traditional Hajj when on pilgrimage to the shrine.
The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word dhikr (pronounced "Zikr" in South Asia) that refers to remembrance, usually of Allah. This is reflective of the Zikri worship, focused on the recitation of Islamic credos. The movement of Syed Jaunpuri started as a reaction to the worldly pursuits of the Muslim elite. Zikris have faced persecution mainly from Sunni Muslims, but this usually has occurred in areas where they are in a minority, or in conflict with non-Zikri power groups. The Zikri came to Baluchistan seeking safety, and in their isolation, they deviated from the Muslim majority practices.
The Future Question
It is probable that many other influences will come into the lives of the Zikri in the coming years. The Pakistani and Chinese governments have been deeply involved in developing the Gwadar deep-sea port which is being linked to the rest of Pakistan, to China and to Central Asia through a system of roads and pipelines. Gwadar's population is about 50% Zikri. If the forecasted economic development based on the port actually takes place all of Baluchistan and the region will be significantly affected.
Flag of Pakistan
Map of Pakistan
It has been reported by a couple of fishermen that Jesus appeared to them in a storm and rescued them while on a fishing trip. Pray that many more Zikri fishermen would truly encounter Jesus, and become real fishers of men!
Prayer Requests for the Zikri Baluch:
* In recent years a number of Zikris who have become followers of Jesus. Pray for growth in the ways of God (faith, hope and love) for all of these new believers (1 Cor 13).
* Pray also that these new believers would make known their faith among their family and friends, and that whole families and clans would become followers of Jesus.
* Pray that the top religious leaders of the Zikris would come to know Jesus, through the Scriptures, testimonies, films, dreams, visions, healings, etc., so that their followers would also embrace the Truth.
Background Information on PAKISTAN is Here →
+ Google Map Link: Zikri, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan
+ YouTube Video Link: 2:50, Devran Zikri
+ Hear or Download the Good News in BALUCHI: Rind, one of the speech forms the Zikri use.
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
thx. Ali u Give me u r E-mail id
I send u a E-mail plz reply it. i want u a cell no. sainsalman@yahoo.com
plz reply it. . Thx
Salam
Ali where r U. i want u r cell no. plz tell me in my E mail ID sainsalman@yahoo.com
plz i want
salam wajaya
salman bhai ap se me frnd ship kr skta hun
Comment deleted. Comments on this site are to discuss the articles, not ask for cell phone numbers. Admin
Dear lala jan.
this side is only for comments and you like friendship with me now you plz send me your Yahoo\hotmail email address than we are talking about this topic
salam
I wish Go to Khoe murad , Balochistn kay halt Dis able ha any Zikri help me
We are a Christian prayer site, keep your comment to Christian prayer please! Admin
assalamualecum all balochs i m zikri i requist all my community that plz support all baloch nationalist groups pray for freedom of our homeland durning the pray zikir long live free baloch&balochistan
ohoo . soory. may Live long Pakistan . Its ver Bad. many Zikri r in paksitan . Most r Karachi and In inter sindh . plz Pray Live log PAKISTAN .
pakistan ne 60 years mai balochon ko kiya dia ? (1) balochon ka qatile aam 1948 se ( 2 )1956 se gas puray pakistan me suply ho rai hai balochon k sirf 2 citys me suply ho rai hai (3) dunya bher k nojawan university me study k liye aate hain jb k baloch nojawan kidnef hote hain yahan (4) pakistani stablishmint ne balochoin ko kamzor karne k liye apnay palay hooay molviyon se milker 1992/93 me ziyarat sharif (koh e murad ) pr rocket attak kiya pakistan ka balochon se zulam sitam ki list tuheel hai aur yahan chand lafzon me pesh nai kiya jasakta. nawab akbar ki shahadat aur shaeeds g.muhammad sher muhammad &lala munir ki shahadat tu abi ki baat hai mr zeeshan ap balochon ko agar samajtay ho tu balochon ke sath last 60 years me hone wala zulam sitam k bare mai janna hoga tb ap ko pata chal jaiga k balochon ki zuban ko long live pakistan bolne me taqleef kiyon hoti hai?
salam brother,
I had been searching for Zikri's for a long time yet unable to find any link to get connected to them. Am so disappointed to hear abt the distressing condition in which you all are living.
If I am to take you back to those good olden days, in which Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and Hazrath Muhammed Jaunpuri (mehdi maood AS)lived in; times memorable, they were always tortured and were made to run across place for being righteous. What else can be expected in a tyrannical rule except for the same old days treatment being repeated.
However, if you see history from close quarters, you would probably realize, although the monarchs of those days were victorious to a great extent but ultimate winners were the people who faced them with courage and never left the path of glory.
Since we are the proud followers of those two great personalities mentioned above, i expect each one of us to continue to stand upfront with same courage and determination with which our ancestors survive. Inshaallah, eventually victory will be ours.
May Allah give you all strength and honour to battle with life and dont loose your path.
salam . 2 all balochis. janb me app kay setah hoo I know balochistan kay setah Zulim huya ha . per es ka mutlab ya neh kay elag hoo jay . app apany haq ka lay leroo . app ko kis na roka ha . Ya Talben kisam kay loog ha jo Logo kye holy Relogin Plases per Attack ekrty hoo . aur ha . balochistan to pasktian kye shan ha . Huamya Atmi powe balochistna me Expriment huye . hum balocho kay setah ha . app ak seath jo huya Bouth ghlat ha . aur me Zikri baloch per thses Likah rha hoo .tabhi me zikri kay bara em janr ha hoo aur kho e murad per bhi ajyuoo ga . Soomer na mere bouth madad kye ha . Muajhy {Ziker Elhai } bhi bjha ha . us me sub wo he jo Normel namze me ha . me aj kal balochi Sekahn kye kosis bhi kr rha hoo. Punjab balochistan kay setah ah aur haa . app Zikri loog punjab me ayy . app ko Full protection milla ga . wah bhi koye apan Edra Qyem karay . me Jub FM per kam kerta tha to eman logo ko baty tha kay Zikri bhi hoty ha , jub em Balochistan ka bara em bat rha tha . Zikri ko nazer endaz nhe kay ja sakhta . Muajhy zirkis kye history Chyea . wo kah sa milla ge . salam 2 all.
i m a member of all pak muslim zikri anjuman my requist to centerl commeti that anjumans web site must be launched
Hi i m also zikri from Hubchowki Balochistan
i Wann 2 know more then more about Zikri baloch. Are they real Baloch or not?
Baloch Zaag man thai tex wantah mana baaz shar lagethan. Waja mana thai Email ID looth ath.
What's Zikri? Is there any one to tell me about thet?
i m muslim my sect is ahl e zakreen we pray zikray ilahi extremly than salwat(namaz) so that we also called zikri also i proud to become worlds honest & brave baloch nation down with mullaism & sucide blastism allah o akbar nooray muhammad ( allah is holy & great & muhammad is as light(noor) from allah
amen!
salam wajaya. mn Inayatullah Baloch cha Balochistana cha. shomay gona yak dasth bandi a k zikri beth cha dega firka a . ma dorosth yakan. ma dorosth baloch bratha'n....Balochistan zidag baath..
biras inayatullah! ishi tah ich shak nest k durst baloch biras anth balay balochani dushminana aye birasi sak tahureeth
i am from Turbat, i have zikri friends, but they never discuss their religion to any one, i belive, most of zakri know, zakri is not religion and not part of muslims, but they are zakri due to their family.
i can proof zarki are not muslim
1. if they are muslim, why they don,t offer fasting(roza) in ramazan? zarki never fasting in ramazan, they fasting(roza) in Eid al-Adha few days.
2. if they are muslim, why they don,t offer pray namaz? they just zark,something like own way to pray
3. if they are muslim, why they don,t celebrated the Eid ul-Fitr?
4. if they are muslim, why their Kalima is change to muslim Kalima? islam has one kalima, no one can add even single word to muslim kalima, if some word added that mean that is not muslim kalima.
please answer my these questions?
and i want to share with you few things, islam is complete religion, No one can change NAMAZ,No one other way of islam, if some body or zakri changed religion way then they are not muslim.
i am waiting for reply
Aslam alekum frist of all plz tel me mr jhanzaib what do u talking about zikri preprom hajj at koh-e-murad whoes tel u like that we do not prom hajj at kohe-e-murad the 27th night of ramzan is the vry parayer nights and we al zikris praye to allha and al night we are nt sleeping and just rember allha,plz do nt comments like that agen.
TO MR GHULAM QADIR!
YOUR TOXIC PROPEGAND ABOUT NOT CELEBERETING OF EID UL FITAR IS ALSO BASELESS COME TO LIYAR, MALIR, MARIPUR, HUAKS BAY AND VERIOS EREAS OF ZIKRI SECT ON THE OCCATION OF EID UL FITAR SEE YOUR OWN EYES HOW ZIKRI ELDERS, YOUNGS AND CHILDERN CELEBRATE THIS GREAT ISLAMIC CELEBRATION, ZIKIRS OBSERVE FAST(ROZA) NOT ONLY RAMZAN BUT ALSO SPEACIALY IN ZE UL HAJJ, ZIKRI DONT DO THTS ALL BY HIS PART THTS ALL ORDERED BY ALLAH THAALA IN QURAAN PAAK. KOH E MURAD IS NOT OUR HAJJ PLACE WE CALL IT "ZIARAT SHAREEF" BQZ THIS IS PLACE WHERE ZIKRIS REMEMBER ALLAH.. MR. GHULAM QADIR, WE ZIKRI BELIEVE ON LOVE, PEACE AND HORMONY WE TREAT HUMAN AS A HUMAN NOT IN SHIAA, SUNNY GREEN TURBAN OR BLACK TURBAN. WE ARE LA ILAH BELIEVERS IF SOMEONE TRYS TO PROVENT US WE DONT HIM SOMETHIN WE LEIVE ON ALLAH, BQZ WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ALLAH IS KIND AND MERCIFULL. THIS IS MY EMAIL ID TO CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR SECT, soomar.sajidi@yahoo.com JAZZAK ALLAH
ALLAH O AKBAR NOOR E MUHAMMAD
For soomar sajidi>>
I asked 4 questions, please answer my questions one by one with proof,
u know,
most of zakri don,t offer fasting(roza) in ramazan, they fasting(roza) in Eid al-Adha few days
2. u know zakri never offer namaz , they just zark
3. u know All zakri never celebrated the Eid ul-Fitr, may be few celebrate in karachi due to other people may know, zakri r not muslim
4. Last Question, u know Much Better Kalima is change to muslim Kalima, Please tell me zakri Kalima( islam has one kalima, no one can add even single word to muslim kalima, if some word added that mean that is not muslim kalima)
and at last u wrote in ur message "ALLAH O AKBAR NOOR E MUHAMMAD"
What does "NOOR E MUHAMMAD" Mean?
TO MR. GULAM QADIR.
I REPLYD YOUR ASKED QUESTIONS BUT HERE IS NOT SHOWING THAT I DONT KNOW WHY. FIRST OF ALL ZIKRI OBSERVE FAST ( ROZA) NOT ONLY IN HOLY MONTH OF RAMZAN BUT ALSO IN HOLY MONTH OF ZE-UL-HAJJ, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT WE DONT OFFER NAMAZ.? REMEMBER WE PRAY NAMAZ BUT BEFORE IT WE RECITE ZIKIRULLAH EXTREMELY AND THAN QIYAM, RUKU, AND SAJDA. YOU CAN NOT SAY THIS WAY OF PRAY IS ANTI ISLAM IN QURAN, ALLAH ORDER US FOR HIS ZIKIR, ZIKRI CELEBRAT EID UL FITAR. OUR KALIMA DOES'NT GO TO AGAINST ISLAM BUT REPRESNTS ISLAM, THAT IS, LA ILAH ILLAH (THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALAH) AL MALIKO ( HE ALAH IS OUR MAALIK OR OWNER, AL HAQ'O ( HE ALLAH IS BAR HAQ OR RIGHT) AL MUBEEN'O HE ALAH IS MUBEEN (ZAHIR), NOOR E MUHAMAD ( ALLAH HAS CREATED MUHAMMAD FROM HIS NOOR ( HOLY LIGHT) MEHDI ( WHO MUHAMAD IS MEHDI (DIRECTED TO) RASOOL UL ALLAH, ( AND HE MUHAMAD IS MESENGER OF ALLAH) SADIQ UL WAHD (HE MUHAMMAD IS TRUE COMMITMENT) AL AMEEN ( AND HE MUHAMMAD WHO IS TRUSTWORTHY..