Comprising a few
thousand residents, Luari Sharif was founded in 1738 AD (1150 AH) by Hazrat
Sultan-ul-Aulia Khwaja Muhammad Zaman (Q). The main feature of the town
is the mausoleum of Naqshbandi saints, surrounded by a fort and a centuries
old lake.
About six centuries
before the foundation of Luari Sharif, a famous saint of Suharwardi order
of Islamic Sufiism Khwaja Bahauddin Zakaria Multani (RA) passed through this
land barefooted. He gave the reason of his unusual care for the land to his
companions: "I see the shower of Noor (divine light) upon this area,
and I was bound to pay my respect to that divinity."
According to the
research scholars the word Luari has three meanings:
1) Full of salt
as the land around the town is mainly saline;
2) Full of love;
and
3) Luari was the name of the lady to whom the land belonged
