Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Abdur Rahman Mohmand (1632-1715 was a renowned Afghan Sufi Dervish and poet of Peshawar. He died in 1715 CE, and his tomb is housed in a large domed shrine, on the southern outskirts of Peshawar (Ring Road Hazar Khwani). The site of his grave is a popular place for poets and mystics to collect to recite his popular poetry. Rahman Baba mausoleum was constructed by the Pakhto Tolena of Afghanistan in 1954. In the early 1950s, the Pakistan government built a complex around his shrine in the 1980s.
Latitude: 33.993700000
Longitude: 71.589900000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Peshawar: Historic City of the Frontier
Published In: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore
Year of Publication: 1995
Bibliography/Reference: Dani, Ahmed Hassan
