Madurai Hazrath's Maqbara

The Arabic word Maqbara is derived form the word Qabr which means Grave. Though this means all Graves of muslims, but especially it is referred to the Holy graves (Raula or Rauza) of sacred Human beings or Waliyullahs who spend their entire life for the sake of Islam and to be a true muslim and train others to follow Islam as preached by the Prophet Mohamed.

In asian countries maqbara is referred to the Holy Dargah of Waliyullahs, Sufis, Sheikhs, Imams, Qutbs, Ghouses and all Loved ones of Allah. There are large number of Dargas of waliyullahs all over India and all their maqbras (Graves) are found therein. There were three sufi saints (Madurai Hazrath's) of sufi order shadhiliyya, who were the first to bring sufism in south tamilnadu, India.

In madurai, South Tamilnadu there are lot of Durgahs of waliyullhas and generally the term Madurai Maqbara refers to the Dargah of the Three Holy saints the first of them being Ash Sheikh Hazrat Mir Ahmad Ibrahim (Hazrat Al Kabir) Rahmatullah. The second is Ash Sheikh Hazrat Mir Amjad Ibrahim (Hazrat As Saghir) Rahmatullah, and finally Al Arifbillah Ash Sheikh Hazrat Syed Abdus Salaam Ibrahim (Hazrat Saalim Waliyullah) Rahmatullah Alaihi. The birth of these three waliyullahs was declared by Hazrat Nabi Sulaiman alaihis salathu wassalam the mesenger of Allah who ruled over the world, a genie by name Jaimur was deployed by Hazrat Sulaiman alaihis salam to serve these three.

PERIYA, is a Tamil word which in English means elder or big, and kabeer in Arabic. Similarly, CHINNA is a Tamil word which translates to younger or small in English, and in Arabic means sagheer. Hence, Meer Ahmed Ibrahim is called Elder hazrat (Periya Hazrath or Hazrat Al Kabir) and Meer Amjad Ibrahim is called Younger Hazrat (Chinna Hazrat or Hazrat As Saghir).