Makhdoom Sahib is said to belong to a family of Chandravanshi Rajputs from Kangra who had settled down in Kashmir and had risen to high positions in the court of Raja Jai Chand before converting to Islam.Makhdoom Sahib belonged to the Suhrawardi Sufi Silsila and his shrine on the slopes of the Hari Parbat in Rainawari commands a unique position for next to it is the Chhati Padshahi Gurudwara dedicated to the Sixth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Hargobind Singh, who visited Kashmir in the reign of Jehangir, and on the western slope of Hari Parbat is the ancient temple of Sharika Bhagwati, considered the presiding deity of Srinagar. It is believed that Makhdoom Sahib spent long hours on the slopes of Hari Parbat in meditation and it is here that his disciples built his tomb upon his death. A hill venerated by Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims alike.
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