Moizu-d din the Bhandari came with the band of missionaries that accompanied Mantajabu-d din; and his duty was to take charge of the stores and distribute cooked provisions to the different members. He was also surnamed ” Nanpash,” or the bread-giver. After the party arrived at Roza, Moizu-d din and five others left for Gangapurbarri, the present Gandapur. A gosain was practising austerities in a ” mat,” from which he retired before the new-comers; and the Nanpash and his party dismantled the building and erected a mosque on the site. Gangapurbarri was then infested with freebooting Mangs, and contained a temple of Durga Bhavani to which the Mangs offered human sacrifices. The saint tried to convert these outlaws, when a religious war ensued; and in H. 748, the Nanpash, Saiad Kharay Pir Pakhar Sahib, and many others suffered martyrdom. The survivors however, succeeded in destroying the temple of Durga Bhavani, and a mausoleum to the Nanpash was built over its ruins. Newly married couples kiss the threshold of the tomb; and presents of food, &c. are offered in times of sickness. The nakarkhana attached to the darga was built by a Kharar Khani Pathan in fulfilment of a vow. The tomb of Saiad Kharay Pir Pakhar Sahib is to the east of Gandapur, and is frequented by the poorer people on Thursdays.
