What did Rahman Baba look like?

March 14, 2009

Most people in the NWFP think that Rahman looked something like this picture below:

Traditional Rahman

Traditional Rahman

Of course we don’t really know what he looked like. Maulana Bijili Gar says that he looked in the tomb and saw him when they moved his grave to the new mazar. Perhaps he knows what he looks like.

Interestingly one hand copied version of the Diwan has this sketch in the front:

The only picture of Rahman

The only picture of Rahman

What do you think?

Imdad