His father. Sultan Bazid, had served in the army of the Emperor Shah Jahan as a high ranking officer and so in recognition to his services he had been awarded ajagir in the Shorkot area. The family migrated to the place and settled at Qalai Shorkot, a settlement at the bank of River Chcnab (now in District Jhang, Punjab)
He got married in his early youth and twice or thrice afterwards and had sons and daughters but all this did not deter him from his dervish wanderings, to visit the sacred places and look for the spiritual company of his fellow Sufis.