Wali

For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.

Source: wiktionary

You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

Source: wiktionary