Dastgeer Saheb is located on the main old Khanyar-Nowpora Road. The shrine is surrounded by residences on three sides, with a small park located on its western side.
According to historical references, an Afghan traveller on a visit to Kashmir presented the then Governor of the State, Sardar Abdullah Khan, with a holy relic belonging to the renowned Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani. The relic was deposited with Syed Buzargh Shah, a prominent Qadri Sufi of that time. A khanqah was constructed at Khanyar in 1221 A.H/1806 A.D. from where the relic was displayed on various religious festivals. The khanqah was enlarged in 1294 A.H/1877 A.D. by Khwaja Sanaullah Shawl. Since then a number of ancillary buildings have been added to the main khanqah, which include a mosque, hammam, and a shrine.
The original khanqah consists of a linear seven taq double height building aligned along the northwest axis. A number of ancillary buildings have been added in a linear manner to the main khanqah on its north and south side. Immediately to the south of the double-height khanqah chamber is located a rectangular block serving as a shrine and containing the cenotaphs of many prominent members of the Qadri Sufi order. The shrine is preceded by a two-story block containing a mosque and a hammam. All the buildings can be approached from a wide corridor running along the entire length of the complex on its northern side. Along the northeastern corner of the khanqah is located an open pavilion covered with a multi-tiered roof and used mostly by female worshippers. The main khanqah building and the shrine block are covered by a multi-tiered chaar baam roof surmounted by a wooden dome and a spire respectively. The khanqah block has two octagonal double-story dubs along the corner ends of the main western facade which is dominated by an arcade of pointed-arched openings.
Carved eaves board, wooden pendants, mullion work in the window openings, decorative khatamband ceiling, and dado coupled with multi-faceted wooden columns are some of the main decorative features of the buildings1.
1 Shehar-i-Kashmir, Cultural Resource Mapping of Srinagar City (2004-05), Volume 1 (J&K: Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage, J&K Chapter, 2010), 393.