Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi sufi poet,believed to have lived from 1680 to 1758. Like other poets of the region he is noted by including himself in the poems as a form of signature. Bulleh Shah was settled in Qasur, now in Pakistan. His spiritual master was Shah Inayat Qadiri of Lahore.
The ancestral village of Bulleh Shah was Uch Gilaniyan in Bahawalpur, now a part of Pakistan.From there his family first shifted to Malakwal (District Multan, Pakistan) and then to Pandoke, which is about 14 miles southeast of Qasur (Pakistan). Bulleh's earlier name was Abdullah Shah, later on it changd to Bulleh. His family background was religious, his father being a highly religious person. Bulleh composed a lot of poetry in seraiki, the local spoken language, which is a dialect of that great Sindhi language spoken in Sindh and the neighbouring territories. His style of poetry is called Qafi, which was already an established style with sufis who preceeded him. The tomb of Bulleh Shah is in Qasur (Pakistan) and he is held in reverence by all Suis of Sindh and Punjab.
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External links
- Articles on Bulleh Shah's life and poetry
- Organic brewery: Blog with a selection of Urdu/Punjabi sufi poetry, including translations of Bulleh Shah's more famous works.
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