3/3/2023 0 Comments Download the song bandeya ho![]() ![]() Amongst Urdu poets, Bulleh Shah lived 400 miles away from Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810) of Delhi. His lifespan also overlapped with the Punjabi poet Waris Shah (1722–1799), of Heer Ranjha fame and the Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahab (1739–1829), better known by his pen name Sachal Sarmast. īulleh Shah lived after the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1179–1266) and lived in the same period as other Punjabi Sufi poet Sultan Bahu (1629–1691). He was buried in Kasur when he died in 1757. ![]() His funeral prayer was led by Qazi Hafiz Syed Zahid Hamdani, a great religious personality of Kasur. He was declared non-Muslim by a few literalist " Mullah" of Kasur and they had claimed it was prohibited to offer the funeral prayer of Bulleh Shah due to Kufr fatwa (allegations) put on him by extremists. He died in 1757, at the age of 77 and was buried in Kasur, where he had spent most of his life. ![]() After his early education, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Arian, and became his disciple. Some historians claim that Bulleh Shah received his education at a highly reputed madrassa run by Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza where he taught for some time after his graduation. It is confirmed that he received his higher education in Kasur. Most sources confirm that Bulleh Shah had to work as a child and adolescent herder in the village. Bulleh Shah was schooled by his father, along with the other children of the village. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, which is 50 miles southeast of Kasur. Due to uncertain reasons, he had to move to Malakwal, a village of Sahiwal. īulleh Shah's father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was well-versed in Arabic, Persian, and the Quran. After his early education, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Qadri, and became his disciple. Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of Arabic and Persian. He was born in 1680 in Uch, Multan province, Mughal Empire (present day Punjab, Pakistan). ![]()
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