Shah Hussain

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Shah Hussain (Punjabi: [ʃaː(ɦ) ɦʊˈsɛːn]; 1538 – 1599), also known as Mādhō Lāl Hussain, was a 16th-century Punjabi Sufi poet, who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form in Punjabi poetry and the first major early-modern poet in the Punjab. Shah Hussain was a student of Sufi saint Shaikh Bahlol Daryai, the founder of the Bahlol Shahi sub-order in the Qadiriyya tariqa. Before his death, the saint assigned Shah Hussain to be his representative in Lahore.

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