Bulleh Shah

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Sayyid Abdullah Shah Qadri (c. 1680 – 1757), popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher, reformer and poet, regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Punjabi language. His literary oeuvre, comprising over 150 kafi and 94 other poetic compositions, reflect themes of Sufi and humanist philosophy—for which he is regarded as 'Poet of the People'. Born in Uch, Multan Subah, Bulleh Shah belonged to a family of religious scholars. In his juvenile years, his family moved to Malakwal, and later Pandoke, in the Subah of Lahore; where he got his early education from his father, while working as a herder, in the village. He received his higher religious education at Kasur from Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza; and later studied in Lahore under Shah Inayat Qadiri. Bulleh Shah's poetry resonated with a wide audience due to the use of colloquial language; employing metaphors and imagery to convey complex spiritual ideas to those outside formal religious circles. He...

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