Bulleh Shah

(1680-1757)

Punjabi philosopher and poet (c. 1680-1757)

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Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri (Punjabi: سید عبداللہ شاہ قادری (Shahmukhi); ਸੱਈਦ ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾਹ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਕ਼ਾਦਰੀ (Gurmukhi); 1680–1757), known popularly as Bulleh Shah (Punjabi: بُلّھے شاہ (Shahmukhi); ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ (Gurmukhi)) and Bulleya, was a Muslim Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) some three hundred years earlier. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in Kasur.

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Born	1680 Uch, Multan Subah, Mughal Empire (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	1757 (aged 76) Kasur, Bhangi Misl, Sikh Confederacy (now Punjab, Pakistan)
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