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فریدالدین گنج شکر

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فریدالدین گنج شکر

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Also known as Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Bhagat Farid, Baba Sheikh Farid, Cheikh Farid, Farid-ud-din Ganj Shakar

عارف هندی-پاکستانی

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Book of Baba Farid
  • Kalam-e Baba Farid
  • BABA FARID Sufi Master Poet's Poetic Sayings (Slokas) : (Large Print & Large Format Edition)

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Key facts

Born
Farīd ad-Dīn Ganj-i-Shakar, فریدالدین گنج شکر , c. 4 April 1188 , Kothewal, Multan , Punjab , Ghurid Sultanate , (present-day Punjab , Pakistan )
Died
c. 7 May 1266 (1266-05-07) (aged 78) , Pakpattan , Punjab , Delhi Sultanate , (present-day Punjab , Pakistan )
Venerated in
Sunni Islam , Sufism
Major shrine
Shrine of Baba Farid , Pakpattan , Punjab , Pakistan
Influences
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Influenced
Many, most prominent being Nizamuddin Auliya , Jamal-ud-Din Hansvi and Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari , Adam Sufi .

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Multan
Place of death
Pakpattan
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
Punjabi
Native language
Punjabi
Religion
Islam
Image
Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints.jpg
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date of birth
1175-00-00
date of death
1265-00-00
Commons category
Fariduddin Ganjshakar
writing language
Punjabi
entry in abbreviations table
بف
canonization status
saint
Sources (1)

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