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Baba Farid
Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic (c. 1188 – 1266) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim[3] mystic, poet and preacher.[4] Revered by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike,[5] he remains one of the most revered Muslim mystics of South Asia during the Islamic Golden Age.[6]
Quick Facts Sheikh Farid Shakarganj, Born ...
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![]() Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints | |
Sheikh Farid Shakarganj | |
Born | Farīd ad-Dīn Ganj-i-Shakar فریدالدین گنج شکر c. 4 April 1188[1] Kothewal, Multan, Punjab, Ghurid Sultanate (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
Died | c. 7 May 1266[1] Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
Venerated in | South Asian Muslims, Sikhs & Punjabi Hindus[2] |
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 |
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Quick Facts Gurmukhi, Transliteration ...
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Punjabi language | |
Gurmukhi | ਫ਼ਰੀਦ-ਉਦ-ਦੀਨ ਮਸੂਦ ਗੰਜਸ਼ਕਰ |
Transliteration | farīd-ud-dīn masūd gañjśakar |
Shahmukhi | فرید الدین مسعود گنج شکر |
Transliteration | farīd aldīn masʻūd ganj śakar |
IPA | [fəɾiː.d̪ʊd̪ː.iːn mə́sᵊuːd̪ᵊ ɡənd͡ʒᵊ ʃəkːəɾᵊ] |
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