# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shah-hussain
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:30:37.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shah-hussain"
name: "Shah Hussain"
slug: "shah-hussain"
description: "Shah Hussain, also known as Mādhō Lāl Hussain, was a 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, living during the 16th century in the early Mughal era, the Mughal interregnum with the Sur era, and the Mughal restoration."
tagline: "16th century Indian Punjabi poet"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Painting_of_the_Punjabi_Sufi_saint_Shah_Hussain_Qalandar%2C_ca.1770.jpg/330px-Painting_of_the_Punjabi_Sufi_saint_Shah_Hussain_Qalandar%2C_ca.1770.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1538"
deathDate: "1600-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.990321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "شاه حسين (شاعر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шах Хюсеин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Hussain"
    title: "Shah Hussain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "माधोलाल हुसैन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മാധോലാൽ ഹുസൈൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਸ਼ਾਹ ਹੁਸੈਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu_Lal_Husajn"
    title: "Madhu Lal Husajn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "شاہ حسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%92"
    title: "حضرت شاہ حسینؒ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شاہ حسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoh_Hussayn"
    title: "Shoh Hussayn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Madho_Lal_Hussain"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3626436"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump