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Bulleh Shah

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Punjabi poet

WritersLived 1680 to 1757 · aged 77
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Sayyid Abdullah Shah Qadri, popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and poet, regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Punjabi language and revered as the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'.

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Sayyid Abdullah Shah Qadri, popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and poet, regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Punjabi language and revered as the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'. His literary oeuvre, comprising ~150 kafi and 94 other poetic compositions, reflect themes of Sufi and humanist philosophy - for which he is regarded as 'Poet of the People' among Punjabis.

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Lived 1680 to 1757 · aged 77
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