Mian Muhammad Bakhsh

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh was a Punjabi Sufi poet, from Khari Sharif in present-day Azad Kashmir. He wrote 18 books during his lifetime of 77 years, and is especially remembered for his Saiful Maluk, a Punjabi poetic rendering of the traditional Arabic story of Prince Saiful Maluk. He also wrote the romantic tragedy, Mirza Sahiban. Most of his work is in Punjabi, with the exception of the book "Yari", written in Persian.