Baba farid biography in english
Baba Farid
Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic (c. 1188 – 1266)
Baba Farid | |
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Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints | |
| 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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| 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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