Baba Farid

Baba Farid
Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints
Sheikh Farid Shakarganj
BornFarīd ad-Dīn Ganj-i-Shakar
فریدالدین گنج شکر
c. 4 April 1188[1]
Kothewal, Multan, Punjab, Ghurid Sultanate
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Diedc. 7 May 1266[1]
Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Venerated inSouth Asian Muslims, Sikhs & Punjabi Hindus[2]
Major shrineShrine of Baba Farid, Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan
InfluencesQutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
InfluencedMany, most prominent being Nizamuddin Auliya, Jamal-ud-Din Hansvi and Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
Baba Farid
Punjabi language
Gurmukhiਫ਼ਰੀਦ-ਉਦ-ਦੀਨ ਮਸੂਦ ਗੰਜਸ਼ਕਰ
Transliteration
farīd-ud-dīn masūd gañjśakar
Shahmukhiفرید الدین مسعود گنج شکر
Transliteration
farīd aldīn masʻūd ganj śakar
IPA[fəɾiː.d̪ʊd̪ː.iːn mə́sᵊuːd̪ᵊ ɡənd͡ʒᵊ ʃəkːəɾᵊ]

Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1188 – 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]

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  3. ^ Pemberton, Barbara (2023). "Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace". In Shafiq, Muhammad; Donlin-Smith, Thomas (eds.). Mystical Traditions: Approaches to Peaceful Coexistence. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 263–276. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27121-2_15. ISBN 978-3-031-27121-2.
  4. ^ Nizami, K.A., "Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd "Gand̲j̲-I-S̲h̲akar"", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.
  5. ^ Singh, Paramjeet (7 April 2018). Legacies of the Homeland: 100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors. Notion Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-64249-424-2.
  6. ^ Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (1955). The Life and Times of Shaikh Farid-u'd-din Ganj-i-Shakar. Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University. p. 1.