Baba Farid

Baba Farid
Baba Farid
Punjabi language
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]

Baba Farid
Baba Farid
	Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints
Sheikh Farid Shakarganj
Born	Farīd ad-Dīn Ganj-i-Shakar; فریدالدین گنج شکر; c. 4 April 1188; Kothewal, Multan, Punjab, Ghurid Sultanate; (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	c. 7 May 1266; Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate; (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Venerated in	South Asian Muslims, Sikhs & Punjabi Hindus
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

Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 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]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference south-asian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Pemberton, Barbara (2023), Shafiq, Muhammad; Donlin-Smith, Thomas (eds.), "Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace", 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
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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[3] Pemberton, Barbara (2023), Shafiq, Muhammad; Donlin-Smith, Thomas (eds.), "Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace", 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.

[:0-5] 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.

[Nizami1955-6] 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.

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