Hazrat Bulleh Shah

 Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri "Bulleh Shah"

Syed abdullah shah Qadri Punjabi س ਸੱਈਦ دی ش عالل ater. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Murshid seer from Lahore. 

Kasur

He was a mysterious poet and is universally regarded as the "Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in Kasur.

He was born in 1680 in Uch, in the Mughal Empire modern-day Punjab, Pakistan. After studying at a young age, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Arian, and he became his student. 

 For unspecified reasons, Shah Darwaish had to relocate to Malakwal, a village in Sahiwal. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, about 30 miles [50 km] southeast of Kasur. 

Sahiwal

Bulleh Shah was taught by his father, along with other local children. Many sources confirm that Bulleh Shah had to work as a child and as a young shepherd in the area. 

It is confirmed that he received his higher education at Kasur. Some historians say that Bulleh Shah received his education at one of the most famous bras held by Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza, where he taught for some time after his graduation.

 After studying at a young age, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Arian and became his student. 

He died in 1757, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kasur, where he spent most of his life. A dargah was built over his tomb. 

He was declared a non-Muslim by several authors of the "Mullah" of Kasur and they claimed that it was forbidden to offer the funeral prayer for Bulleh Shah because of the Kufr fatwa allegations leveled against him. His funeral prayer was led by Qazi Hafiz Syed Zahid Hamdani, a prominent member of the Kasur religion. 

He was buried in Kasur when he died in 1757.  There is a clean and huge balcony leading to Father Bulleh Shah's Tomb as you enter the sanctuary. The roof of the sanctuary is adorned with Bulleh Shah verses with beautiful calligraphy.

Bulleh Shah lived after the late Pashto Sufi poet and saint Rahman Baba 1632-1706 and lived at the same time as Sindhi Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai 1689-1752.

 His life also coincided with the Punjabi poet Waris Shah 1722-1799, the famous Heer Ranjha, and the Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahab 1739-1829, better known as Sachal Sarmast. Among the Urdu poets, Bulleh Shah lived 400 kilometers from Mir Taqi Mir 1723-1810 of Delhi. 

Sachal Sarmast

Bulleh Shah developed a Sufi custom of Punjabi poetry by poets such as Shah Hussain 1538-1599, Sultan Bahu 1629-1691, and Shah Sharaf 1640-1724. 

The Bulleh Shah vernacular form of Kafi is famous for its Punjabi and Sindhi poems.

Many people have incorporated his Kafi into music, from humble street artists to famous Sufi artists such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Fareed Ayaz, Pathanay Khan, Abida Parveen, the Waddali Brothers, and Sain Zahoor, from the UK techno qawwali mixed remixes. Asian artists in the Pakistani rock band Junoon.