Hazrat Khwaja Ghulam Farid

 Khwaja Ghulam Farid (خواجہ غُلام فرید) or Khwaja Fareed 1845-1901 was a 19th-century Sufi poet of Punjab. 

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He was a member of the order of Chishti Nizami Sufi. He wrote poems in several languages ​​and his writing legacy has been sought after by both Punjabi and Saraiki organizations.

Farid's mother died at the age of four and he became an orphan at the age of 12 when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died. 

He was raised by his older brother, Khwaja Fakhr-ud-Din, also known as Khwaja Fakhr Jehan Sain, and grew up to be a scholar and writer. He wrote kafi poems in Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Urdu, Persian, and Braj Bhasha.

Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan III of Bahawalpur took Farid to his palace in Ahmedpur East for his theological education, when he was eight years old. 

His brother Fakhr-ud-Din, who raised him after his parents died, also died when Farid was 28 years old. Farid then traveled to the Czech Republic also known as Rohi to the chilla retreat where he lived for 18 years.

 Many of his works include talking about the beauty of the place.

Farid performed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 1876. In his poems, he often uses the desert symbol. That is, he discusses how beautiful the desert is and how it attracted him to stay there for 18 years and how he believes that made him feel closer to Muhammad.

 His work, however, includes a brief touch on the subject of political affairs, opposition to the British monarchy in Bahawalpur province, writing a letter to the Nawab of Bahawalpur and mentioning it in some of his poems. 

The 20th century marked the beginning of the Bahawalpur branch. Farid's biography and work studies called Fareediyat.

Today, many religious and educational institutions in Pakistan and India are named after Farid e.g., Khawaja Farid Government College, khawaja farid University of engineering and information technology in Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan as well as urban roads and settlements.

Farid Award-winning scholarship. The Khwaja Ghulam Farid Award - is presented annually by the Pakistan Academy of Letters in writing, its recipients including Ismail Ahmedani 2013 and Irshad Taunsvi 2007 among others. 

In 2001, on the day of Farid's 100th anniversary urs, the Pakistan Post released a stamp of honor to him in its series of Pakistani poets.

Sadiq Public School, a public school built by Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V in Bahawalpur, has a house of theologians of the preparatory phase named Farid, called Fareed House.

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