Baba Farid
Baba Farid | |
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Painting of Sheikh Fareed Shakarganj, ca.1823–24 [1239 A.H.], Alwar School of Art. | |
| 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 (aged 78) Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Venerated in | Sunni Islam, Sufism |
| 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, Adam Sufi. |
| Baba Farid | |
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| 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.iːnᵊ məsuːd̪ᵊ ɡənd͡ʒᵊ ʃəkːəɾᵊ] |
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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 12th-13th century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher. Revered by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike, he remains one of the most revered Muslim mystics of South Asia during the Islamic Golden Age.