Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri ( pa, ; ; 1680–1757), known popularly as Bulleh Shah ( pa, ; ) and Bulleya, was a

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and

Sufi poet Sufi literature consists of works in various languages that express and advocate the ideas of Sufism. Sufism had an important influence on medieval literature, especially poetry, that was written in Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Urdu. Sufi doctri ...

during 17th-century

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. His ancestors had migrated from

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(modern-day

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) some three hundred years earlier. His first spiritual teacher was

Shah Inayat Qadiri Baba Shah Inayat Qadiri Shatari ( pa, شاه عنایت قادري , also called ''Enayat Shah'' (1643–1728) was a Sufi scholar and saint of the Qadiri-Shatari ''silsila'' (lineage). Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide ...

, a

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. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in

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Biography

He was born in 1680 in

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, Multan province, Mughal Empire (present day

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). Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of

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and

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. After his early education, he went to

where he met Inayat Qadri, and became his disciple. Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was well-versed in

, and the

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. Due to uncertain reasons, he had to move to

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, a village of

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. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, which is 50 miles southeast of Kasur. Bulleh Shah was schooled by his father, along with the other children of the village. Most sources confirm that Bulleh Shah had to work as a child and adolescent

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in the village. It is confirmed that he received his higher education in Kasur. Some historians claim that Bulleh Shah received his education at a highly reputed madrassa run by

Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza was a 17th-century Sufi saint and scholar of the Qadiri-Chishti Sufi order, living in Kasur, Punjab. He was also the teacher of the poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah. He was the Imam (main spiritual head) of the city of Kasur ...

where he taught for some time after his graduation. After his early education, he went to

where he met Inayat Arian, and became his disciple. He died in 1757, at the age of 77 and was buried in

, where he had spent most of his life. A

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was built over his grave. He was declared non-Muslim by a few literalist "

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" of Kasur and they had claimed it was prohibited to offer the funeral prayer of Bulleh Shah due to

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(allegations) put on him by extremists. His funeral prayer was led by Qazi Hafiz Syed Zahid Hamdani, a great religious personality of Kasur. He was buried in Kasur when he died in 1757. File:Bulleh Shah's Shrine.JPG File:Grave of Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah.jpg File:Bulleh Shah's grave.JPG File:Bullay Shah ibsisayndija2.jpg File:Shrine Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah.jpg

Poetry

Bulleh Shah lived after the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint

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(1179–1266) and lived in the same period as other Punjabi Sufi poet

Sultan Bahu Sultan Bahu ( pa, , ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਬਾਹੂ ; also spelled Bahoo; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a 17th-century Punjabi Sufi mystic, poet, scholar and historian. He was active in the Punjab region (present-day Pakistan) duri ...

(1629–1691). His lifespan also overlapped with the Punjabi poet

Waris Shah Waris Shah ( pa, ; ; 1722–1798) was a Punjabi Sufi poet of the Chishti order, known for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is primarily known as the author of ''Heer Ranjha'' . Background Waris Shah was born in Jandiala Sher Kh ...

(1722–1799), of ''

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'' fame and the Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahab (1739–1829), better known by his pen name

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. Amongst

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''

Mir Taqi Mir Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal era in the Subcontinent and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language it ...

(1723–1810) of

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. Bulleh Shah practised the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry established by poets like

Shah Hussain Shah Hussain ( pa, ; ; 1538–1599), also known as Madhoo Lal Hussain, was a 16th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. He lived during the ruling periods of Mughal emperors Akbar ...

(1538–1599),

(1629–1691), and

Shah Sharaf Shah Sharaf (1640–1724) is a famous Punjabi Sufi Poet who wrote his work in Kafi style. He also wrote Dohras, and Shuturnama. Among the people whom his poetry influenced Bulleh Shah is the most popular. See also * Baba Bulleh Shah *Punjabi lan ...

(1640–1724). The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the

Kafi Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh ...

, popular in

and Sindhi poetry. Many people have put his

s to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like

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, the Waddali Brothers and

Sain Zahoor Saieen Zahoor Ahmed or Ali Saain Shafiu ( Punjabi: سائیں ظہور, born 1936) is a leading Punjabi Sufi musician from Pakistan. He has spent most of his life singing in Sufi shrines, and didn't produce a record until 2006, when he was nom ...

, from the synthesised techno

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remixes of UK-based Asian artists to the Pakistani rock band Junoon.

Modern renderings

Bands and albums

In the 1990s, Junoon, a rock band from Pakistan, rendered his poems "

Bullah Ki Jaana ''Bullah Ki Jaana'' ( pa, بُلّھا کیہ جاݨاں (Shahmukhi), ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾਂ (Gurmukhi)) is one of the most-known Kafi poems written by the Punjabi Sufi saint Bulleh Shah. In the 1990s Junoon, a rock band f ...

" and "Aleph" ("Ilmon Bas Kareen O Yaar"). In 2004,

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n musician

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turned the abstruse metaphysical poem "Bullah Ki Jaana" into a rock/fusion song in his debut album ''

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''; the song was a chart-topper in 2005, helping the album to eventually sell over 10,000 copies and became immensely popular in India and Pakistan. The Wadali Bandhu, a Punjabi Sufi group from India, have also released a version of "Bullah Ki Jaana" in their album ''Aa Mil Yaar... Call of the Beloved''. Another version was performed by

Lakhwinder Wadali Lakhwinder Wadali is an Indian musician and singer, who hails from a family of musicians from Punjab, India.His grandfather Thakur Dass Wadali was a renowned vocalist and his father and uncle formed a Sufi qawwali duo, the Wadali brothers. Lakhw ...

and entitled "Bullah".

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar ''Dama Dam Mast Qalandar'' () is a spiritual Sufi qawwali written in the honour of the most revered Sufi saint of Sindh, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177–1274) of Sehwan Sharif. The original poem was initially written by the 13th-century Sufi poe ...

, a

composed in honour of Shahbaz Qalandar, has been one of Bulleh Shah's most popular poems and has been frequently rendered by many Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi singers including

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, Wadali brothers,

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and

Runa Laila Runa Laila ( bn, রুনা লায়লা, ur, ; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani p ...

. Other qawwali songs by Bulleh Shah, include " Sade Vehre Aya Kar" and " Mera Piya Ghar Aaya". In 2008, a version of Bulleh Shah's famous verse, ''Aao Saiyo Ral Deyo Ni Wadhai'', was sung by

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, for his debut solo album, '' Tabeer''. Ali named the song "Bulleh Shah" in honor of the poet. Also in 2016, a collaboration between two EDM artists (

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and Skytech) named "Kundalini" used words created by Bulleh Shah, as well as having the words Bulleh Shah in the lyrics. Bulleh Shah's verses have been an inspiration to painters as well, as in the two series of paintings (''Jogia Dhoop'' and ''Shah Shabad'') by an Indian painter

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inspired by the poetry of Bulleh Shah and other Sufi poets and saints. In 2017, British Pakistani singer Yasir Akhtar used Bulleh Shah's poetry in his song "Araam Naal Kar – Take it Easy". In 2019,

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used a

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of Bulleh Shah in her song "R.A.T Mashup".

Films

The 1973 movie

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song by

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starts with the verse ''Beshaq mandir masjid todo, Bulleh Shah ye kahta''. Some of Bulleh Shah's verses, including " Tere Ishq Nachaya", have been adapted and used in

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film songs including "

Chaiyya Chaiyya "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (" alkin shade") is an Indian pop-folk song, featured in the soundtrack of the Bollywood film '' Dil Se..'', released in 1998. Based on Sufi music and Urdu poetry, the single was composed by A.R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, a ...

" and "Thayya Thayya" in the 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', "Tere Ishq Nachaya" in the 2002 film ''

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'' and "Ranjha Ranjha" in the 2010 film '' Raavan''. The 2007 Pakistani movie ''

Khuda Kay Liye ''Khuda Kay Liye'' (also released as ''In the Name of God'' in international markets) is a 2007 Pakistani drama film directed by Shoaib Mansoor, produced by Brigadier Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi from ISPR and stars Shaan Shahid, Fawad Khan and Iman Al ...

'' includes Bulleh Shah's poetry in the song "Bandeya Ho". The 2008

film, ''A Wednesday'', included a song titled "Bulle Shah, O Yaar Mere". In 2014,

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sung some of his verses as " Chal Buleya" for Bollywood soundtrack album ''

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'', and the song was reprised by Zafar same year in ''

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''. The 2016 Bollywood films "

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" and ''

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ''Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'' (), also known as ''ADHM'', is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama film directed, produced and written by Karan Johar. The music is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film stars Ra ...

'' feature the song "Bulleya", sung by Papon and Amit Mishra respectively, which is short for Bulleh Shah. Poetry of Bulleh Shah was also used in 2015 film ''

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'' composed by

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. A song "Hun Kis Theen" based on his poetry was also featured in Punjabi animated film '' Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur''.

Coke Studio (Pakistan)

In 2009, the

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of ''

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'' featured "Aik Alif" performed by

and

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. Ali Zafar also used some of Bulleh Shah and

's verses in his "Dastan-e-Ishq". In 2010, the

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featured "Na Raindee Hai" and "Makke Gayaan Gal Mukdi Nahi" performed by

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. In 2012, Shah's poetry was featured with

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performing "Kamlee". In 2016,

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performed "Khaki Banda"; and Rizwan Butt and

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performed "Meri Meri", In third episode of season 11 Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawal & Brothers performed a

Qawwali Qawwali ( Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontinent ...

based on

by Bulleh Shah. In season 12

used verses of Bulleh Shah in the song "Daachi Waaleya".

Legacy

In 2012, the government of

, most populous province of

, renamed an important road in the provincial capital

to "Bulleh Shah Road". In 2021, the government of

also approved his name for a road in the country. Pakistan's "largest renewable packaging facility" is also named after him. In 2007, Pakistani senator Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed raised the proposal for establishment of Bulleh Shah University in

References

External links

Complete poetry of Bulleh Shah in Shahmukhi

Punjabi Poetry of Bulleh Shah

Kulliyat e Bulleh Shah

Works online

Articles on Bulleh Shah's life and poetry (apna.org)

Bulleh Shah: Poems (English translations) and Biography (poetry-chaikhana.com)
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