Baba Bulleh Shah Poetry | बाबा बुल्ले शाह

सय्यद अब्दुल्ला शाह क़ादरी (शाहमुखी/गुरुमुखी) जीने बुल्ले शाह के नाम से भी जाना जाता है एक पंजाबी दार्शनठक एवं संत थे। उनके पहले आध्यात्मठक गुरु संत सूफी मुर्शठद शाह इनायत अली थे, वे लाहौर से थे। बुल्ले शाह को मुर्शठद से आध्यामठक ज्ञान रूपी खाजने की प्राप्तठ हुई और उन्हें उनकी करठश्माई ताकतों के कारण पहचाना जाता था।

Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, now in Pakistan. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan.

When he was six months old, his parents relocated to Malakwal. There his father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a preacher in the village mosque and a teacher. His father later got a job in Pandoke, about 50 miles southeast of Kasur. Bulleh Shah received his early schooling in Pandoke, and moved to Kasur for higher education. He also received education from Maulana Mohiyuddin. His spiritual teacher was the eminent Sufi saint, Shah Inayat Qadiri.


The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the Kafi, popular in Punjabi and Sindhi poetry.