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Bulleh Shah

1680 - 1757

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Sayyid Abdullāh Shāh Qādrī (Punjabi: [ˈsəˈjəd əbdʊ‿ˈláː ʃáː kaːdᵊɾiː]; c. 1680–1757), popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and Chishti Sufi poet, regarded the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'; and one of the greatest poets of the Punjabi language. He criticised powerful religious, political, and social institutions; and is revered as the 'Poet of the People' amongst Punjabis. Born in Uch, Subah of Multan, Bulleh Shah belonged to a family of religious scholars. In his juvenile years, his family moved to Malakwal, and later Pandoke, in the Subah of Lahore; where he got his early education from his father, while working as a herder, in the village. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bulleh Shah is the 4,937th most popular writer (down from 2,506th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 41st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among writers, Bulleh Shah ranks 4,937 out of 7,302. Before him are Riichi Yokomitsu, Erica Jong, Ján Hollý, Cynewulf, Roderich Menzel, and Turan Dursun. After him are Piero Angela, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Dharamvir Bharati, Adolf Brand, Russell Kirk, and Dmitry Glukhovsky.

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Among people born in 1680, Bulleh Shah ranks 19. Before him are Emanuele d'Astorga, John Machin, Ephraim Chambers, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, and Philippe Néricault Destouches. After him is John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1757, Bulleh Shah ranks 23. Before him are Edward Vernon, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Johann Samuel König, Vakhushti of Kartli, Daniel Gran, and René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson. After him are John Byng, and Colley Cibber.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Bulleh Shah ranks 88 out of 217. Before him are Nasirul Mulk (1950), Duleep Singh (1838), Art Malik (1952), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950). After him are Maryam Nawaz (1973), Birbal Sahni (1891), Gulzar (1934), Ghulam Ali (1940), Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (1971), and Vinod Khanna (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Bulleh Shah ranks 12. Before him are Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), and Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941). After him are Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), Asma Barlas (1950), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), and Hamid Mir (1966).

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