Baba Farid
Farīd al-Dīn Mas'ūd Ganj-i Shakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Shaykh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim preacher, poet and mystic, who remains one of the most revered and esteemed Muslim mystics of the Medieval India and the Islamic Golden age. He is revered by Punjabi Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike.
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Detail of Baba Farid from a Guler painting showing an imaginary meeting of Sufi saints | |
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| 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 Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Venerated in | South Asian Muslims, Sikhs & Punjabi Hindus |
| 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 |
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| 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.iːn mə́sᵊuːd̪ᵊ ɡənd͡ʒᵊ ʃəkːəɾᵊ] |
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