Khwaja Ghulam Farid
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Khwaja Ghulam Fareed Sahib (Urdu/Shahmukhi: خواجہ فرید, Punjabi Gurmukhi ਖ਼ਾਜਾ ਫ਼ਰੀਦ, Hindi ख्वाजा फ़रीद) or Khawaja Farid (1844-1901) was a Siraiki poet, mystic and Sajjada nashin (Patron saint) of the Panjab region of Pakistan .He was born at Chacharan Shrif and died in Kot Mithan.
He was the son of Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh. His mother died when he was five years old and he was orphaned at age twelve when his father died. He was educated by his elder brother, Fakhr Jahan Uhdi.
He was a scholar of that time and wrote several books. He knew Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Panjabi, Braj Bhasha, and Siraiki. He was a poet of Siraiki and Urdu. He also wrote some poems in Sindhi, Panjabi, Persian, and Braj Bhasha.
[edit] Works by Khawaja Ghulam Farid
- Dewan-e-Farid in 1882. (Saraiki Poetry)
- Dewan-e-Farid in 1884. (Urdu Poetry)
- Manaqabe Mehboobia (in Persian prose)
- Fawaid Faridia (in Persian prose)
[edit] See also
- List of mausolea worldwide
