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'{{short description|18th-century Punjabi philosopher and poet}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox religious biography | name = Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri<br/>"Bulleh Shah" | native_name = {{nq|سید عبداللہ شاہ قادری}} | native_name_lang = Punjabi | image = File:BullehShah.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | title = The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment | birth_date = c. 1680 [[Common Era|CE]] | birth_place = [[Uch]], [[Punjab]], [[Mughal Empire]] <br> {{small|(Now, [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}} | death_date = c. 1757 [[Common Era|CE]] (aged 77) | death_place = [[Kasur]], [[Bhangi Misl]], [[Sikh Confederacy]] <br>{{small|(Now, [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}} | philosophy = [[Sufism]] | lineage = | resting_place = [[Kasur]], [[Punjab]], [[Pakistan]] | attributes = | patronage = | issues = | influences = | major_works = | religion = [[Islam]] | footnotes = *Also venerated by many [[Sikhs]] and [[socialists]] | denomination = | birth_name = Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri | Sufi_order = Qadiri-Shattari | main_interests = [[Tassawuf]], [[ishq]], philosophy, [[Sufi poetry|poetry]], [[Love_of_God#Islam|divine love]] | father = Shah Muhammad Darwaish | mother = Fatima Bibi }} {{Sufism}} {{Punjabis}} '''Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri'''<ref name=APNA>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/bullahn/ |title=The Life of Bulleh Shah|website=Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website|author=J.R. Puri and T.R. Shangari|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> ({{lang-pa|{{nq|سید عبداللہ شاہ قادری}}}} {{small| ([[Shahmukhi]])}}; {{lang|pa|ਸੱਈਦ ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾਹ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਕ਼ਾਦਰੀ}} {{small|([[Gurmukhi]])}}; 1680–1757), known popularly as '''Bulleh Shah''' (or Bullhe Shah) ({{lang-pa|{{nq|بُلّھے شاہ}}}} {{small| ([[Shahmukhi]])}}; {{lang|pa|ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ}} {{small|([[Gurmukhi]])}}) and '''Bulleya''', was a [[Muslims|Muslim]] [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[philosopher]] and [[Sufi poetry|Sufi poet]] during 17th-century [[Punjab]]. His ancestors had migrated from [[Bukhara]] (modern-day [[Uzbekistan]]) some three hundred years earlier.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&dq=bl&pg=PA190 |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables, Ancient, Medieval and Modern |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |location=Delhi, India |pages=190 |language=English |oclc=277277425 |quote=It is said that from among the ancestors of Bulleh Shah, Sayeed Jalaluddin Bukhari came to Multan from Surakh-Bukhara three hundred years earlier. [...] Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Mohammed Dervish, was well versed in Arabic, Persian and the holy Qura'n. [...] There is a strong historical evidence to show that Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of Arabic and Persian.}}</ref> His first spiritual teacher was [[Shah Inayat Qadiri]], a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[murshid]] of [[Lahore]]. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He was a "revolutionary" poet who spoke against powerful institutions<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/932622675 |title=Comparative theology in the millennial classroom : hybrid identities, negotiated boundaries |date=2016 |others=Mara Brecht, Reid B. Locklin |isbn=978-1-317-51250-9 |location=New York |oclc=932622675}}</ref> and, thus, his influence can be seen on many noted socialists like [[Jam Saqi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inam |first=Moniza |date=2018-03-11 |title=IN MEMORIAM: THE SUFI COMMUNIST |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1394228 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> and [[Taimur Rahman]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Loye Loye Bhar Ly Kurye Sung By Taimur Rehman, LAAL Band. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOlN8tghs0g |language=en |access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> During his lifetime, he was outcasted as [[kafir]](non-Muslim/ non-believer) by the mainstream Muslim clerics.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghulam |first=Chatha Akbar |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1124524187 |title=Faith, Not Religions : a Collection Of Essays. |date=2012 |publisher=iUniverse.Com |isbn=978-1-4759-6461-5 |oclc=1124524187}}</ref> He lived and was buried in [[Kasur]]. == Biography == He was born around 1680 in [[Uch]], Multan province, Mughal Empire (present day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]).<ref name=":0" /> Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name=":0" /> After his early education, he went to [[Lahore]] where he met [[Shah Inayat Qadiri|Inayat Qadri]], and became his disciple.<ref name=APNA/> Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was well-versed in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], and the [[Quran]].<ref name=":0" /> Due to uncertain reasons, he had to move to [[Malakwal]], a village of [[Sahiwal]]. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to [[Pandoke, Lahore|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 [[herder]] 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]] where he taught for some time after his graduation. After his early education, he went to [[Lahore]] where he met [[Shah Inayat Qadiri|Inayat Arian]], and became his disciple.<ref name="APNA" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-25|title=Bulleh Shah|url=https://sufipoetry.wordpress.com/poets/bulleh-shah/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Sufi Poetry|language=en}}</ref> He died in 1757, at the age of 77 and was buried in [[Kasur]], where he had spent most of his life. A [[dargah]] was built over his grave. He was declared non-Muslim by a few literalist "[[Mullah]]" of Kasur and they had claimed it was prohibited to offer the funeral prayer of Bulleh Shah due to [[Kafir|Kufr]] [[fatwa]] (allegations) put on him by extremists. His funeral prayer was led by Qazi Hafiz Syed Zahid Hamdani, a great religious personality of Kasur.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1332459|title=My visit to Bulleh Shah's tomb made me feel an otherworldly sense of peace|last=Zia|first=Sidra|date=17 June 2019|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> He was buried in Kasur when he died around" 1757.<ref name="indiatimes1"/> <gallery> 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 </gallery> == Poetry == Bulleh Shah lived after the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar]] (1179–1266) and lived in the same period as other Punjabi Sufi poet [[Sultan Bahu]] (1629–1691). His lifespan also overlapped with the Punjabi poet [[Waris Shah]] (1722–1799), of ''[[Heer Ranjha]]'' fame and the Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahab (1739–1829), better known by his pen name [[Sachal Sarmast]]. Amongst [[Urdu]] poets, Bulleh Shah lived 400 miles away from [[Mir Taqi Mir]] (1723–1810) of [[Delhi]].<ref name=Dawn/> Bulleh Shah practised the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry established by poets like [[Shah Hussain]] (1538–1599), [[Sultan Bahu]] (1629–1691), and [[Shah Sharaf]] (1640–1724).<ref name=Dawn/> The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the [[Kafi]], popular in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] poetry.<ref name=APNA/> Many people have put his [[Kafi]]s to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Fareed Ayaz]], [[Pathanay Khan]], [[Abida Parveen]], the [[Waddali Brothers]] and [[Sain Zahoor]], from the synthesised techno [[qawwali]] remixes of UK-based Asian artists to the Pakistani rock band [[Junoon (band)|Junoon]].<ref name="indiatimes1"/> In Bulleh Shah's poetry, [[sufism]] can be seen as an indigenous philosophy of political activism and class struggle<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inam |first=Moniza |date=2018-03-11 |title=IN MEMORIAM: THE SUFI COMMUNIST |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1394228 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> and resistance to powerful institutions like [[religion]] and [[imperialism]].<ref name=":1" /> This side of his poetry is evident from his defying of the imperial ban on dancing and singing,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bullhe Shāh,?-1758? |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35151781 |title=The mystic muse |date=1996 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |others=Kartar Singh Duggal |isbn=81-7017-341-8 |location=New Delhi |oclc=35151781}}</ref> and support for [[Sikhs]], in general, and [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]]<ref name=":2" /> and [[Guru Gobind Singh]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lakshman Singh |first=Bhagat |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858588727 |title=Short sketch of the life and work of Guru Govind Singh, the 10th and last guru of the Sikhs |date=1995 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=81-206-0576-4 |location=New Delhi |oclc=858588727}}</ref> in particular, in their struggle against the imperialist [[Mughal Empire]]. Thus, his version of sufism is usually considered opposite to that of [[Ali al-Hujwiri|Ali Hajweri]] and other 'more spiritual' sufis who were confined to their libraries and schools and rarely participated in public discourse. A Pakistani scholar noted "those who wish their offerings at Daata Saheb (dargah of [[Ali Hajweri]]) consider whirlers at Bulleh Shah as [[kafir]] (non-Muslim/ non-believer)."<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Waheed |first=Sarah Fatima |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1263249486 |title=Hidden histories of Pakistan : censorship, literature, and secular nationalism in late colonial India |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-108-99351-7 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |oclc=1263249486}}</ref> ==Modern renderings== ===Bands and albums=== In the 1990s, [[Junoon (band)|Junoon]], a rock band from Pakistan, rendered his poems "[[Bullah Ki Jaana]]" and "Aleph" ("Ilmon Bas Kareen O Yaar"). In 2004, [[India]]n musician [[Rabbi Shergill]] turned the abstruse metaphysical poem "Bullah Ki Jaana" into a rock/fusion song in his debut album ''[[Rabbi (album)|Rabbi]]''; 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050604/asp/calcutta/story_4806895.asp|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171011175204/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050604/asp/calcutta/story_4806895.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2017| title = Soundscape for the soul| author = Zeeshan Jawed| website = The Telegraph (Kolkata newspaper)| location = Calcutta| date = 4 June 2005| access-date = 20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/04/11/stories/2005041100540100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105132448/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/04/11/stories/2005041100540100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012| title = Urban balladeer| author = Bageshree S.| date = 11 April 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 20 May 2020}}</ref> The [[Wadali brothers|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]] and entitled "Bullah".{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} [[Dama Dam Mast Qalandar]], a [[qawwali]] 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 [[Noor Jehan]], [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Abida Parveen]], [[Sabri Brothers]], [[Wadali brothers]], [[Reshman]] and [[Runa Laila]]. Other qawwali songs by Bulleh Shah, include "[[Sade Vehre Aya Kar]]" and "[[Mera Piya Ghar Aaya]]".<ref name="indiatimes1"/> In 2008, a version of Bulleh Shah's famous verse, ''Aao Saiyo Ral Deyo Ni Wadhai'', was sung by [[Shafqat Amanat Ali|Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan]], for his debut solo album, ''[[Tabeer (album)|Tabeer]]''. Ali named the song "Bulleh Shah" in honor of the poet. Also in 2016, a collaboration between two EDM artists ([[Headhunterz]] and Skytech) named "Kundalini" used words created by Bulleh Shah, as well as having the words Bulleh Shah in the lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zB7QKU87c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/e8zB7QKU87c |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Headhunterz & Skytech – Kundalini (Official Music Video) |via=YouTube |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=17 January 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 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 [[Geeta Vadhera]] 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l9kI5-aiGQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/0l9kI5-aiGQ |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=<nowiki>Yasir Akhtar | Araam Naal Kar – Take it Easy ft.Martay M'Kenzy (Official Video)</nowiki>|date=3 February 2017|access-date=16 February 2017|via=YouTube|publisher=Yasir Akhtar}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/130751-Yasir-Akhtar-the-singing-sensation-is-back-with-Aram-Nal-Kar|title=Yasir Akhtar, the singing sensation, is back with 'Aram Nal Kar'|date=11 February 2017|access-date=16 February 2017|via=Geo News|publisher=Tanveer Khatana}}</ref> In 2019, [[Sona Mohapatra]] used a [[Kalam]] of Bulleh Shah in her song "R.A.T Mashup".{{Cn|date=November 2021}} ===Films=== The 1973 movie [[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]] song by [[Narendra Chanchal]] 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 [[Bollywood]] film songs including "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]" and "Thayya Thayya" in the 1998 film ''[[Dil Se..]]'', "Tere Ishq Nachaya" in the 2002 film ''[[Shaheed-E-Azam]]'' and "Ranjha Ranjha" in the 2010 film ''[[Raavan (2010 Hindi film)|Raavan]]''.<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Bulleh-Shahs-poetry-in-present-day/articleshow/14098893.cms |title=Bulleh Shah's poetry in present day|website=Times Of India|date=13 June 2012 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> The 2007 Pakistani movie ''[[Khuda Kay Liye]]'' includes Bulleh Shah's poetry in the song "Bandeya Ho". The 2008 [[Bollywood]] film, ''A Wednesday'', included a song titled "Bulle Shah, O Yaar Mere". In 2014, [[Ali Zafar]] sung some of his verses as "[[Chal Bulleya|Chal Buleya]]" for Bollywood soundtrack album ''[[Total Siyapaa]]'', and the song was reprised by Zafar same year in ''[[Pakistan Idol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/556499-lady-dadas-nightmare |title=Lady Dada's Nightmare – I &#124; Instep |work=The News International |date=15 June 2014 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> The 2016 Bollywood films "[[Sultan (2016 film)|Sultan]]" and ''[[Ae Dil Hai Mushkil]]'' feature the song "Bulleya", sung by Papon and Amit Mishra respectively, which is short for Bulleh Shah.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Poetry of Bulleh Shah was also used in 2015 film ''[[Wedding Pullav]]'' composed by [[Salim–Sulaiman]].<ref name="indiatimes1"/> A song "Hun Kis Theen" based on his poetry was also featured in Punjabi animated film ''[[Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/sikh-history-hasnt-been-documented-well-and-some-of-the-versions-available-are-inaccurate-4365320/ |title=Sikh history hasn't been documented well and some of the versions available are inaccurate &#124; Cities News,The Indian Express |work=The Indian Express |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> ===Coke Studio (Pakistan)=== In 2009, the [[Coke Studio (Pakistani season 2)|season 2]] of ''[[Coke Studio (Pakistani TV program)|Coke Studio]]'' featured "Aik Alif" performed by [[Sain Zahoor]] and [[Noori]]. Ali Zafar also used some of Bulleh Shah and [[Shah Hussain]]'s verses in his "Dastan-e-Ishq".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr8NGEGTK6Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Zr8NGEGTK6Q |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Dastaan-e-ishq, Ali Zafar – BTS, Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 2|date=23 June 2009|via=YouTube|publisher=Rohail Hyatt}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Coke Studio (Pakistani season 3)|season 3]] featured "Na Raindee Hai" and "Makke Gayaan Gal Mukdi Nahi" performed by [[Arieb Azhar]]. In 2012, Shah's poetry was featured with [[Hadiqa Kiani]] performing "Kamlee".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ata ur Rehman |url=http://www.pakium.com/2012/05/13/hadiqa-kiani-kamlee-coke-studio-season-5-episode-1 |title=Hadiqa Kiani Kamlee, Coke Studio Season 5 Episode 1 |date=12 May 2012 |publisher=Pakium.com |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> In 2016, [[Ahmed Jahanzeb]] and [[Umair Jaswal]] performed "Khaki Banda";<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenewsteller.com/showbiz/watch-coke-studio-9-episode-3-promo/38529/ |title=Watch Coke Studio 9 Episode 3 promo &#124; the News Teller |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009082017/http://www.thenewsteller.com/showbiz/watch-coke-studio-9-episode-3-promo/38529/ |archive-date=9 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Rizwan Butt]] and [[Sara Haider]] performed "Meri Meri",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenewsteller.com/showbiz/watch-coke-studio-9-episode-6/38744/ |title=Watch Coke Studio 9 Episode 6 &#124; the News Teller |access-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927021000/http://www.thenewsteller.com/showbiz/watch-coke-studio-9-episode-6/38744/ |archive-date=27 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In third episode of [[Coke Studio (Pakistani season 11)|season 11]] Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawal & Brothers performed a [[Qawwali]] based on [[Kalam]] by Bulleh Shah.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/25-Aug-2018/coke-studio-releases-third-episode-of-season-11 |title=Coke Studio releases third episode of Season 11 |work=The Nation|location=Pakistan |date=25 August 2018 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> In [[Coke Studio (Pakistani season 12)|season 12]] [[Hadiqa Kiani]] used verses of Bulleh Shah in the song "Daachi Waaleya".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/pakistani-cinema/coke-studio-brings-love-ballads-and-sufi-poetry-from-top-stars-1.68060545 |title=Coke Studio brings love ballads and Sufi poetry from top stars &#124; Pakistani Cinema|work=Gulf News |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> ==Legacy== In 2012, the government of [[Punjab]], most populous province of [[Pakistan]], renamed an important road in the provincial capital [[Lahore]] to "Bulleh Shah Road".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hasnain |first1=Khalid |title=Roads, intersections' naming: Shahbaz approves CDGL's summary |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/782532/roads-intersections-naming-shahbaz-approves-cdgls-summary |access-date=27 July 2022 |work=DAWN.COM |publisher=Dawn |date=31 January 2013 |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the government of [[Pakistan]] also approved his name for a road in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hasnain |first1=Khalid |title=Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1640853 |access-date=27 July 2022 |work=DAWN.COM |publisher=Dawn |date=16 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Pakistan's "largest renewable packaging facility" is also named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.bullehshah.com.pk/ |website=www.bullehshah.com.pk |publisher=Bulleh Shah Packaging (Pvt.) Limited |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> In 2007, Pakistani senator Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed raised the proposal for establishment of Bulleh Shah University in [[Kasur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Demand for Bulleh Shah university |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/263177/demand-for-bulleh-shah-university |access-date=27 July 2022 |work=DAWN.COM |publisher=Dawn |date=27 August 2007 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaikh |first1=Ahsan ul haq |title=UNIVERSITY IN CHUNIAN |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1668469 |access-date=27 July 2022 |work=DAWN.COM |publisher=Dawn |date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==Works== Bulleh Shah never published his works. However, a significant part of his work has been preserved and published formally in India, Pakistan and abroad. The following is a list of the books containing his poetic works (or its translation). '''English works:''' * ''Sufi Lyrics: Selections from a World Classic'' (Publisher: [[Harvard University Press]]), 2021. English Translation by: [[Christopher Shackle]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Bullhe Shāh,?-1758? |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1240164691 |title=Sufi lyrics |date=2015 |others=C. Shackle, Inc OverDrive |isbn=978-0-674-25966-9 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |oclc=1240164691}}</ref> * ''Bulleh Shah: A Selection'' (Publisher: [[Oxford University Press]]), 2016. English Translation by: [[Taufiq Rafat]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bullhe Shāh,?-1758? |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927190615 |title=Bulleh Shah : a selection |date=2015 |others=Taufiq Rafat |isbn=978-0-19-940288-5 |location=Karachi, Pakistan |oclc=927190615}}</ref> * ''Bulhe Shah: Volume 141'' (Publisher: [[Sahitya Akademi]]), 1987 (reprinted in 1990). Author: Surindar Singh Kohli.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kohli |first=Surindar Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CloGAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0 |title=Bulhe Shah |date=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |language=en}}</ref> '''Other works:''' [[Dama Dam Mast Qalandar]] is one of the most famous Sufi songs in India and Pakistan. It was originally written by [[Amir Khusrau]], and was modified by Bulleh Shah. The version composed by Bulleh Shah was sang by [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Abida Parveen]], [[Laal (band)]] and numerous other singers from India and Pakistan. == See also == * [[List of Punjabi language poets]] * [[Sufism]] * [[Waris Shah]] * [[Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza]] * [[Shah Inayat Qadiri]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * [https://books.google.com/books?id=RXQaAQAAIAAJ ''Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast''], by J. R. Puri, Tilaka Raj Shangri. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986, {{ISBN|9788182560031}}. * ''Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab'', by R. M. Chopra, Iran Society, Kolkata, 1999. == External links == {{commons category|Bulleh Shah}} {{wikiquote}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080916225455/http://www.wichaar.com/news/239/ARTICLE/7115/2008-05-18.html Biography of Bulleh Shah] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051031002735/http://www.sikhspectrum.com/082004/punjabi.htm Littérateurs of the Punjabi language] * [https://www.scribd.com/doc/67768216/kalam-e-Bulleh-Shah-complete-in-Shahmukhi/complete Complete poetry of Bulleh Shah in Shahmukhi] * [http://www.studybee.net/bulleh-shah-punjabi-poetry/ Punjabi Poetry of Bulleh Shah] * [https://www.punjnud.com/PageList.aspx?BookID=11945&BookTitle=Kulliyat-e-Bulleh-Shah/ Kulliyat e Bulleh Shah] === Works online === * [http://onetruename.com/bullehshah.htm Bulleh Shah Ki shairi] * [http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/bullahn/ Articles on Bulleh Shah's life and poetry (apna.org)] * [http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/B/BullehShah/ Bulleh Shah: Poems (English translations) and Biography (poetry-chaikhana.com)] {{South Asian Muslim Saints}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulleh Shah}} [[Category:1680 births]] [[Category:1757 deaths]] [[Category:Mughal Empire poets]] [[Category:Mughal Empire Sufis]] [[Category:People from Kasur District]] [[Category:Punjabi-language poets]] [[Category:Punjabi Sufi saints]] [[Category:Punjabi people]] [[Category:Sufi mystics]] [[Category:Sufi poets]] [[Category:Sufism in Pakistan]] [[Category:Sufi shrines in Pakistan]]'