Bulleh Shah

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Bulleh Shah
An artistic depiction of Bulleh Shah
Born 1680 CE
Uch, Punjab
Died 1757 CE
Kasur, Punjab
Major shrine Kasur, Punjab
Influences Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu, Shah Sharaf
Influenced Countless Sufi poets

Bulleh Shah, sometimes Bulla(h) Shah (1680–1757) (Punjabi: بلہے شاہ (Shahmukhi); ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ (Gurumukhi)) was a Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist and philosopher. His full name was Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri.[1]




The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is called the Kafi, a style of Punjabi, Sindhi and Saraiki poetry.

Bulleh Shah’s poetry and philosophy has never questioned the Islamic religious orthodoxy of his day but he did used sometimes metaphors to express his frustration towards the rigidity of Muslim clerics of his times.


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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. Recently"Chal Bulhya" song is being incorporated into Indian Movie "Total Siyapa 2014" starring Ali Zafar.

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  1. ^ The Life of Bulleh Shah

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