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{{short description|18th-century Punjabi philosopher and poet}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}{{Infobox saint|name='''Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri'''<br />Bulleh Shah<br />(سید عبداللہ شاہ قادری)|image=File:BullehShah.jpg|image_size=150px|caption=|titles=Mystic, Theologian, Codifier, Jurist;<br />'''''Lion of Sufism'''''|birth_date=c. 1680 [[Common Era|CE]]|birth_place=[[Uch]], [[Subah of Multan|Multan Subah]], [[Mughal Empire]] {{small|(now [[Punjab, Pakistan]])}}|death_date=c. 1757 [[Common Era|CE]] (aged 77)|death_place=[[Kasur]], [[Bhangi Misl]], [[Sikh Confederacy]] {{small|(now Punjab, Pakistan)}}|feast_day=26th/27th/28th [[August]] (''urs'')|venerated_in=By all those traditional [[Sunni Muslim]]s who venerate saints and [[Sufis]]. Also acknowledged by many [[Sikhs]].|beatified_date=|beatified_place=|beatified_by=|canonized_date=|canonized_place=|canonized_by=|major_shrine=Shrine of Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah, Kasur|attributes=|patronage=[[Kasur]], [[Pakistan]]|issues=|suppressed_date=|influences=|tradition=[[Sufi Islam]]<br />([[maddhab|Jurisprudence]]: [[Qadiriyya]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1519937|title=The mystic and Sufi behind the rise and rise of Bulleh Shah|website=www.dawn.com}}</ref>|major_works=[[Mysticism]], [[Sufi metaphysics]], [[Poetry]]}}{{Sufism}}
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'''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''' ({{lang-pa|{{nq|بُلّھے شاہ}}}} {{small| ([[Shahmukhi]])}}; {{lang|pa|ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ}} {{small|([[Gurmukhi]])}}) and '''Bulleya''', was a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[philosopher]] and [[Sufi poetry|Sufi poet]] during 17th-century [[Punjab]]. 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 lived and was buried in [[Kasur]].

== Life ==
=== Early life ===
He was born in 1680 in Uch, Mughal Empire (present day [[Pakistan]]). After his early education, he went to [[Lahore]] where he met [[Shah Inayat Qadiri|Inayat Arian]], and became his disciple.<ref name=APNA/>

=== Later years and death ===
He died in 1757, at the age of 77. He was buried in [[Kasur]], and 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. 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>

===Shrine===
He was buried in Kasur when he died in 1757.<ref name="indiatimes1"/> There is a clean and very huge [[veranda]] which leads to the [[Tomb]] of Baba Bulleh Shah as you enter the shrine. The ceiling of shrine is decorated with the verses of Bulleh Shah in elegant calligraphy.<gallery>
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== Poetry ==
Bulleh Shah lived after the [[Pashto]] Sufi poet and saint [[Rahman Baba]] (1632–1706) and lived in the same period as [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] Sufi poet [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]] (1689–1752). 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"/>

==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| 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"/>

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 |title=Headhunterz & Skytech – Kundalini (Official Music Video) |via=YouTube |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</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|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}}</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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sona-mohapatra-pays-edm-style-tribute-to-indias-diversity-with-song.html |title=Sona Mohapatra pays EDM-style tribute to India's diversity with her new track R.A.T Mashup |publisher=Republic World |date=21 December 2019 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

===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]]''.<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 | 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}} 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 | Cities News,The Indian Express |work=The Indian Express |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> Poetry of Bulleh Shah was also used in 2015 film ''[[Wedding Pullav]]'' composed by [[Salim–Sulaiman]].<ref name="indiatimes1"/>

===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|title=Dastaan-e-ishq, Ali Zafar – BTS, Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 2|date=23 June 2009|via=YouTube|publisher=Rohail Hyatt}}</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 |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=Archived copy |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=Archived copy |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 | Pakistani Cinema|work=Gulf News |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Punjabi language poets]]
* [[Sufism]]

== 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}}

* [http://www.wichaar.com/news/239/ARTICLE/7115/2008-05-18.html Biography of Bulleh Shah]{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [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)]

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