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The '''Shrine of Baba Farid''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and {{lang-ur|بابا فرید درگاہ}}) is a 13th-century Muslim shrine and one of [[Pakistan]]'s most important Sufi and Islamic shrines, which is dedicated to the [[Sufi]] mystic [[Farid-ud-din Ganj Shakar|Fariduddin Ganjshakar]], popularly known as '''Baba Farid''' and is also considered as the ''"National Islamic Saint of Pakistan"'' respectively.

== Its name ==

Built in the town that was known in medieval times as ''Ajodhan'', the old town's importance was eclipsed by that of the shrine, as evidenced by its renaming to '''"[[Pakpattan]],"''' meaning "Pure Ferry" - referencing a river crossing made by pilgrims to the shrine.<ref name=a/> The shrine was central to a process which resulted in the conversion of local Jat tribes to Islam over the course of several centuries.<ref name=g/><ref name=c/>

== Traditions ==

In keeping with Sufic tradition in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], the shrine maintains influence over smaller shrines throughout the region around Pakpattan that are dedicated to specific events in [[Baba Farid]]'s life.<ref name=singh/> The secondary shrines form a ''[[Wilayah|wilayat]]'', or a "spiritual territory" of the shrine,<ref name=singh/> with Pakpattan serving as the capital of Baba Farid's spiritual territory, or ''wilayat''.<ref name=singh/> The shrine and its ''wilayat'' also bound local tribes together with a collective identity based on reverence for the shrine.<ref name=g/>

The shrine is administered by the Auqaf Department.<ref>Omer Tarin, 'Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakar and the evolution of the literary Punjabi:A Brief Review' in Journal of Humanities and Liberal Arts, 1995, pp.21-30</ref> The shrine is open 24 hours a day for visitors, every day of the year.

== Charity ==

Gifts and donations to the shrine are redistributed to other devotees, in a practice that follows Baba Farid's example.<ref name=c/> Baba Farid's shrine subsequently became a centre of wealth redistribution throughout the western Punjab.<ref name=c/> The shrine maintains a ''langar'', or canteen, which serves free meals to the poor.<ref name=b/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=a>{{cite book|last1=Mubeen|first1=Muhammad|authorlink1=Evolution of the Chisti shrine, and the Chistis in Pakpattan (Pakistan)|editor1-last=Delage|editor1-first=Remy|editor2-last=Boivin|editor2-first=Michel|title=Devotional Islam in Contemporary South Asia: Shrines, Journeys and Wanderers|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1317379997}}</ref>

<ref name=b>{{cite book|author1=David Gilmartin|authorlink1=Shrines, Succession, and Sources of Moral Authority|editor1-last=Metcalf|editor1-first=Barbara Daly|title=Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam|date=1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520046603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5-vzVq8hdkC&q=pakpattan&pg=PA349|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=g>{{cite book|last1=van der Veer|first1=Peter|title=Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India|date=1994|publisher=University of California|isbn=9780520082564|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p29ArJ7j6zgC&q=pakpattan&pg=PA40|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=c>{{cite book|author1=Richard M. Eaton|authorlink1=Authority of the Shrine of Baba Farid|editor1-last=Metcalf|editor1-first=Barbara Daly|title=Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam|date=1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520046603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5-vzVq8hdkC&q=pakpattan&pg=PA349|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref>

.<ref name=singh>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Rishi|title=State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony: Post-Mughal 19th-century Punjab|date=2015|publisher=SAGE India|isbn=9789351505044|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPCICwAAQBAJ&q=pakpattan&pg=PT135|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref>

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[[Category:Pakpattan District]]
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan)]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:National symbols of Pakistan]]
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