Saleh Muhammad Safoori

Saleh Muhammad Safoori (Punjabi: صالح محمد الصفوري) was an 18th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet.[1]

Saleh Muhammad Safoori
The mausoleum of Saleh Muhammad Safoori
Born1747
Sidhnai Ravi belt, Punjab, Mughal Empire
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died1826
Era18th century
Known forPunjabi poetry
ParentSafoora (Mother)

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Saleh Safoori was a son of Noor Muhammad and Mai Safoora, a local saint. His Punjabi works were published in 2011 under the title Kulliyat-e-Saleh Muhammad Safoori, which included the stories of Sassi Punnu and Sohni Mahinwal, two poetic tributes to Sufi Sultan Abdul Hakeem and Jati Abdal as well as one in the memory of his mother Mai Safoora and two si-harfis (a form of Punjabi poetry).[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Punjabi literature" (PDF). LCWU Online Course Directory. 17 November 1999.
  2. ^ "Controversy over poet Ali Haider!". Dawn. 23 June 2011.