The Best of Baba Bulleh Shah
Baba Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in
1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day
Pakistan. His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher
in a village mosque. Little is known about Bulleh Shah's ancestry
except that some of his forebears were migrants from Uzbekistan and that
his family claimed direct descent from the prophet Muhammad.When he was six months old, his parents
relocated to Malakwal. His father later got a job in Pandoke, about 50
miles southeast of Kasur. Bulleh Shah received his early schooling in
Pandoke and moved to Kasur for higher education. He also received
education from Maulana Mohiyuddin. His spiritual teacher was the Qadiri
Sufi Shah Inayat Qadiri, who was a member of the Arain tribe of Lahore.