Sultan Bahu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sultan Bahu

Sufi saint

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1630

Place of Birth: Shorkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1691

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sultan Bahu (Urdu: ?????? ??????; also spelled Bahoo; ca 1630–1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire mostly in the Punjab region (present-day Pakistan).
He belonged to Qadiri Sufi order, and founded the mystic tradition known as Sarwari Qadiri. Little is known about Bahu's life, other than what is written in a hagiography called Manaqib-i Sultani, which was written by one of Bahu's descendants seven generations after Bahu's own time.
Sultan Bahu was born in Shorekot, Jhang, in the current Punjab Province of Pakistan.
More than forty books on Sufism are attributed to him (mostly written in Persian), largely dealing with specialised aspects of Islam and Islamic mysticism.
However, it was his Punjabi poetry which had popular appeal and earned him lasting fame.
His verses are sung in many genres of Sufi music, including qawwali and kafi, and tradition has established a unique style of singing his couplets.