Khwaja Ghulam Farid (also romanized as Fareed; c. 1841 – 24 July 1901) was a 19th-century saraiki sufi poet.
He belonged to the Chishti Order and was a mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab during the British Raj. He was originally from Thatta, Sindh. A contemporary of Mast Tawakali and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, he penned resistance through poetry against the British colonial rule.
Khwaja Ghulam Farid خواجہ غُلام فرید | |
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Born | c. 1841 Chachran, Bahawalpur, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
Died | 24 July 1901 Chachran, Bahawalpur, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) | (aged 60)
Resting place | Mithankot, Punjab, Pakistan |
Notable work | Diwan-e-Farid Manaqab-e-Mehboobia Fawaid Faridia |
Born in c. 1841. Farid's mother died when he was four years old and he was orphaned around the age of eight when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died. He was then brought up by his elder brother, Khwaja Fakhr-ud-Din, also known as Khwaja Fakhr Jehan Sain, and grew up to become a scholar and writer.
Sadeq Mohammad Khan III Nawab of Bahawalpur took Farid to his palace at Ahmedpur East for his religious education by a scholar, when he was 8 years old. His brother Fakhr-ud-Din, who had brought him up after his parents' deaths, also died when Farid was 28 years old. Farid then left for the Cholistan Desert (also known as Rohi) for chilla (retreat) where he lived for 18 years. Most of his work includes mentioning of the beauty of this place.
His most significant works include:
In his poetry, he frequently uses the symbolism of a desert. Namely, he discusses how beautiful the desert is and how it attracted him to stay there for 18 years and how he believed that made him feel close to Muhammad. His work however does also include slightly touching the topic of political affairs, opposing the British rule in Bahawalpur state, writing a letter to the Nawab of Bahawalpur and also mentioning it in some of his poetry.
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