Panj peer
Panj Peer (or Panj Pir), meaning the Five Great Saints in Persian, used to be accompanied together in their lifetime as follows:
- Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 – 3 April 1325), Delhi
- Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173 – 1235), of Mehrauli, Delhi[1][2]
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 – 1274) (Sehwan, Sindh)[3]
Above Sufi saints are mentioned in the great love-epic of the
Sufi poet Sayyid Waris Shah "Heer Ranjha
", which opens with an invocation to these holy sages.
See also
References
- ^ a b Sudarshana Srinivasan (22 August 2015). "An afternoon with the saints". The Hindu (newspaper). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Sufis and the Spread of Islam". Story of Pakistan website. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Masood Lohar (5 October 2004). "Saint revered by people of all religions". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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