Ali Haider (1690-1785),
Saraiki and
Punjabi Sufi poet,
was born in Chountra village,
Pir Mahal Tehsil,
Toba Tek Singh District
Toba Tek Singh District (Punjabi and ur, ) is a district of Faisalabad Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes. It became a separate ...
,
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
in the year 1101 AH (1690). He spent almost his entire life in the village of his birth, where he died 1785 at the age of 95.
References
* ''Great Sufi poets of The Punjab'', by R M Chopra, Iran Society, Calcutta, 1999.
External links
*http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/23/controversy-over-poet-ali-haider.html
*http://www.wichaar.com/news/239/ARTICLE/7117/2008-05-18.html
*http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/041205/books2.htm
*http://www.apnaorg.com/research-papers/nasir-rana-1/
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1690 births
1785 deaths
People from Toba Tek Singh District
Punjabi-language poets
Punjabi people
Punjabi Sufis
18th-century Indian Muslims
18th-century Indian poets
Indian male poets