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Old May 7th, 2003, 02:29 PM   #11 (permalink)  
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Originally posted by Fraudz:


chanda I am certain you are confusing which ali haider I was talking about. I was referring to the sufi Ali Haider who is compared to people like Shah Hussair, Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.

Ali Haider lived from 1690-1785 A.D.

Syed Ali Haider (1690-1785) of Multan, was the first Sufi who poetized Heer Ranjha in the form of a Qissa (long narration), entitled Qissa Heer va Ranjha, and added thereby a new tributary to the stream of Punjabi Sufi poetry.
...and he had pecs.






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