Khuda Bakhsh Sheikh

Khuda Bakhsh (or Bux) Sheikh (Urdu: خُدا بخش شیخ, Hindi: ख़ुदा बख़्श शेख़) was an Urdu writer and poet from the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He published poetry in Arabic, Urdu and Persian.

He followed a Sufi master, Waris Ali Shah, and wrote a book Tohmat-ul-Asfiya about him. [1][2] In 1877 he published Shah's sayings as a book entitled Malfuzat-i-Haji Waris 'Ali Shah.[1]

References

  1. Nabi Hadi (4 October 1992). Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. "Personalities: Literary". The Official Website of Barabanki. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT OF INDIA; BARABANKI-225001. Retrieved 20 July 2010.



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