SULTAN BAHU: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Sultan Bahu (1629-1691) was a Sufi Master and poet who founded the Sarwari Qadiri order. Like many other Sufis of the Indian sub-continent Sultan Bahu was a prolific writer. However, it is his Punjabi poetry that made him a household name. His poems are sung in many genres of Sufi music, including qawalis and kafis. His Persian ghazals are not well-known but are of equal significance. Both in this collection are well-represented. His mausoleum is located in Garh Maharaja, Punjab, Pakistan. He authored over one hundred and thirty works and treatises, mainly on Sufism. Nurul Huda (Light of Guidance) and Risala-e-Roohi (Book of Soul) are the most popular, along with his poetry collection in Punjabi... Abyat Bahu and his Divan of ghazals in Persian. Introduction: Life, Times & Poetry, On Punjabi Poetry, On Sufi Poetry, On the Forms he used. Selected Bibliography. The correct rhyme & meaning has been kept of these beautiful, powerful spiritual poems. 90 pages. Introduction to Sufi Poets Series Life & Poems of the following Sufi poets, Translations & Introductions: Paul Smith AMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, AL-MA'ARRI, 'ATTAR, ABU SA'ID, AUHAD UD-DIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, HAFIZ, IBN 'ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN AL-FARID, IQBAL, 'IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, KAMAL AD-DIN, KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAHSATI, MAJNUN, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, MU'IN UD-DIN CHISHTI, NAZIR AKBARABADI, NESIMI, NIZAMI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RAHMAN BABA, RUDAKI, RUMI, SANA'I, SADI, SARMAD, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, YUNUS EMRE. 90 pages each. Paul Smith(b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages, including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Mahsati, Bulleh Shah, Khushal Khan Khattak and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa Published by New Humanity Books