Sultan Bahu (also spelled Bahoo; ca 1630–1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet and scholar active mostly in the present day Punjab province of Pakistan.
He belonged to the Sufi order known as Qadiri and the mystic tradition he started was known as Sarwari Qadiri.
Little is known about Bahu's life, other than what is written in a hagiography
called Manaqib-i Sultani, which was written by one of Bahu's descendants seven generations after Bahu's own time.
Sultan Bahu was born in Shorekot, Jhang in the current Punjab Province of Pakistan.
More than forty books on Sufism are attributed to him–mostly written in Persianlargely dealing with
specialised aspects of Islam and Islamic mysticism.However, it is his Punjabi poetry which had popular appeal and earned him lasting fame.
His verses are sung in many genres of Sufi music, including qawwali and kafi,
and tradition has established a unique style of singing his couplets
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