Khuda Bakhsh Sheikh

For the Pakistani footballer, see Khuda Bakhsh.

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

He was a follower of a Sufi master Waris Ali Shah.[1] His book Tohmat-ul-Asfiya is the biography of Waris Ali Shah.[2] In 1877 he collected Waris Shah's sayings in a book titled Malfuzat-i-Haji Waris 'Ali Shah.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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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