Mian Muhammad Baksh
میاں محمد بخش
Born
1830
Khari Sharif, Kashmir, (now Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)
Died
1907
Khari Sharif, Jammu and Kashmir, British India (now Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)
Occupation
Poet
Genre
Sufi poetry
Notable works
Sayful Mulūk (his book of poetry)
Shrine of Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, author of the epic fantasy "Saiful Mulook" & "Mirza Sahiban", in Kharri Sharif, Mirpur, Pakistan
Mirpur
Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh (Punjabi: میاں محمد بخش) was aSufi poet and one of the most popular poets in Jammu and Kashmir. He belonged to the Qadri tariqah. He is especially renowned as the author of a book of poetry called Sayful Mulūk as well as the romance tragedy Mirza Sahiban. He was born in a village called Khari Sharif, situated near Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.
He was a fourth generation spiritual descendant of Damriyan Wali Sarkar, who is buried in Khari Sharif. Damriyan Wali Sarkar's khalīfah was Dīn Muhammad; and his khalīfah was Mīān Shamsuddīn, who had three sons: Mīān Bahāval Bakhsh, Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh and Mīān 'Alī Bakhsh. Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh's ancestors were of Gujjar (Paswal) origin, had settled in the Mirpur District of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Top Trend