Panj peer (or panj pīr), meaning the five saints in Persian, were Islamic saints who overlapped in late 12th and early 13th centuries in northwestern India. They were:
- Mu'in al-Din Chishti (1143 – 1236), Ajmer, Rajasthan,[1][2] also known as 'gharīb nawāz'
- Qutb al-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki (1173 – 1235), Mehrauli, Delhi[1][2]
- Farid al-Din Ganjshakar (1179 – 1266), Pakpattan, Punjab[2]
- Baha al-Din Zakariya (1182 – 1268), Multan, Punjab[2]
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 – 1274), Sehwan, Sindh[3]
The above Sufi saints are mentioned (alongside Nizam al-Din Awliya) in the great love-epic of the Sufi poet sayyid Waris Shah, Heer Ranjha, which opens with an invocation to them.
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edit- ^ a b Sudarshana Srinivasan (22 August 2015). "An afternoon with the saints". The Hindu (newspaper). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Sufis and the Spread of Islam". Story of Pakistan website. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Masood Lohar (5 October 2004). "Saint revered by people of all religions". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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