Khuda Bakhsh Sheikh

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

For the Pakistani footballer, see Khuda Bakhsh.

He followed a Sufi master, Waris Ali Shah, and wrote a book Tohmat-ul-Asfiya about him. [1][2] In 1877 he published Shah's sayings as a book entitled Malfuzat-i-Haji Waris 'Ali Shah.[1]

References
  1. Nabi Hadi (4 October 1992). Dictionary of Indo-Persian literature. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 9788170173113. 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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