Hashim (Poet)
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Hashim Shah b. 1735 d. 1843, was a Punjab
i writer and Sufi poet, best known for his story Sassi Punnun
(or Sassi Panhu). Hashim's Family came out from Hold Makka. When they came out in Punjab, India
, they started living at Jagdev Kalan, the biggest village of tehsil Ajnala, Amritsar district
. Hashim Shah was born In Jagdev Kalan in 1735 and he lived in that village his whole life. He wrote three stories "Kissa Kaw" named Sassi Punnu, Sohni Mahiwal
, and Shiri Farhad.
Hashim, besides following the family tradition of hikmat (physician), copunselling and Piri-Muridi, also worked as a carpenter for sustenance. He left the profession of carpentry when Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his courtiers extended their patronage to Hashim. Thereafter, he devoted his entire life to spiritual attainments and composing Sufistic (mystic) poetry.
{HASHIM AS A SUFI : Sufism ran in his family. He himself, his father and grand-father practised piri-muridi; he had taken Sufism as an established belief. His Punjabi poetry reverbrates with mysticism of high order and can be allegorically interpreted for Love Divine.
Hashim died in 1821 and is buried in village Tharpal in Sialkot district where every year Urs was held on or about 21st of Jeth (end May - early June) every year.
In his poetic compositions his prosody is Punjabi though his vocabulary abounds in Hindi, Persian and Arabic words He has written the following books:
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
i writer and Sufi poet, best known for his story Sassi Punnun
Sassi Punnun
Sassi Punnun ; is one of the seven popular tragic romances from Sindh and Baluchistan. The other six are Umar Marui, Sohni Mehar, Lila Chanesar, Noori Jam Tamachi, Momal Rano and Dhaj, Ror Kumar commonly known as Seven Queens of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai...
(or Sassi Panhu). Hashim's Family came out from Hold Makka. When they came out in Punjab, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, they started living at Jagdev Kalan, the biggest village of tehsil Ajnala, Amritsar district
Amritsar District
Amritsar district is one of 22 districts in the state of Punjab in West India. It has a population of 3,074,207 and covers an area of 5075 km²...
. Hashim Shah was born In Jagdev Kalan in 1735 and he lived in that village his whole life. He wrote three stories "Kissa Kaw" named Sassi Punnu, Sohni Mahiwal
Sohni Mahiwal
Sohni Mahiwal and is included in seven popular tragic romances from Sindh and Baluchistan. The other six are Momal Rano, Umar Marvi, LiLa Chanesar, Noori Jam Tamachi, Sassi Punnun and Dhaj, Ror Kumar commonly known as Seven Queens of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai...
, and Shiri Farhad.
Hashim, besides following the family tradition of hikmat (physician), copunselling and Piri-Muridi, also worked as a carpenter for sustenance. He left the profession of carpentry when Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his courtiers extended their patronage to Hashim. Thereafter, he devoted his entire life to spiritual attainments and composing Sufistic (mystic) poetry.
{HASHIM AS A SUFI : Sufism ran in his family. He himself, his father and grand-father practised piri-muridi; he had taken Sufism as an established belief. His Punjabi poetry reverbrates with mysticism of high order and can be allegorically interpreted for Love Divine.
Hashim died in 1821 and is buried in village Tharpal in Sialkot district where every year Urs was held on or about 21st of Jeth (end May - early June) every year.
In his poetic compositions his prosody is Punjabi though his vocabulary abounds in Hindi, Persian and Arabic words He has written the following books: