Bedam Shah Warsi
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Born | 1876 Etawah, Uttar Pradesh |
Died | 1936 |
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Bedam Shah Warsi (1876 - 1936) was an Indian sufi saint and poet who wrote in the Urdu, Persian and Purbi languages.[1]
He was born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh in 1876. His birth name was Ghulam Hussain, while 'Bedam' was his takhallus, and 'Warsi' is a nisba indicating his discipleship to his spiritual master Waris Ali Shah. He died on November 24, 1936 and was buried in the Shah Owais Graveyard in Dewa, the town of his spiritual master.[2]
Bedam's poems have become a part of the modern qawwali repertoire[3][4][5] and have been recited by the likes of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Fareed Ayaz[6], Begum Akhtar, K. L. Saigal,[7] and also sung by Abida Parveen in Coke Studio Pakistan.[8]
In his preface to Bedam's diwan, the Urdu essayist Khwaja Hasan Nizami writes that similar to how Rumi's Masnavi is dubbed as a "Quran in Persian", so too can Bedam's work be considered as "Glory in the Purbi language".[9]
References
- ↑ "Profile of Bedam Shah Warsi". Sufinama. Rekhta Foundation. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ Warsi, Bedam (2019). "Preface by Mian Ataullah Sagar Warsi". In Azeez, Rashid (ed.). Kulliyat-e-Bedam Warsi (in Urdu). New Delhi, India: Farid Book Depot. p. 59. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Saeed, Yousuf (2016). "Introduction to Sufi Literature in North India". Sahapedia. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
A well-known follower of the saint was the poet Bedam Shah Warsi (d. 1936) whose poetry is regularly performed by qawwals in India and Pakistan.
- ↑ Sharma, Aasheesh (Oct 12, 2013). "Sufi in a twirl". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
However, there are many other exemplary saints and poets who have written on Sufi thought and are sung even today by performers. Hazrat Bedam Shah Warsi, Hazrat Shah Niyaz, Rashid Safipur, Muztar Khairabadi (Javed Akhtar's grandfather) are some of them.
- ↑ Musab bin, Noor (21 August 2013). "From Nothingness to 'Being' - Hz Bedam Shah Warsi (RA)". Tangled Up In Blue. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ "Video of Bedam Shah Warsi". Sufinama. Rekhta Foundation. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ "Bedam Shah Warsi - Video Collection of Shayari". Rekhta. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ "'Coke Studio 11' episode 7: A forgettable climax". The Express Tribune. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
Parveen's vocals resonate with ethereal power of Hazrat Bedam Shah Warsi's kalaam and there is no one who could have crooned it better.
- ↑ Warsi, Bedam Shah (1936). Deewan Mashaf-e-Bedam (in Urdu). Agra: Maqbool Press. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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