: Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: Baba Farid, the Sufi face of Islam #IndiaNEWS In the 8th century, Baghdad was the seat of prosperity, science, scholarship and culture. With their

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Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: Baba Farid, the Sufi face of Islam #IndiaNEWS
In the 8th century, Baghdad was the seat of prosperity, science, scholarship and culture. With their allegiance to the Caliph of Baghdad, Arab army occupied the westernmost areas of Indian subcontinent; Makhram, Sind and Multan. By the 9th century the Muslim rulers of Sind and Multan became effectively independent from the Caliph, and they and their successors gave up any further ambitions of territorial expansion. This led to a period of relative calm and prosperity in these areas, with progressively peaceful coexistence of the invaded population and the invaders.In the 10th century, aggressive Mongols from central Asia started invading the peaceful kingdom of Baghdad, Afghanistan and Punjab. In the 11th century, Mahmud Ghazni, a fearsome Turkish warrior launched a series of attacks and ravaged many parts of North India. In early 1100s, Farrukh ShÄ?h KÄ?bulÄ«, the king of Kabul and Ghazna was killed by the Mongol hordes who had invaded Kabul. At that time, around 1125, Shaykh Shu’aib, his grandson left Afghanistan and settled in the Multan. Shaykh Shu’aib married his son, JamÄ?l-ud-dÄ«n SuleimÄ?n to Maryam Bibi. Shiekh Farid was born to Su’aib and Maryam in 1175. In Delhi, one of the generals of Mohammed Gauri, Qutubuddin Aibak, had consolidated his victories...Read more

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