Shamas Faqir
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Kashmir |
| India | |
| Other name | Shamas Seab, |
| Regions | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Notable work(s) | Sufi poetry |
| Interests | Sufism |
| Tasawuf | |
| Resting place | Budgam |
| Kashmir | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 1773839 |
Shamas Faqir Life story
Shamas Faqir was a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism. Shamas Faqir was born Mohammad Sidiq Bhat in 1843, to a poor family in Chinkral Mohalla, Srinagar, Kashmir. He didn't receive formal education, but became apprenticed to Niama Saeb, a Kashmiri Sufi poet.