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Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan

  • Dr. Fateh Muhammad Malik/
  • June 20, 2017
Keywords
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sufi, Pakistan, Shrine, Sehwan Sharif, SIndh, Persian poetry
Abstract

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar is one of the most well-known Sufis of Pakistan. His shrine at Sehwan Sharif (Sindh) is thronged by devotees during the annual congregations and different songs are sung to pay homage to him. But Qalandar was a great Persian poet as well. In his Persian poetry there are some recurrent themes. This paper analyses those themes and finds some interesting motifs in Qalandar's poetry, especially when seen against his disagreement with some of his contemporaries and his popularity amongst the general public. This popularity still goes on.

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Malik, D. F. M. (2020). Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan. اردو, 93(1), 3–11. https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page

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[1]Malik, D.F.M. 2020. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan. اردو. 93, 1 (July 2020), 3–11.
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Malik, D.F.M. (2020) “Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan”, اردو, 93(1), pp. 3–11. Available at: https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page (Accessed: 25 May 2026).

            

                    
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[1]D. F. M. Malik, “Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan”, اردو, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 3–11, July 2020, Accessed: May 25, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page

            

                    
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Malik, Dr. Fateh Muhammad. “Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan”. اردو, vols. 93, no. 1, July 2020, pp. 3–11, https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page.

            

                    
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Malik, Dr. Fateh Muhammad. “Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan”. اردو 93, no. 1 (July 7, 2020): 3–11. Accessed May 25, 2026. https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page.

            

                    
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1.Malik DFM. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan. اردو [Internet]. 2020 July 7 [cited 2026 May 25];93(1):3–11. Available from: https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page

            

                    
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1.Malik DFM. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and The Popular Image of Sainthood in Pakistan. اردو. 2020;93(1):3–11. Accessed May 25, 2026. https://urdu.atup.org.pk/website/journal/article/5e1a031994498/page

            

            






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Dr. Fateh Muhammad Malik

        
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Former President, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    
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