Shrine of Baba Farid

Shrine of Baba Farid
بابا فرید درگاہ
Shrine of Baba Farid; بابا فرید درگاہ
	The shrine of Baba Farid is one of Pakistan's most important Sufi and Sikh shrines
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
District	Pakpattan
Province	Punjab
Year consecrated	1265
Location
Location	Pakpattan
Country	Pakistan
	Shown within Punjab, Pakistan Shrine of Baba Farid (Pakistan)
Geographic coordinates	30°20′28″N 73°23′15″E / 30.34111°N 73.38750°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque and Sufi mausoleum
Website
	http://www.ganjshakkar.com/

The Shrine of Baba Farid (Punjabi and Urdu: بابا فرید درگاہ) is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Pakistan and dedicated to the Sufi mystic Baba Farid. The shrine is one of the most important in Pakistan,^[1] and was among the first Islamic holy sites in South Asia^[2] – providing the region's Muslims a local focus for devotion.^[2] The shrine is also revered by Sikhs, who include Baba Farid's poetry into the Guru Granth Sahib – regarded by Sikhs to be the eternal Guru.^[3]

The shrine played a central role in the conversion of locals to Islam over the course of several centuries.^[4] Chiefs of the highly revered shrine once controlled a politically autonomous state that was defended by soldiers drawn from local clans that pledged loyalty to the shrine and descendants of Baba Farid.^[2] Today the shrine is considered to be the most significant in Punjab,^[1] and attracts up to two million visitors to its annual urs festival.^[5]

^ ^a ^b David Gilmartin (1984). Metcalf, Barbara Daly (ed.). Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520046603. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Eaton 1984 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Keene, Michael (2004). Online Worksheets. Nelson Thornes. p. 38. ISBN 0-7487-7159-X.
^ Cite error: The named reference van der Veer 1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Spiritual ecstasy: Devotees throng Baba Farid's urs in Pakpattan". Express Tribune. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[Gilmartin_1984-1] David Gilmartin (1984). Metcalf, Barbara Daly (ed.). Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520046603. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[Eaton_1984-2] Cite error: The named reference Eaton 1984 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ke-3] Keene, Michael (2004). Online Worksheets. Nelson Thornes. p. 38. ISBN 0-7487-7159-X.

[van_der_Veer_1994-4] Cite error: The named reference van der Veer 1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Spiritual ecstasy: Devotees throng Baba Farid's urs in Pakpattan". Express Tribune. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

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