Pir Budhan Shah[note 1] (died 1643;[1]پیر بدھن علی شاہ), also called Baba Budhan Ali Shah, Peer Baba, and Sayyed Shamsuddin,[2][3][4] was a venerated Sufi pir[5] who held a religious discourse with Guru Nanak in Rawalpindi and later accepted Gurmat thought during the times of Guru Hargobind.[6][7] He was a Sufi Muslim by birth he was born in Talwandi, the same village as Guru Nanak.[3] He is venerated by Sikhs, Muslims, and Hindus.[3] It is believed that he lived for around 500 years.[3]
Renunciation
Painting of the Pir located at his mausoleum in Kiratpur
Buddan Shah, a Muhammedan,[8] belonged to a family of chieftains, but left everything to become a Sufi mystic.[9] He lived near Rawalpindi. Guru Nanak met him during his travels.[10][11] He is believed to have arrived in Jammu sometime during the 15th century.[3]
He was very close to Bidhi Chand Chhina, as were his followers.[12] His disciple, Sunder Shah, died together with Bidhi Chand at Devnagar near Ayodhya on the banks of the Gomti River in 1638.[13]
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^ abBamotra, Kamlesh (2021), Chauhan, Abha (ed.), "The Mystic Sufi Saint in Jammu: Peer Baba Budhan Ali Shah", Understanding Culture and Society in India, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 59–82, doi:10.1007/978-981-16-1598-6_4, ISBN 978-981-16-1597-9, S2CID 237998790, retrieved 2 March 2023
^Singh, Teja (1999). A short history of the Sikhs. Volume one, 1469-1765. Ganda Singh (3rd ed.). Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 45. ISBN 9788173800078. OCLC 1345653121.
^ abRai, Mridu (2004). Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects : Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-691-20722-3. OCLC 1129216166.
^Page 479, A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province
^Page 76, Islam Means Peace : Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today, Amitabh Pal
^"Gods Warrior Saint". The Sikh Review. 54 (1–6). Sikh Cultural Centre: 33. 2006.
^Gandhi, Surjit Singh (2007). History of Sikh gurus retold. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 1090. ISBN 978-81-269-0859-2. OCLC 190873070.
^Singha, H. S. (2000). The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries). New Delhi: Hemkunt Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 81-7010-301-0. OCLC 243621542.
^Singh, Trilochan (1967). Guru Tegh Bahadur, Prophet and Martyr: A Biography. Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. pp. 82–83.
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