Maula Shah

Sain Maula Shah
Native name	Maula Bakhash (Maula Shah)
Born	1836 Majitha, Amritsar, India
Died	5 September 1944 (17 Ramadan 1369)

Maula Shah (Punjabi / Urdu :مولا شاہ رحمتہ اللہ علیہ / ਮੌਲਾ ਸ਼ਾਹ) (1836–1944) was a poet associated with Punjabi epic poems and folk tales. He later became a Muslim ascetic-Sufi and mystic poet. He wrote seven books of poetry.He was creator of great folk tales in Punjabi literature but his known books of poetry are Sassi Punnu, Bughamal Bishnoon, Mirza Sahibaan, Heer Ranjha, Zohra Mushtari and Chandar Badan.

Gzahg H vis birh name was Maula Bakhash. Based on his extreme struggle in Sufism, his "Murshid", or spiritual teacher, awarded him the name Maula Shah.Later he moved to Majitha in 1836. His fathers name was Kareem Bakhash, who was a member of a Rajput tribe, Jandrah, which was associated with Kashmir.

During his youth, he briefly lived in Katra (Koucha) Bhagian as well as Katra Ghanaian of Amritsar. In old age he lived in Tibber District, Gurdaspur (India).

He was a descendant of Raja Jai Ram (Raja of Kashmir) who converted to Islam and built a Mosque named Masjid Jai Ram in Sialkot. His lineage is given as follows

Sain Maula Shah belonged to the Naushahi Qadri Sufi Order.Maula Shah accepted Shaykh Ghulam Muhiyuddin as his spiritual guide, placing him in a silsila (spiritual order or chain of saints) that stretched back to Abdul Qadir Jilani. This spiritual lineage ends via Ali Al-Murtaza at the final and Muhammad.

Maula Shah used verses in different styles known as Se Harfi & Kafi, Additionally, he was a sufi writer and had command in five languages Urdu, Punjabi, Persian Arabic & English which he used in his writings

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