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Saleh Muhammad Safoori

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Education
  
Religious Education

Denomination
  
Hanafi and Qadiri

Parents
  
Mai Safoora

Religion
  
Sunni Islam

Died
  
1826


Known for
  
Piousness

Role
  
Poet

Occupation
  
Agriculture

Name
  
Saleh Safoori

Era
  
Durrani Empire

Saleh Muhammad Safoori

Born
  
1747
Mughal Empire / Durrani Empire

Residence
  
Ravi belt, in Durrani Empire

Saleh Muhammad Safoori (Urdu:صالح محمد صفوری) was a sufi poet of southern Punjab, the writer of a poetic collection in Punjabi which is now known to people as Kulliyat-e-Saleh Muhammad Safoori. In the collection he has described the famous mythical story of southern Punjab, Sasi puno (Urdu:سسی پنو) in poetic form. Saleh Muhammad Safoori was the son of Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya, local saint of the area.

The book gives the complete Introduction of Mai Safoora, Saleh Muhammad Safoori and Ali Haider. The book contains the poetic collection written by Saleh Muhammad Safoori based on the mythology of Sassi Punnun and Sohni Mahiwal.

Other chapters present the history of the area and the style of the life of the people and the close relationship between the different religious communities settled in Sidhnai belt of River Ravi. This volume includes the Punjabi works of his ancestor, which includes the stories of Sassi Punnun, Sohni Mahiwal, two si-harfis, two poetic tribute to Sufi Sultan Abdul Hakeem and Jati Abdal and one in memory of his mother Mai Safoora.

References

Saleh Muhammad Safoori Wikipedia