A Muslim Shrine That’s Important to Sikhs Too! ☪︎ (Ep. 1 #Pakpattan) (Baba Farid Dargah)

The Shrine of Baba Farid (बाबा फ़रीद दरगाह بابا فرید درگاہ) is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Pakistan. It’s dedicated to the Sufi mystic Fariduddin Ganjshakar, popularly known as Baba Farid. It’s also important to Sikhs because Baba Farid’s poetry is featured in the Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh Holy Book). Watch Episode 2: “Trying A Special Sweet in Pakistan“ Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar (c. 4 April 1179 – 7 May 1266) was a 12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic who went on to become one of the most revered and distinguished Muslim mystics of the medieval period. He is known reverentially as Bābā Farīd or Shaikh Farīd by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus of the Punjab Region, or simply as Farīduddīn Ganjsha