1. Shah Hussain is often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - Faqir meaning Dervish and Shah means King.
13 Facts About Shah Hussain
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Shah Hussain was born in 945 AH within the Walled City of Lahore in what is Punjab, Pakistan.
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Shah Hussain's father was Sheikh Usman, he was a Dhudhi Rajput, and by occupation, he was a weaver.
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Shah Hussain's ancestor Kaljas Rai was a convert of Islam.
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Shah Hussain even celebrated Hindu festivals like Basant Panchami and Holi to honor Madho.
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Shah Hussain's decision to place Madho's name before his own was a gesture of eternal remembrance.
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Shah Hussain used multiple terms for God in his poetry, such as Sajjan, Sai'yan, Sahib, and Kant, all referring to husband, beloved, or bridegroom in Punjabi.
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Shah Hussain wrote in the concept of spiritual marriage or "betrothal to God" to symbolize the soul's union with the Divine.
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Shah Hussain would call a soul that has attained communion with the Divine as suhagan, and a soul that fails to achieve divine love as duhagan.
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Shah Hussain Husayn used items associated with brides, such as the salo, to symbolize spiritual concepts like good deeds and the soul's journey.
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Shah Hussain's Urs is celebrated at his shrine every year during the "Mela Chiraghan".
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Shah Hussain's Kafis are composed for, and the singing of them has been set to music based on Punjabi folk music.
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Shah Hussain's poems have been performed as songs by Kaavish, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Ghulam Ali, Hamid Ali Bela, Amjad Parvez, Junoon and Noor Jehan, among others.