RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Fariduddin Ganjshakar

1178 - 1265

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Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1188 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fariduddin Ganjshakar has received more than 1,399,537 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fariduddin Ganjshakar is the 1,336th most popular religious figure (up from 1,386th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Religious Figure.

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  • 3.03

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Fariduddin Ganjshakar ranks 1,336 out of 3,187. Before him are Andrew Avellino, Brigid of Kildare, Meher Baba, David Yonggi Cho, George Müller, and Simon Stock. After him are Urraca of Zamora, Victor of Marseilles, Thomas of Villanova, Impenitent thief, Anandi Gopal Joshi, and Pope Anianus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1178, Fariduddin Ganjshakar ranks 5. Before him are Suleyman Shah, Emperor Antoku, Thomas, Count of Savoy, and Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León. After him are Armand de Périgord, Guillaume de Chartres, and Constance of Toulouse. Among people deceased in 1265, Fariduddin Ganjshakar ranks 5. Before him are Hulagu Khan, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Doquz Khatun, and Simon Stock. After him are Jean de Chelles, Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia, Kilij Arslan IV, Ulrich I, Count of Württemberg, Arsenios Autoreianos, and Mubarak Shah.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Fariduddin Ganjshakar ranks 30 out of 217. Before him are Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Kabir Bedi (1946), Bacha Khan (1890), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), and Khushal Khattak (1613). After him are Pran (1920), Naropa (1016), Dilip Kumar (1922), Khema (-550), Amrita Pritam (1919), and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Pakistan

Among religious figures born in Pakistan, Fariduddin Ganjshakar ranks 2. Before him are Guru Nanak (1469). After him are Naropa (1016), Lokaksema (147), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Valerian Gracias (1900), and Hafiz Saeed (1950).

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