Shah Hussain Poetry - Shah Hussain Shayari, Urdu Ghazal, Nazam Collection

Shah Hussain was in 1538 in Lahore. He belongs to Dhudhi chan of Rajputs. He is also known as Shah Hussain Faqir. Faqir is his pen name. He is a Punjabi Poet. He was a sufi personality. Hussain's poetry consists entirely of short poems known as Kafis. Many of his Kafis are part of the traditional Qawwali repertoire. His 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. He was died in 1599. His tomb and shrine is located at the Baghbanpura, adjacent to the Shalimar Gardens Lahore. His Urs (annual death anniversary) is celebrated at his shrine every year during the "Mela Chiraghan" ("Festival of Lights").