Ali Haidar

Ali Haidar (1690–1785) was an eighteenth-century Punjabi Sufi poet. He spent most of his life writing spiritual verses.

Biography Ali Haidar was born in 1690 in village Qazi Ghalib near Chauntra Sargana, located in the Pirmahal Tehsil, Toba Tek Singh District of modern-day Punjab, Pakistan. Ali Haidar's verses (abyaat) are in the format of Punjabi bayt and he also wrote six sī-ḥarfī.

Ali Haidar lived during the time of collapse of Mughal power in Punjab, and made occasional references to the resulting upheaval. He condemned the "traitors" who were, according to the poet, offering wealth to the foreign raiders from Persia and Khurasan.

Poetic works Qissa Heer Ranjha Misc Poetry Si-harfian