About Fazal Shah Sayyad
Lived 1827 – 1890 (aged 62–63). Fazal Shah Sayyad was a poet and writer.
Fazal Shah Syed (1827–1890) was a 19th-century Punjabi poet known for his qissas (long poems) on tragic romances, most notably Sohni Mahiwal, Sassi Pannu, Heer Ranjha and Laila Majnu. Among his literary works, Sohni Mahinwal is considered to be the best. He was based in Lahore.
He was born in 1827 in Punjab during the Sikh rule and resided in Nawan Kot, a suburb of Lahore (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) where he died in 1890.
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Punjabi poet
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Fazal Shah Sayyad was born in 1827.
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Fazal Shah Sayyad died in 1890.
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Fazal Shah Sayyad was a poet and writer.
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