Ratan Hindi

Baba Ratan Hindi (; , name also spelt Rattan), was a figure first mentioned in the 12th-century Islamic accounts, who purportedly lived for over seven hundred years, and was said to have been a non-Arab companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from India. No authentic historical reference about Baba Ratan is available; whatever is known about him is based on the medieval accounts and prevalent oral traditions.

Description According to tradition, Baba Ratan, hailing from Bathinda, Punjab, As per scholar Manazir Ahsan Gilani, the first reference to Baba Ratan dates back to the 12th century. Others associated him with Muhammad, who foretold his birth at Mecca in Arabia where he travelled during Hajj, before finally settling in Bathinda in Punjab after his conversion to Islam.

Legacy Reverence of Baba Ratan began in the Mughal-era or perhaps earlier in the period of the Delhi Sultanate.