Kasur
Shrine of Bulleh Shah, the Sufi poet whose kafis are sung across both Punjabs.
Kasur, south-east of Lahore near the Sutlej, was a Pathan principality and a rich town. Its fort was taken by Ranjit Singh in 1807.
It is the town of Bulleh Shah, the most loved Sufi poet of the Punjab, who lived and taught here and died in 1757; the mullahs refused to bury him in the town's graveyard, and his tomb was built outside it. The town grew around his shrine, where his urs each August draws singers and dancers from across Pakistan.
Kasur is also the birthplace of the singer Noor Jehan and of the classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and is famous for its falooda and its methi.
People
The most loved Sufi poet of Punjab. Mocked clerics of every faith and praised the Sikh Gurus in an age of persecution.
Singer of Kasur and the Patiala gharana, one of the greatest voices of Hindustani classical music.
Singer and actress of Kasur, the Malika-e-Tarannum, queen of melody, whose voice filled the films and radios of both Punjabs.
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