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Sultan Bahu's shrine, Garh Maharaja
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Sultan Bahu's shrine, Garh Maharaja

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Shrine near the Chenab of Sultan Bahu, whose Punjabi verses each end with the sigh 'Hu'.

Sultan Bahu (about 1630 – 1691) was a Qadiri Sufi of the Jhang country who wrote more than a hundred books in Persian but is loved for his short Punjabi poems, the abiyat, each line of which ends in 'Hu', a name of God and a breath.

His tomb has been moved twice when the Chenab changed course; it now stands near Garh Maharaja, and his urs draws huge crowds.

Sultan Bahu's shrine, Garh Maharaja, Punjab, Pakistan
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