The Punjabi literary tradition is popularly seen to commence with Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266). whose Sufi poetry was compiled after his death in the Adi Granth.
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, known popularly as Bulleh Shah and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as “The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment”. Wikipedia
Born: 1680, Uch Sharif
Died: 1757, Kasur
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No the first punjab poet is shah hussain (madhu lal hussain) of 16th century.
Dear Baba Farid was of 12th century. So he is the first Punjabi poet.
Baba Farid was in 12th century, he is the first Punjabi poet.
The first work identifiable as Punjabi is the Janam-sakhi, a 16th-century biography of Guru Nanak written by his lifelong companion Bhai Bala.
shah Frid (Babafarid) was the poet of 12th century and Shah Hussain is of 16th
so, Baba Farid is correct. (As 12th century came before 16th}
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar was a 12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic.
The Punjabi literary tradition is popularly seen to commence with Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266). whose Sufi poetry was compiled after his death in the Adi Granth.
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, known popularly as Bulleh Shah and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as “The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment”. Wikipedia
Born: 1680, Uch Sharif
Died: 1757, Kasur
Baba fareed was the first punjabi poet ( 1173-1266)
Baba Fareed is the right answer because Baba Farid was the poet of the 12th century while Shah Hussain was from the 16th century