Khwaja Ghulam Farid
Khwaja Ghulam Farid () or Khwaja Fareed (1845–1901) was a 19th-century Sufi poet of Punjab. He was a member of the Chishti Nizami Sufi order. He wrote poetry in several languages and his literary heritage has been claimed by both the Punjabi and the Saraiki language movements. Early life. Farid's mother died when he was four years old and he was orphaned around the age of eight when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died. He was then brought up by his elder brother, Khwaja Fakhr-ud-Din, also known as Khwaja Fakhr Jehan Sain, and grew  up to become a scholar and writer. He wrote kafi poems in Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Urdu, Persian, and Braj Bhasha. Sadeq Mohammad Khan III Nawab of Bahawalpur took Farid to his palace at Ahmedpur East for his religious education by a scholar, when he was 8 years old. His brother Fakhr-ud-Din, who had brought him up after his parents' deaths, also died when Farid was 28 years old. Farid then left for the Cholistan Desert (also known as "Rohi") for "chilla" (retreat) where he lived for 18 years. Most of his work includes mentioning of the beauty of  this place. Farid performed "hajj" (pilgrimage to Mecca) in 1876. Works. His most significant works include: In his poetry, he frequently uses the symbolism of a desert. Namely, he discusses how beautiful the desert is and how it attracted him to stay there for 18 years and how he believed that made him feel close to Muhammad. His work however does also include slightly touching the topic of political affairs, opposing the British rule in Bahawalpur state, writing a letter to the Nawab of Bahawalpur and also mentioning it in some of his poetry.