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  1. Sayyed Waris Shah, as the 18th century Sufi poet was known, composed the most popular rendition of the epic love story of Heer-Ranjha. Pakistani artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai’s portrayal of...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Heer_RanjhaHeer Ranjha - Wikipedia

    In Waris Shah's version of the epic, Ranjha leaves home because his brothers' wives refused to serve him food. Eventually he arrives in Heer's village and falls in love with her. Heer's father offers Ranjha a job herding his cattle. Heer becomes mesmerized by the way Ranjha plays his flute and eventually falls in love with him.

  3. It is believed that Waris Shah sublimated his own unrequited love in the poetic expression of Heer-Ranjha, which he wrote in 1766. The opening verses of tale mentions Allah and Prophet...

  4. Jan 7, 2023 · Waris Shah compares Heer falling in love with Ranjha with Taimus’s daughter (Zulaikha) falling in love with Yusuf upon beholding his beauty: ਰੂਪ ਜੱਟ ਦਾ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਜਾਗ ਲਧੀ, ਹੀਰ ਘੋਲ ਘੱਤੀ ਕੁਰਬਾਨ ਹੋਈ ।— Seeing the Jatt youth’s beauty, she was roused awake; Heer was ...

  5. Jun 11, 2011 · Professor Khalid Hamayun of Punjab University Oriental College, Lahore, discusses two doctoral theses on Waris Shah and Heer. Some articles also criticise the ‘fake’ scholars of Heer.

  6. Apr 3, 1978 · Legend has it that Waris Shah himself was the lover of a Jat woman and that his love met with even poorer success than Dhido's, and that is the main reason of his particular spleen against the Jat tribes.

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  8. Waris Shah (1722 – 1798) was a Punjabi poet, best-known for his seminal work Heer, based on the Punjabi love legend of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature. His verse is a treasure-trove of Punjabi phrases, idioms and sayings.